Jenn Garbee

Les Paul, the guitar legend who created the prototype for the first solid-body electric guitar, died today at the age of 94. Though he was perhaps best known for his guitars, Paul was one of the greatest jazz guitar pickers of his time. The only appropriate tribute to such a......

The sprawling 27-foot-long Swarovski crystal dragon writhing across the dining room wall at Wazuzu, the pan-Asian restaurant in Steve Wynn's recently opened Encore Las Vegas hotel, appears rather famished. Jet Tila, the restaurant's 33-year-old executive chef, says he could go for a bowl of spicy noodles in chicken-coconut broth right......

What excites beer geeks is somewhat different from the typical sommelier obsession. Take Christina Perozzi, the consultant to fancy-pants beer joints such as Laurel Tavern and Essex Hollywood. Oysters - the clam shell variety, not the Sauvignon Blancs and Pinot Grigios that typically go with them - are what gets......

What started as a tipsy 4th of July fireside chat four years ago between nextdoor neighbors Aaron and Erin Culp, both 1999 Cal Poly wine program graduates, and Jeffrey and Kimberly Steele, more seasoned business types, turned into one more fortified American business. As the Atascadero couples nibbled roasted emulsified......

Part of the charm of Simmzy's, the latest addition to the gastropub genre, is the number of tap beers the new Manhattan Beach pub squeezes into such a tiny space. Including the 50% share allotted to the kitchen, the entire place is less than 1,200 square feet. Try inviting four......

Presumably, only video game junkies who have never felt the pressure to fire twelve orders--RIGHT NOW!--could dream up the social networking game Restaurant City. Playfish, the company behind Restaurant City and numerous additional social networking games (a sort of Monopoly goes Facebook genre), launched the free application in April. According......

Last week Samir Mohajer, the former Rustic Canyon chef and now chef-owner of The Cabbage Patch in Beverly Hills, opened Spoc's Sausage Stand a few blocks from the UCLA campus. The 100-square-foot space is the former home of Roll Inn, a.k.a. "Buck Fiddy", a walk-by joint known more for the......

The sparkling Italian wine Prosecco is often revered as much for its affordable price as for its food-friendly flavor. That may soon change. Beginning this fall with the 2009 vintage, Prosecco from a select region will obtain "Garantita" status. For the weekend wine buyer, it simply means a G will......

If you're on a summer produce pickling binge, listen up. When you sort through the cabbage bin, steer clear of the lightweights - unless you're into kraut that is a bit on the scrawny side. A tightly wound, linebacker-size dicotyledon is what you want, says Greg Krüegermann, co-owner of Krüegermann......

Sub Rosa Spirits, a 2-year-old vodka company based outside of Portland, is now available in Los Angeles. The name is derived from the Latin phrase sub rosā, or "under the rose," the ancient Greek tradition of suspending a rose from the ceiling of a meeting room to indicate everything said......