Emma Courtland

Perhaps as to be expected, Drink:Eat:Play's Speakeasy party provided a night of sophistication reminiscent of an era long past -- specifically that of Sophmore year in college. An hour into the event, which offered unlimited tastings of over 100 different kinds of bourbon, rum, and whiskey, plus cocktails constructed by......

Miriam Novalle, owner of T-Salon in New York, tells it like this: when she decided that she wanted to go into the tea business 22 years ago, her mother looked at her dubiously. "Well," she said in a very New York Jewish accent, "are you at least gonna give them......

On November 7, Drink:Eat:Play is hosting a Speakeasy party at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel, proving once again that they have cornered the market on fraternity-style theme parties for grown-ups. 20's attire is mandatory for guests of the event, which aims to transport them to the era of Prohibition through cocktails......

Rather, there will be "blood" at Katsuya, in shot form. Tomorrow on Halloween, strawberry-flavored rum and acai berry juice, called "Blood Shots," will be two for $5 at the restaurant's Glendale location. Adding even more holiday color to the restaurant's white and tan palate, a costume contest in the Dragon......

Though pre-sale tickets to The Edison's All Hallows Eve party were reportedly sold out over a week ago, and all of the tables have now been claimed, the downtown basement bar has just released a small number of remaining tickets on their website. So buy yours fast (they're priced at......

Perhaps because restaurant life affords little to no time for Hollywood Blvd.-style shenanigans, this year Rush Street is bringing the funk of forty thousand years to Culver City. We're talking about a Thriller party, so elaborately themed that despite the film "13 Going on 30" and countless YouTube wedding videos......

When Hello Kitty, the imported Japanese icon of pencil boxes and cell phone tassles, celebrates her 35th anniversary with an enormous multi-dimensional art exhibition and three-weeks of special events at Culver City's Royal/T Cafe, the experience can best be described as an idiomatic "#1 good time." The exhibition, titled "Three......

Recently there've been a number of new fast food restaurants opening, not just affordable but environmentally- savvy and health-conscious. We're talking about restaurants like Veggie Grill and Bawarchi, and now Fresh Cutt Carving Grill. For the sake of comparison, if Bawarchi is an eco-conscious Indian Subway, then Fresh Cutt, which......

Food GPS' Joshua Lurie and Eating LA's Pat Saperstein are leading their second bicycled culinary tour on Sunday, October 25, focusing this time on the cuisine of East Hollywood. Comprised of at least four stops and ending in a flight of four beers at Blue Palms Brewhouse, the bloggers hope......

Back in June, Squid Ink sat in on one of pastry chef Amanda Broder's baking classes at Food. We were impressed that in a period of only two hours, she demonstrated six of her favorite stone fruit pastries and an uncanny aptitude for schmoozing away the stigma of perfectionistic baking......