Elina Shatkin

If there are any lone sharks still waiting to be jumped after the launch of the Pico de Gap and Jack In The Box food trucks, they're craning their necks to get a glimpse of the new Sizzler food truck. Offering a totally different menu than anything found in the......

Known more for its unabashed luxury, its vertigo-inducing views of downtown L.A., its "tiny, crunchy triangles of the best shrimp toast you have ever had," WP24 has always had a secret weapon: its desserts. Though they didn't garner a ton of attention, the desserts under former pastry chef (and Top......

A 104-year-old cookie from explorer Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic expedition was sold today for £1,250 (about $1949) at an auction at Christie's in London. The cookie, made specifically for the Nimrod Expedition (1907-1909), is a Huntley & Palmers biscuit that measures 3 inches (7.7 cm.) in diameter and is fortified with......

Sometimes, the hive mind is just wrong. Men's Health took a poll to determine the "manliest restaurants in America." With all that blather about "the wisdom of crowds" and whatnot, what did the genius readers of the magazine decide was the most manly restaurant in Los Angeles? Salt's Cure. Yeah,......

If you're not too full from scarfing $5 pastrami sandwiches at Oinkster today, consider heading to Drago Centro tonight. Celestino Drago's downtown LA outpost has consistently put out some of the city's best seasonal cocktails (like the fetchingly named January Jones, a frothy hot toddy made with Appleton VX Rum),......

When Arch West goes into the ground this Saturday, his family will sprinkle Doritos at his graveside, reports the Dallas Morning News. It's a fitting tribute for the man widely credited with creating Doritos corn chips. West, who died on September 20th at the age of 97, led the team......

With a state law that bans the sale of foie gras coming down the pipeline like so much corn meal down a duck's throat, trust a Frenchman to lead the chefs' rebellion against the impending foie gras ban. Chef Ludo Lefebvre has teamed with Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo to......

Hot coffee became haute coffee as Starbucks debuted a line of high-fashion t-shirts designed by the likes of Sophie Theallet, Billy Reid and Alexander Wang. The ugliest of the shirts, which cost $85 apiece, is undoubtedly the Wang creation. The theoretically unisex shirt features "a coffee spill illusion of the......

Bustling Sawtelle Boulevard will soon see the battle of the shaved ice sellers, as two new shops are set to open. There's Blockheads Shavery Co. (@blockheadsla) on Mississippi Avenue, a couple doors down from Coffee Tomo. Blockheads specializes in "snow cream," a blend of Hawaiian shaved ice with and ice......

You might want to get in line now because this Wednesday, Oinkster will celebrate its 5th birthday by selling their pulled pork sandwich, pastrami sandwich, cheeseburger and 1/4 chicken with two sides meal for only $5 each. Even better: all draft beers and wine will also go for $5......