Michele Stueven

There’s a lot on tap this week, including a cognac workshop at the Pacific Food & Beverage Museum, an Oscar-viewing party celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the Varnish downtown and a tasting of Grand Leyenda's organic tequilas at the Edison....

Fat Tuesday is March 5, and for those who won’t be able to make the Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans or Carnival in Brazil, here are six ways to gorge yourself in L.A. before the big Easter countdown known as Lent:...

Chefs Brooke Williamson and Nick Roberts of Da Kiko Kiko, Hudson House, Playa Provisions, the Tripel, and Small Batch Ice Cream will be honored as Chefs of the Year at the debut of the Taste of St. Joseph’s Center food and drink festival on Thursday, Feb. 28, at Playa Studios....

Anniversary celebrations at Santa Monica's Huckleberry Bakery Cafe and 70 years of the Golden Bull, plus a wine weekend in Santa Ynez — here’s what’s popping up in and around L.A. this week....

Love will be not only in the air but on the table as well when Mary Jane University’s High Dining presents its signature Sushi + Doobie Rolling Workshop on Saturday, Feb. 23, in Culver City. The student body will be immersed in the finer points of rolling both cannabis joints and sushi during the workshop. Scheduled instructors are cannabis activist and author Keiko Beatie and sushi chef Victor Miller, with live music from rapper MC Flow and DJ Jack Pharaoh to add cachet to the curriculum....

Also known as voodoo lily, elephant yam and snake palm, and commonplace in Japan, the bulbous underground stem of the konjac plant was in the spotlight in a seven-course dinner prepared by three of L.A.’s most celebrated chefs, including Shibumi’s David Schlosser, at Inn Ann at Japan House over the weekend....