Katie Robbins

In theory the breakfast burrito is a beautiful thing -- eggs, beans, cheese, perhaps a little avocado or chorizo. What's not to like? But too often what should be well-composed torpedoes of taste become messy bombs of blandness -- jumbles of too many ingredients, each fighting for dominance, with none......

The Place: Sushi & Kushi Imai, 8300 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills; (323) 655-2253 The Hours: daily 5:30-7:30 The Deals: $1.00 house wines, house sake, and Sapporo draft; $4 Sapporo pitchers; reduced prices for premium sake, sushi, and appetizers Turn the page to see what we thought......

Not since the Revolutionary War has the UK suffered such an emasculating loss. On Sunday The Guardian reported on a deeply troubling trend in this noble island nation -- British bangers are rapidly losing inches. According to research from the British pork trade organization BPEX, many supermarket packages of British......

Researchers out of Johns Hopkins have good news and bad news for struggling dieters. The good news is they can make unappetizing low calorie food seem really, really delicious. The bad news? It will only seem tempting if you have to work hard to get it first. The study, "Greater......

It was a tweet heard round the world. Just as we were slipping into a post-Halloween funk (no special treats till Thanksgiving?), Christina Tosi, the mad genius behind the gloriously addictive, trademarked treats at Momofuku Milk Bar, cried out via Twitter "fuck yeah! our new shipping site is live!" And......

Forget all those cutesy ghost-shaped cupcakes, for a truly scary Halloween spread, look to Deutschland. As any student of German will tell you, this is a nation not afraid to describe exactly what it's eating (none of this namby-pamby black pudding for them.) As such German cuisine is rife with......

The Place: Sheddy's Public Parlor, 361 S. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles; 323-651-1442. The Hours: daily 5-8 p.m. and all Monday. The Deals: $4.25 draught beers; $2 off wines by the glass and American beer bottles; $10 carafes of sangria; deals on "beer and wine license friendly" vodka, rum and tequila......

When a kid comes into Tempura House, a tiny home-style Japanese joint on Sawtelle, an enormous smile takes over owner Nobuo Anzai's face, as he pulls out a lollipop or cookie for the young guest. While more mature diners don't receive a goodie bag to go with their orders of......

Perhaps it's not a discovery worthy of the Harvard Kitchen Lab, but just in time for the possible passage of Proposition 19, there's been a recent breakthrough in late night snacking -- extensive research shows that most restaurant leftovers taste better dipped in hummus. The luscious creaminess and savory punch......

April really is the cruelest month. At least for the 11-week old fetus. The Independent reports on a Finnish study that found that babies who celebrate their eleventh week of gestation in springtime have a higher likelihood of developing allergies to milk and eggs than those who hit the eleven......