Erin Lyall

The bartending world is incredibly close-knit and insular, particularly here in Los Angeles, where mixology is an art and bar programs are as important as food menus. So it means something that the bartender at Goldie's invited Dave Stolte -- who is neither bartender nor restaurateur -- to guest bartend......

He was a well-liked executive chef -- and TV star, winning his episode of Chopped, handily -- when he hung up his toque, moved from The Churchill to a rented space on Robertson Blvd., and started boiling pickle jars. Now Bruce Kalman's company, Bruce's Prime Pickle Co., is hitting its......

According to the USDA, the average American eats about 30 pounds of cheese a year. The French have us beat -- closer to 45 pounds per person, per year -- but then again, they've got fromageries on every corner and often eat cheese after the meal, when Americans are grabbing......

Rosé is having a bit of a "moment" right now. On al fresco tables around town, you'll spy bottles of pink wine sweating in the late summer heat; there is no more perfect companion for a picnic. Ranging in color from light onion-skin pink to a deep strawberry, rosé is......

Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (coming out Oct. 3), we'll be bringing you periodic lists of some of the best things we've found to eat and drink around town. Ice cream sandwiches and bowls of tsukemen, fish tacos and dan dan mian, cups of boba and......

Los Angeles is overflowing with cold-pressed juice: On every corner and in every gym you can satisfy your craving for the liquid essence of kale, beets, carrot, apple and anything in between. But it wasn't always thus. Back in 1975, there were very few places to go for the kind......

Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 3), we'll be bringing you periodic lists of some of the best things we've found to eat and drink around town. Ice cream sandwiches and bowls of tsukemen, fish tacos and dan dan mien, cups of boba and......

In the heart of Little Osaka -- just steps away from all the ramen, shave ice and okonomiyaki you could eat -- is Flores, a modern American small-plates restaurant chef'd by the husband-and-wife team of Rob Lawson and Angela Hernandez. The space, formerly Sawtelle Kitchen, has had a complete redo......

From certain angles, the pig looks like he's smiling, though the empty eye-sockets give him a macabre appearance. Like a porky jack-o-lantern, he's presented to the table -- to ooh's, aah's, and maybe an eww or two -- then whisked back into ink.'s kitchen. When the dish is served again......

The new Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX was unveiled last night at a black-tie gala, after nearly $2 billion in renovations. There are new boarding gates, more passport agents and fancy new video displays, but most importantly, there's the new "Great Hall" -- an airy shopping and dining area......