Elina Shatkin

Not content to sit atop a throne of taleggio as one of Los Angeles' most acclaimed cheese purveyors, Norbert Wabnig has fashioned himself into the artisanal food world's equivalent of (pre-stroke) Dick Clark, bestowing a set of annual awards to artisanal food producers. The proprietor of The Cheese Store of......

She has a prostitute's name and the long, lean body of a stripper, but the Misti Dawn Swizzle at Caña is more than a frou-frou concoction. This is a flashy gin swizzle that finds equilibrium between tart and sweet, with sugary passion fruit rounded out by copious lime juice. Bartender......

If Flatiron Truck, with its earnestly sourced café fare, suffers from a touch of blandness, Global Soul Truck (@globalsoultruck) has the opposite problem. This pan-ethnic truck, repatriated from San Francisco, approaches food with a gleeful "more is more" abandon, but sometimes, a little less can be a whole lot more......

Like Bastide with its umpteen chef changes, Les Deux is something of a pop-up, except it keeps popping up in the same place. The once hot Hollywood spot's latest iteration (as a gastropub and mixology nexus) has officially closed, this time for good (at least as Les Deux). Word is......

Update: Just spoke with Erika Nakamura who tells us they've had a small setback and will not be opening tomorrow. No word yet on a confirmed opening date. New wave butcher shop Lindy & Grundy is finally on the verge of opening, probably tomorrow, though we're told they have one......

In a rural Ethiopian village, a man sets fire to his brother's farm when his brother begins cultivating a more profitable cereal. Why? Envy, which can cripple agricultural development. Actually, envy can cripple just about anything. That's obvious. Now, thanks to research released last week by the University of East......

The beloved (by some) Dodger Dog is getting a Mexi-themed hermano, the Doyer Dog. Loaded with chili, nacho cheese, chopped tomatoes, onions and jalapenos, it hits concession stands today, just in time for the Dodgers' home opener against the San Francisco Giants. "Doyer" is no misspelling. The hot dog, which......

There's no surer sign of gentrification than a classy-looking wine shop moving into your neighborhood. The Kosher Corridor, which has been booming with new restaurants these past couple of years (most recently Komodo; before that, Twenty Six by Shiloh), is getting a wine and spirits store. The Cask will open......

You've got to hand it to St. Vincent Meals On Wheels. They know how to leverage a food trend to benefit charity. First, they hopped on the food truck bandwagon with Cart For A Cause, a weekly food truck featuring a rotating roster of top local chefs. Now, they're hosting......