Dawna Nolan

Wonder Sandwich Suggestions; Credit: Los Angeles Public Library

Los Angeles Public Library Cookery Ephemera Collection

Food is as much about history as it is about taste, and digging into that history offers often mouth-watering illumination about who we are and where we came from. Angelenos are fortunate to have a renowned culinary treasure available to them right at the Central Library. The library's entire Culinary......
Bottled Harmony; Credit: Photo credit: Haamonii Shochu

Real Harmony is Free Cocktails: Shochu Tasting at Gonpachi

James Key Lim and his wife, Joanne Woo Lim, are the makers of Haamonii Ultra-premium Shochu, and they're all about sharing. The Lims began to pour their shochu, a distilled clear spirit, for others first--quite literally. They started hosting complimentary tastings of Haamonii at restaurants in San Francisco, where the......
Betty Bryant playing at Susan Feniger's Street; Credit: Photo Credit:  Fred Warner

Street Music: Betty Bryant at Susan Feniger's Street

Maybe you've checked out Susan Feniger's Street, read Jonathan Gold's First Bite about it, you saw Inky's piece about Street TV. Maybe you've even checked out Street's playlists on iTunes. But besides the Malaysian Black Pepper Clams, there's another reason to visit Street, and her name is Betty Bryant. The......