Elina Shatkin

Just in time for Rosh Hashanah (Wednesday night, people), the Beverly Hills outpost of the Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. is going kosher. The restaurant, which closed over the weekend to make the conversion, will re-open on Wednesday, Sept. 28th with a kosher menu that features smoked fish, a new......

Texas will stop serving final meals to death row inmates after a state lawmaker complained about an inmate's absurdly large last supper. Lawrence Brewer, who was executed last Wednesday in Huntsville, requested a belt-busting dinner that included, according to the Houston Chronicle, two chicken-fried steaks with gravy and sliced onions,......

Back away from those crisp, delicious sesame sticks. They might be filled with thin, tiny wires. That's why cookie, cracker and Goldfish manufacturer Pepperidge Farm, over the weekend voluntarily recalled about 13,000 cases of their popular Baked Naturals Sesame Sticks. Don't worry, your Mint Milanos are still safe. No other......

Now that the California Shark Protection Act, a bill that would prohibit the sale, consumption and trade of shark's fin -- and with it shark fin soup -- sits on Governor Jerry Brown's desk, waiting for his approval (probably), here's a recipe for faux shark fin soup, courtesy of the......

We've already mentioned the three-day Precious Cheese Feast of San Gennaro (think: Jimmy Kimmel, Adam Carolla, food and carnival games), and in case we forget, Jar is also celebrating its 10th anniversary with a special dinner benefiting the Women's Heart Center at Cedars-Sinai ($350/person). Here are a few other options:......

Nyesha Arrington, who came on board Wilshire Restaurant last month, has officially been named executive chef of the eatery. Soon, you'll also be able to find her on Bravo's Top Chef: Texas, which debuts on November 2nd. A Josiah Citrin protégé, Arrington most recently cooked at the chef and restaurateur's......

When we last checked in with Golden Road Brewing in July, the Atwater Village brewery was a construction worker's paradise of unpoured cement floors and empty beer tanks lolling on their sides. In the last two months, the 32,000 square foot brewery in the former Southern Pacific switching station has......

The mood was excitement as Hollywood's first Chick-fil-A opened its doors this morning. Fans had camped out overnight to be part of the First 100 and receive one free Chick-fil-A meal per week for a year......

After only seven months, Top Chef season 7 contestant Amanda Baumgarten is out as executive chef at downtown's Water Grill. Baumgarten was promoted from sous chef in mid-February to fill the shoes of chef David LeFevre, who left in September 2010 to open his own bistro, M.B. Post in Manhattan......

The Chick-fil-A frenzy is in full swing. Early this morning, 200 people were already waiting when the line officially opened for tomorrow's Chick-fil-A Hollywood debut. Tomorrow at 6 a.m. the deep-fried Southern fast food chain known for its chicken sandwiches and its traditional Christian values (read: opposition to gay marriage)......