Elina Shatkin

A portrait from Dinner in NY.; Credit: Miho Aikawa

Dinner in NY: Portraits of People Eating

Elina Shatkin
Thanks to The Kitchn, which tipped us to Dinner in NY, a project from photographer Miho Aikawa. The series of intimate portraits features an array of New Yorkers as they eat their dinner: alone or with friends, distractedly or contemplatively, texting, working, drinking, regaling friends, watching children......
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L.A.'s Idea of Jewish Food vs. What Jews Really Eat

Elina Shatkin
Our latest attempt in Understanding Cuisine through Racial Profiling finds us examining the dietary habits of Jews. But what kind of Jews? One respondent wrote, "You meant to ask what American Jews eat, right? Otherwise you will get sucked forever into separating Moroccan Jews from Polish Jews." There's the rub......
A Hawaiian beach; Credit: grantzprice/Flickr

LudoBites 9.0 Heads to Hawaii

Elina Shatkin
Attention, LudoBites completists: Buy your plane ticket now. The next LudoBites pops up in Hawaii. From March 6-17, LudoBites Hawai'i Nine-0 will pop up at the Hualalai Grille at the Hualalai Resort and Four Seasons. Expect the usual assortment of eclectic small plates, including some inspired by the native flora......
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National Food Porn Day: Feb. 24

Elina Shatkin
We admit it: "National Food Porn Day" is not a real holiday. But on Feb. 24, it ought to be. That's the day the Art House Co-op hopes to create and document the world's largest simultaneous communal snack by staging a worldwide moment of food porn......
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Sangak Bakery & Cafe to Open This Week

Elina Shatkin
Sangak Bakery & Cafe, which we spotted months ago in the heart of the Kosher Corridor, is set to open later this week. The Glatt Kosher restaurant will offer a full menu of kabobs, giving nearby Kabab Mahaleh (a neighborhood favorite known for its cheap and tasty eats) a run......
A vampiro taco from Mexicali Taco Co.; Credit: Jack Poole

Mexicali Taco & Co. to Open Restaurant

Elina Shatkin
Hallelujah! Mexicali Taco & Co., famous for its vampiros and considered by many the purveyor of the best taco in Los Angeles, is finally opening a brick-and-mortar restaurant -- and it's spitting distance from where its humble parking lot stand once stood at First & Beaudry......
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Best Brew Awards: Vote for L.A.'s Best Cafe

Elina Shatkin
Coffee machine manufacturer Krups announced the nominees for its annual Best Brew Awards, which selects the best coffee shops in the country -- as long as they're located in New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Dallas, San Francisco, Atlanta or Washington, D.C. (Sorry, Portland.) Los Angeles nominees......
Scenes from Who's Hungry; Credit: Jeff Woodward

Who's Hungry Puppet Theater Adds Show

Elina Shatkin
Who's Hungry, a series of experimental puppet plays about hunger, proved so popular when it opened last week that another show has been added. The short-running play, which uses puppetry to weave together the oral histories of five homeless and hungry Angelenos, debuted to a packed house. For this final......
The Blood Orange Fizz.; Credit: Ammo

Jason Robey Debuts New Cocktail Bar at Ammo

Elina Shatkin
Already known for its clean, California-inspired menu, Ammo hopes to be known for its alcoholic libations as well. Tomorrow, the Highland Avenue restaurant officially debuts its "Artisan Cocktail Bar," featuring a menu by Jason Robey. Robey, who previously oversaw the cocktail program at Michael's (and before that at New Heights......