Elina Shatkin

The man who brought you Weekend at Bernie's is bringing you a nightclub. And not just any nightclub: a vast indoor/outdoor bar, restaurant and swimming pool perched on the roof of the W Hollywood with panoramic views that stretch from the Santa Monica mountains to downtown L.A. A collaboration between......

There's nothing like riding through the streets of downtown L.A. in a horse-drawn carriage to restore a sense of surrealism to daily life. Throw in a dose of dazzling green absinthe, and you've got the makings of a decidedly Decadent evening. The invite from Pernod Absinthe promised a "19th century-style......

Made with fresh bananas and real cream, the banana pudding from Nana Queen's truck (Twitter: @nanaqueens) has all the virtues of home-cooking -- plus a wallop of gourmet originality. "This is not like grandma's pudding," says owner and self-taught pudding queen Janel Prator, 30. "This is a totally different recipe......

It started as a casual throwdown in Tim Walker's loft, but this year the Grilled Cheese Invitational is growing much bigger and much, much cheesier. After last year's invitational drew record crowds (and record annoyances), Walker (a.k.a. Captain Shady) decided to reboot the event and turn it into a more......

Serving meals at non-traditional times is hardly a new concept (empires have been built on slinging Moons Over My Hammy at 3 a.m.), but restaurateur Michelle Nigro is hoping that Lunch in Culver City (Twitter: @eatatlunch) is a hit long after the midday crowds have returned to their cubicles. Soft-opened......

Cupcakes are the cheerleaders of the dessert world, standing coyly on the side of the pastry case looking cute, perky and, above all, girlie. When bakeries started selling them for $3 apiece, people laughed -- then they lined up to buy. Even with the economy softer than a marshmallow center,......

Growing up near San Jose and eating dim sum with his family, Alex Chu developed a passion for the cuisine. But it wasn't until he worked as a dim sum server that he learned how to prepare and present the steamed buns and delicate dumplings. "I learned how to cook......

Quietly and with little fanfare, the W Hollywood on Jan. 28 unofficially opened its French brasserie, Delphine, and its two bars, Station Hollywood and The Living Room. (The hotel's long-delayed nightclub, Drai's, still has no official opening date.) Pass through Delphine's white brick arch and you'll find yourself in the......

New Orleans wasn't the only team that earned a hard fought victory on Sunday. While the Saints stomped the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV, nearly 40 men and women faced off in a crueler and definitely more gut-busting competition: Guac Bowl X. (Or is that Guac Bowl IX? No......

How do you top a life-size facsimile of Han Solo frozen in guacamole? Or a homemade Ms. Pac Man arcade table blanketed in avocado, its maze dotted with habanero energizers, ghost-shaped tortilla chips and food prizes at the bottom? You don't. Last year's Guac Bowl, reached spectacular, dizzying -- some......