Elina Shatkin

From the owners of the Must Bar (scheduled to re-open this fall) and Perch (opening in June) comes a third venue, Coly's Stromboli, opening tomorrow. It's a casual concept that specializes in, well, stromboli. In theory, that's different than a calzone, but in practice, the terms are interchangeable. They're both......

Watermelon radishes, stinging nettles, kaffir lime leaves. Ask Craig Thornton what he plans to do with this stuff and he'll answer, "I don't know." How about the green garlic or Nantes carrots? "I don't know." Yet here he is, scouring the Santa Monica farmers market, seeking inspiration for his next......

Bricia Lopez was 17 the first time she was fired -- by her father. She had stayed out late partying and, afraid to come home, crashed at a girlfriend's house. His wrath was swift. Though the family restaurant business had always been her safety net, she got a job as......

Bricia Lopez was 17 the first time she was fired -- by her father. She had stayed out late partying and, afraid to come home, crashed at a girlfriend's house. His wrath was swift. Though the family restaurant business had always been her safety net, she got a job as......

To which school of cooking, precisely, do the concoctions from The Nacho Truck (@nachotruckla) belong: baroque or stoner? The line between the two can be thin......

Even major league sports are cashing in on the street food trend. This Saturday, May 26th, the Home Depot Center debuts its new Street Fusion food cart at the LA Galaxy vs. Chivas USA game. "Fusion" is the operative word, with a menu that spans half-a-dozen cultures and multiple continents......

Inferno's self-heating "chicken booyah" is, simultaneously, the most impressive and most terrifying apocalypse food we've taste-tested. 1. It's called Inferno. (Unless it's lava cake or the onion volcano at Benihana, we try to avoid violently named foods.) 2. It's self-heating. (That's halfway between science and Satan.) 3. The "best if......