Heather Platt

For two weeks every summer and winter, we all have an excuse to visit restaurants we might not otherwise venture into. The discounted pre-fixe menus featured during DineLA encourage everyone to go out and live-it-up. But for many high-end restaurants in town, DineLA poses a serious conundrum. There's no way to......

When it comes to gift-giving for food lovers, one plan always works: cookbooks. This year, Angelenos who want to share a taste of our great city with family and friends are in luck: A handful of local chefs, restaurants, mixologists and food writers released books this year about everything from......

Across L.A., esteemed chefs and their teams are alleviating the holiday stress by offering everything from elegant multi-course tasting menus  to festive family brunch buffets to vegan pre-fixes. There are even all-night drink specials and complimentary meals. So forget the chaotic last-minute trip to Whole Foods and that epic pile......

Do the words “brining,” “trussing,” “spatchcocking,” “basting” and “carving” give you anxiety? Thanksgiving is a time when even the most kitchen-averse feel obliged to dust off a roasting pan, tie an apron on and crack open a vintage Julia Child hardcover in an attempt to prepare the most momentous meal......

On a sweltering September morning in Venice, a group of students sits around a container of seed packets on the front porch of the old Venice City Hall building. “Radish, beets and carrots are all growing in the same season. Does anyone know which season?” asks Lauren Tucker, who leads......

In a town where high-value Sunday night prix fixe specials abound, it's hard to stand out. But nothing beats the bargain at Los Feliz's favorite neighborhood haunt, Little Dom's, where Monday is the new Sunday. Chef-owner Brandon Boudet uses seasonal produce from the Hollywood Farmers Market to create a three-course......

Michael Cimarusti, executive chef and co-owner of L.A.’s critically acclaimed Providence, has announced that the restaurant will be the pilot eatery for California’s first Restaurant Supported Fishery (RSF), Dock to Dish. Dock to Dish connects local fishermen (in this case, over a dozen of them from Santa Barbara) to member restaurants, which receive......

Aside from a handful of classic haunts where Hollywood types have been dodging paparazzi and sealing deals over iced tea and chopped salads for decades, many of the best restaurants only serve dinner. And for a while, those that were open mid-day often seemed more focused on the scene than......

On a quiet Wednesday morning in Newport Beach, locals line up at the only fish vendor open mid-week at the Dory Fleet Fish Market: Scott Breneman’s West Caught Fish Company. The vibrant red snapper and shimmering black cod that came in around 3 a.m. lie lifeless on a boat-shaped wooden......

“Take a picture of me with Jesus,” a woman at the end of the long dinner table says to her friend sitting across from her. She snuggles up to the tall man she'd met an hour before, whose shoulder-length brown hair does, in fact, lend him a Jesus-like air. Jesus,......