Elina Shatkin

After the most combative season of what was already the screamiest cooking reality show around, Atlanta chef Nona Sivley took home the top prize, beating out Russell Kook to win season 8 of "Hell's Kitchen." Foul-mouthed in the kitchen (what chef isn't?) but gracious in victory, Sivley praised her opponent,......

Bartenders, to say nothing of hungover home mixologists, have as many ways to make a Bloody Mary as Los Angeles has luxe loncheros. The drink's ubiquity typically translates to a glass of V8 spiked with vodka, maybe a dash of pepper or a hit of Worcestershire, if it's fancy. More......

The long-dormant space in the courtyard of Hollywood's Egyptian Theatre is finally seeing some life. The space that several years ago housed the short-lived but fantastic frozen custard shop Lickity Split, will re-open as the beach-themed Maui & Sons bar on January 8th. Think grass-hut decor, waitstaff in board shorts......

Only four days ago, Joel Black was excited about working at Bar Toscana, set to open in Brentwood on Dec. 10th. That partnership -- with William Perbellini and Francesco Lafranconi -- didn't work out. Instead, Black has thrown in his lot with the crew of the soon-to-be-reopened Les Deux, fellow......

Updated: We can finally reveal the location of the Hollywood Chick-fil-A: The southeast corner of Sunset and Highland (6750 W. Sunset Blvd.), formerly the site of Carl's Jr. and kitty corner to Hollywood High. Groundbreaking begins next Thursday, Dec. 16, with the Chick-fil-A cows kicking off the festivities at 10......

Updated: The plagiarism kerfuffle at now shuttered Cook's Source topped Regret The Error's annual list of publishing mistakes -- right above a photo in which an actor playing a Nazi was identified AS the Nazi. Oops. Writer Monica Gaudio's initial charge of plagiarism went viral and led to a host......

The "kosher corridor" along Pico Boulevard near Robertson, which has seen more new restaurants in the past couple years than it had probably seen in the previous decade, gets another addition in Twenty-Six by Shiloh. Set to open at 4 p.m. on December 16th (despite what the sign says), this......

Every word out of Michael J. Cirino's mouth seems like a wisecrack, and that includes "and" and "the." Somehow, between anecdotes about chewing khat in North Africa and passages from The Great Gatsby, he manages to expound on the chemical properties of liquid nitrogen and the vicissitudes of sous-vide cookery......

Chef Laurent Quenioux is a busy man, now running the kitchens of two restaurants: his namesake Bistro LQ in West Hollywood (which made it onto J. Gold's 99 Essential Restaurants for the second year in row) and, as of late November, Vertical Wine Bistro in Pasadena. Why did he do......

Few goyim would turn up their noses at latkes, which are, after all, what hash can only browns dream of becoming. Some have sampled the potato latke's slick city cousin, the ricotta pancake, which, no matter how much it's gussied up, is still a fancy way of saying "fried cheese."......