Jessica Ritz

There are many books about cheese. There are plenty of books that depict mice, and their love of cheese. And countless children's book authors and illustrators have figured out clever ways to show the alphabet, but none with the specific dedication to dairy products and rodents as seen in A,......

Art, soccer, drama and the like are all edifying pursuits that help young people find their passions and build character. But you can't eat them for dinner. Cooking classes for kids are fun, educational, and let's face it, useful. Come summertime in Los Angeles -- and it's just around the......

We Californians have a reputation, however fictional or exaggerated, for looking on the bright side of things. So when it comes to reporting on the 2011 James Beard Foundation Awards, which took place last night at Avery Fisher Hall in New York City, we'll take a glass-half-full approach. Even if......

Charoset -- also spelled haroset, charoses, haroses, charoseth and so on, depending on your phonetic preference -- comes in many forms and textures. Some traditions cook and pulverize dried fruits, nuts and spices into a paste suited for spreading, which is all the better to symbolize the mortar the Jews......

When a pizza restaurant runs out of dough during a busy night, it's a bummer for hungry customers who show up expecting to eat. For the restaurant, there could be worse problems. To anyone else, the irony is kind of amusing, given that the business's name itself contains said pizza......

Los Angeles chefs and restaurants approach Passover with respect for tradition, while applying their own unconventional and unexpected touches. There will be plenty of matzo ball soup. And then there will be Thai-style gefilte fish, macaroons and macarons. Most of the following holiday options on April 18 and 19th, however,......

When it opened last spring, the farmers market located at the sprawling property adjacent to Yamashiro restaurant in the Hollywood Hills gave the people what they want. Maybe they didn't know they wanted it, but anyone who made the brief trek up Sycamore Avenue was rewarded with some of the......

In the first part of our interview with Umami Burger founder Adam Fleischman, he discussed Umami's origin -- which coincided with L.A.'s burger mania -- how Umami Burger's going national won't change its identity, and why In-N-Out can claim real umami street cred. In the second part, Fleischman talks about......

Given that we're deep into Los Angeles' full-blown Golden Burger Age, with the evidence amply documented on this site, it's almost hard to remember a time before it. The burger landscape was just on its way to becoming fully fleshed out (pun intended, we suppose) when the first Umami Burger......

The bar for field trips and group lunches has been set very high for a class of third graders at Larchmont Charter West school in West Hollywood. As one of the many events sponsored by the Club EATalian campaign, the class was treated to a lunch on Monday at Drago......