Michele Stueven

The restaurants and food vendors across town are joining in this week's Pride festivities, making sure that nobody goes hungry or thirsty during L.A. Pride....

On Thursday, June 7, A Taste of Israel will celebrate the country’s 70th anniversary at the Skirball Cultural Center, featuring Israeli and Israel-inspired chefs and vintners from around the world, live music from Moments and cooking demonstrations....

If there are two things in this world that can help keep out the chatter and help one stay balanced, it's yoga and a good glass of wine. Yogi sommelier Chiara Shannon has brought the two together at her workshops, which combine wine tasting and yoga....

At a broad 6 feet tall, Evan Funke shops with a bit of a swagger and is a large figure on many levels. The farmers market vendors call him "the mayor" behind his back....

Everybody knows Gloria Tamai. She's the friendly face and familial force behind Tamai Family Farms. If you frequent any of the local farmers markets between Santa Barbara and the South Bay, you've likely bought some of her produce....

Executive chef Joe Sasto has created a perfect marriage of California and Italy, focusing on coastal Italian and California seafood and his handmade pasta. The handsome mustachioed Top Chef star with the perpetual smile combines a traditional zeppole with Santa Barbara uni, white sturgeon caviar, lardo and prosciutto so blissful you can just feel the pebbles between your toes....

Even if May is gray, summer is swinging into the farmers markets with stone fruit this week — cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots, plums and pluots by the basketfuls. Cherry-picking season is typically from May to June, and they are at their crispy best right now. We suggest making them into a cherry-peach crisp....

Bravo Top Chef Dakota Weiss, James Beard Award winner Bruce Kalman of Union and Upper West chef Nick Shipp will get together again this year to host Taste of the Nation at the historic Culver City Media Park on Sunday, June 3. One hundred percent of proceeds from the annual event, which brings together L.A.’s top chefs, sommeliers and mixologists, benefit Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign to help fight hunger in America....

The food and wine program led by Suzanne Goin and Caroline Styne has new offerings this year, including a Hollywood Bowl Food + Wine mobile app, which will help concertgoers skip the long lines before the concert. Fans can order pizza, banh mi, hot dogs, picnic boxes, sweets and other items on the way to their seats....