Jessica Ritz

Ari Rosenson, Chef de Cuisine at Cut, has had a career that's both atypical for a chef, and practically an anomaly in just about any industry during this era of diminishing corporate loyalty. That's because Rosenson has worked for Wolfgang Puck since he was a teenager. Yes, you read that......

Mother's Day in Los Angeles always brings the gift of good May weather, and the perennial foolproof option of a Sunday farmers' market visit followed by a home cooked meal. But here are a few other suggestions on how to treat a deserving lady right, since chances are the Huntington......

Restaurateur George Abou-Daoud (Bowery, Delancey, Mercantile, Mission Cantina, Tamarind Deli) has already covered a lot of restaurant genres with his string of Hollywood bars and eateries, and this week he's ready to debut his next project. District opens Wednesday next to Mercantile on Sunset Blvd. and Seward, and is according......

So you've decided to boil and peel the eggs, experiment with different charosets, broil the chicken, brisket, and find an approved grain. But some blanks might still need to be filled for your Passover meal to be complete. Wine: It's OK to put a bottle of Manischewitz on the table......

The two nights of Passover seder 5770 fall on Monday, March 29 and Tuesday, March 30. Our local, trusty, sophisticated Passover mavens honor the broad Jewish culinary diaspora while hewing to some familiar traditions as well. Bottom line: for those who don't want to cook and prefer to share the......

The Counter's newest location very obviously marks the Burger Era's firm supplanting of the Age of Baja Fresh's over-expansion. That's because the custom burger joint just took over the Mexican fast food spot's former place on Sunset just west of Fairfax. Folks might continue to line up at the Griddle......

Since the mid-1980s when the first Chaya Brasserie opened, notoriously aggressive paparazzi, Chanel and Diavolina boutiques, and the rise of the Kitson empire have replaced novelty fusion cuisine and shoulder pads as popular conversation topics on upper Robertson Boulevard. But the Japan-based restaurant has remained a part of the L.A......

It's a green green green green restaurant world. Or so it seems these days in Los Angeles, especially now that Tender Greens has opened its fourth Southern California location. The spacious restaurant in Hollywood on the Sunset-facing portion of the hardly-recognizable-as-its-former-midcentury-self Sunset Vine Tower started dishing out organic hearty salads,......