Elina Shatkin

It doesn't have the critical mass of the Occupy movement, but tomorrow at 1 p.m., Los Feliz locals upset at gay-unfriendly Lassen's, the store that took over Nature Mart when it closed, will stage a protest outside the health food store at 1 p.m. Some locals are boycotting Lassen's because......

Maybe it's because we're not in New Orleans. Maybe it's because Los Angeles has so few Cajun and Creole restaurants, there is little competition and even less incentive for them to be great. Maybe it's that the Original Farmers Market is gradually becoming more touristy and less tasty. Despite their......

Pork is good for you, full of life-preserving nutrients and vitamins, didn't you know? We recently spotted this list of pork belly's health benefits on the menu at Palsaik Samgyeopsal, a Koreatown sam-gyeopsal house. That'd be a restaurant specializing in Korean-style pork belly cooked on a griddle. Here, it's prepared......

Now that the Beaujolais Nouveaus have been uncorked, here's a Beaujolais-free roundup of weekend events. Eric Schlosser Speaks at Occidental Fast Food Nation author Eric Schlosser returns to Los Angeles to receive and honorary doctoral degree and give a lecture about the very big business of food: "Fast Food Nation......

Update: 11/17, 8:30 a.m. Easy As Pie app is now available. You can download it here in the iTunes store. The original piece, published 11/16, is below. Evan Kleiman takes her love of pies to a new level with Easy As Pie, an iPhone and iPad application that debuts tomorrow......

When you think of waffles, you think of breakfast. When you think of sandwiches, you think of lunch. By that logic, the waffle sandwich is the perfect hybrid of breakfast and lunch. The cafe Shaky Alibi, on a tony stretch of Beverly Blvd. just across the street from Kokomo and......

Sad news: After 37 years, the Village Coffee Shop on Beachwood Drive is closing. A neighborhood hub for residents of Beachwood Canyon who didn't want to make the trek all the way down to Franklin (and pit-stop for tourists viewing the Hollywood sign), the old school diner will shut its......

At this stage of human advancement, it seems like we should have transcended the third slice of bread, the carby interloper that gives the club sandwich its identity and its needless heft. Any element that stands between our mouth and bacon is a problem. With their Kobb Salad sandwich, Kokomo......

You say "porchetta," I say "porcetto," let's call the whole thing off. Actually, let's not. In the delectable and sometimes delicate matter of roasted pork, let's keep the whole thing on, even with the tricky issue of pronunciation. The first term, or so we've always heard, is pronounced "pork-etta," and......

The first thing you need to know about Attari Sandwich Shop is that although the address is on Westwood Boulevard, the entrance is actually around the corner on Wilkins, somewhat hidden by a patio with fountains and statuary. The second thing is that there are no arcade games of Pac-Man......