Elina Shatkin

More sad news at the end of the year: Delicieuse, one of our favorite gelato shops in all of Los Angeles, is closing. The small Redondo Beach store, known for its mild goat's milk ice cream and intense fruit sorbets, will shutter after January 1st......

Very sad news: One of Los Angeles' best known and most loved neighborhood restaurants is going out of business. After 27 years, Evan Kleiman's Angeli Caffe will close next month. January 8th will be its last day in business. Owner and chef Evan Kleiman, who also hosts the weekly KCRW......

Maybe nothing would have dried the tears of Lakers fans after that 88-87 opening day loss to the Bulls, but least these gingerbread men would have soothed their bellies -- while putting some cash in the coffers of a worthwhile charity. The gingerbread cookies were part of a special holiday......

Wait and wonder no more. Casa Azul Cantina, which replaced Tengu in Westwood, will open on January 2nd. Owned by restaurateur and chef Vicente Del Rio, the man behind the two Frida restaurants (Beverly Hills, Glendale) and Frida Tacos on Melrose, the kitchen will be overseen by executive chefs Orlando......

How does a half-ton orange food truck go missing? We don't know, but thankfully for the owners of No Tomatoes! (@notomatoestruck), their missing truck has been found. Often spotted in the Miracle Mile neighborhood, the oddly named Indian food truck went missing shortly after Christmas. Yesterday morning at 9 a.m.,......

Winter Cocktail Launch Bartender Jaymee Mandeville's unveils her seasonal cocktail lineup featuring warming libations like Breaking Castagne (cognac, mezcal, housemade chestnut syrup, mole bitters and nutmeg), Grimhilda (apple brandy, chipotle honey, pama and lemon) and Remedy X (rosemary-infused whiskey, ginger agave and lemon). Normally $12, all drinks on the special......

Now that the sale of shark fins for commercial purposes is illegal under both state and federal law, we'll likely see more incidents like this: A Mexican woman was stopped at the border in San Ysidro, California allegedly trying to smuggle shark fins into the U.S., reports UPI......

What happens in Vegas really does stay in Vegas, at least for one Massachusetts woman. Rebecca Hains tells WCVB-TV that a TSA agent in Las Vegas confiscated her frosted cupcake because he thought the icing on it could be explosive. Hains says she was told the frosting was "gel-like" enough......

It's almost impossible to find a decent matzoh ball at a restaurant in Los Angeles. Even at the finest delis, the standard matzoh ball is as large as a softball and nearly as hard. Perhaps this could be justified by some complex sociocultural explanation about the dissipation of diaspora cuisine......