Elina Shatkin

After Eater LA last Monday announced Ben Bailly's departure from Petrossian, the chef himself confirmed it via Twitter, but wouldn't say where he was going. Now we know. Bailly, who cooked his last meal at Petrossian on Friday, cooked his first meal as executive chef of the Culver City Fraîche......

Now that you can get pretty much any culture's culinary staple tucked in a taco, I decided to think outside the tortilla. Could I find good shrimp scampi on a food truck? As a friend of mine asked: why would you try? Chutzpah, hubris, a calculated attempt to strengthen my......

Simpo, a moveable feast that has already hit Toronto and New York, will pop up later this week for its first -- and probably only -- night in Los Angeles. Hosted by Toronto-based chef Aldo Lanzillotta, the intimate 20-person pop-up will feature a 6-8 course, Italian-influenced meal. He won't decide......

Starry Kitchen proprietor Nguyen Tran wants you to put his balls in your mouth. He's not shy about it, either. A couple weekends ago, you could find the affable restaurateur with the penchant for goofy costumes sporting faux lederhosen and a clapboard sign entreating you to enjoy his balls. No,......

Head chef Harutaka Kishi of Gordon Ramsay's London in West Hollywood has a new gig: executive chef of Chaya Brasserie in Beverly Hills, where he's shutting down the restaurant while he overhauls the menu. The Beverly Hills outpost of the constantly expanding and shrinking chain will close for a week......

He was the runt of the litter. Slated for the Christmas dinner table. Rejected by the butcher for being too small. Unloved and unwanted. Then the family dog, Diana, stepped in. She began nursing the Iberian piglet and made him part of her litter. Now, he's too cute to eat......

Hollywood is awash in quickie pizza joints that seem to do most of their business in the wee hours of Friday, Saturday and Sunday mornings. Move over pizza, now there's something meatier. Since it opened in June, Juicy Burger has drawn a steady stream of positive reviews and was even......

Pickling is a hot trend these days, and plenty of cuisines have traditionally featured some form of pickled food, but few cultures revere pickling the way Koreans do. There's a Korean saying, chef EJ Jeong tells us, that roughly translates to: you can live without your wife but not without......

Proving that everyone in Los Angeles -- even food trucks -- can have a second act, Willoughby Road (Twitter: @willoughbyroad) is back on the road. The first time Jeshua Garza and Adrian Ochoa launched their nouveau southern food truck in Jan. 2010, they went out of business in under three......

Last night, Alain Giraud made a spectacular debut on the first of his four nights at Test Kitchen LA. Then the chef warned diners they should return later in his run because the first night is always a bit rocky. The man sets a high bar for himself. Though he's......