Jessica Ritz

Add another enticing entry in the wave of recent news regarding New York City-based frozen dessert peddlers heading west. Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream, which started as two retro-style trucks in New York City in 2008 and now has six in its rotation along with three shops, will hit the......

Restaurants cooking with grass-fed beef, organic dairy products and blink-and-you-miss-it seasonal produce are now as much a presence around Silver Lake as affordable bungalows and Johnette Napolitano sightings once were. But given the neighborhood's arguably disproportionate share of media attention, it's easy to forget that the era of full-fledged grown-up restaurants...

Opportunities to give back during the holiday season are many. But since we still need to eat, some local food and drink businesses are thankfully getting into the holiday spirit by pitching in with their own charitable programs......

Kuishimbo is a Koreatown mainstay, cranking out Japanese grilled, deep-fried and stir-fried basics in a no-frills strip mall on the northwest corner of Wilshire and Wilton since 1979. While a visit to the restaurant might suggest it has remained mostly untouched by the neighborhood's relentless evolution, longtime customers recall a......

"Would you like to be a guinea pig?" chef Pati Zarate asks with an easy grin in the open kitchen at Homegirl Café. She then hands over a plate with a green bean-and-spinach egg-white omelet, served with a side of honey-drizzled grilled queso panela and a tomato mint salad. Given......

What began as a public-private partnership bidding process to find a food vendor for a beloved urban park launched a massively successful mid-market burger chain. Granted, any business gets a leg up when an already successful restaurateur such as Danny Meyer is at the helm. Shake Shack now has locations......

While planning that super sweet gesture for mom this Mother's Day -- remember, it's coming up on Sunday -- think back to all the valuable nuggets she taught you over the years. Chances are a lot of them have to do with food, right? That's certainly the case for many......

It's a relief to know that a writer on The New York Times food beat has kids whose tastes don't sound all that much more adventuresome than those of your own children. Given that people are obsessed with food and what the kids are up to, and perhaps more importantly,......

Naming a neighborhood restaurant after its own neighborhood, or what's perceived to be its neighborhood, can be dicey business in greater Los Angeles. Take AltaEats, located on North Allen Avenue near New York, for example. Chef and co-owner Paul Ragan notes that the restaurant he recently opened with his co-owner......

Sure, there's fun to be had cooking your own deep fried holiday foods. But sustaining this ritual for a celebration that spans eight nights? Not so appealing. Most households tend to max out at one, maybe two, latke frying sessions, since ventilation methods can only be so effective. And besides,......