Jessica Ritz

With all due respect to hearty home-cooked Christmas meals centered around major hunks of proteins, tamales and starchy vegetables, it's not all that difficult to find interesting ways to eat out on December 25th in Los Angeles. Alright, in all fairness, the endeavor can be challenging. But it's also subversively......

Decades before a new Seattle import called Starbucks set up shop in the Beverly Connection, or Intelligentsia Silver Lake opened its doors in 2007, a sea change in Los Angeles' coffee history began in Los Feliz. Ambrose Pasquini came to the United States from Milan in 1946 when he was......

Just when fatigue and perhaps even some cynicism about the year's parade of splashy food events starts to set in, along comes along a fundraiser with enough heart, spirit and dynamite food made by superstar chefs to vanquish any disenchantment. Even the sun came out at the last minute for......

Waiting for a table in a crowded restaurant is rarely the highlight of a night out. If there's a bar to pass the time and get things rolling, better. If not, a smartly designed overflow space is always appreciated. Gingergrass in Silver Lake has given its clientele the latter in......

The previous Venn Diagrams on this site have mostly looked at cuisines associated with certain nationalities and ethnic groups -- and Angelenos' perceptions of their eating habits and traditions. Today's VD goes broad yet looks inward as we look at what Californians eat and consider what California cuisine means in......

Flickr user: current events The first of November means a nasty Halloween hangover for some; for others, it's the beginning of All Saints' Day. Stock up bunches of golden marigolds, which we've spotted at flower shops and at farmers' markets this week. Here are 10 ways to eat and drink......

Sometimes eating out with kids is all about the path of least resistance, which if you peruse OpenTable Diners' Choice list of the country's 100 most kid-friendly restaurants, seems to be the prevailing philosophy of those who voted. In response, the SF Weekly published a selection of San Francisco's Most......

Galco's Soda Pop Stop is a magical place. For carbonated beverage fans, the Highland Park shop is a retail marvel, an unparalleled source of sweet bubblies and even some sour pops, and everything else along the soda flavor spectrum you knew and didn't know existed. Even folks whose beverage of......

Playdate foods for adults and kids typically involve carrot sticks, graham crackers, chips, juice and the like. Things in Yosr Daoud's household, however, are more exciting than that. It was over a plate of traditional Tunisian brik that Daoud prepared for fellow mom and friend Lisa McLaughlin that the seeds......

While switching from a career in painting conservation to macaron baking isn't exactly included in Myers Briggs-based matrices, it was a natural progression for Claire Becker. And reminds the rest of us that you never know what skills will translate seamlessly to other professions. At least this proved to be......