Michele Stueven

Prix fixe and tasting menus are becoming standard across town, and one of the most grandiose can be found in the lobby of the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Jean-Georges Beverly Hills....

Caroline Styne, this year's James Beard Award winner, and her Lucques Group partner, chef Suzanne Goin, have taken over and expanded the Hollywood Bowl food and wine program to include a variety of dining options: two full-service restaurants, food kiosks, custom picnic boxes for pre-order and supper in your seats and the newly built Plaza Marketplace for grab and go prepared foods and wine....

Food festival season is in full swing with the 3rd Annual Masters of Taste one of the first out of the gate at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena featuring 90 L.A.-area food and drink vendors raising funds for Union Station Homeless Services....

N. 10, the latest Italian hot spot on Third Street in Beverly Grove, features multiregional cuisine from chefs Fabio Ugoletti and Nick Parker, formerly of the Bastianich B&B Hospitality Group (which includes Eataly). The new restaurant is named after the number 10 on the jersey worn by the owner, former Italian soccer superstar Alessandro Del Piero....

"Our friends kept coming over and just dubbed it MiddleBar.  It was in the middle of the house.  At first it was just a hobby for relaxation and had nothing to do with work. Slowly we started to cocktail cater, created our own cocktail line and ended up banging them out at the farmers markets.”...

The historic Figueroa Hotel closed for a remodel in 2015 and reopened in February after an almost three-year transformation.Staying true to the building’s Spanish Colonial architecture, Rockefeller Partners Architects and Studio Collective came in and breathed stunning new life into the building with a Western Mediterranean style that includes five restaurant and bar concepts....

Outstanding in the Fields feasts feature top chefs during the season, which runs from May through November. The events take place at vegetable farms, abalone farms, urban gardens, big-sky ranches, in olive groves, date gardens, on docks and beaches. In the past week, the event was at the Coachella Music Festival....

The latest addition to the charitable burger chain is made with black beans, brown rice and roasted beets topped with provolone cheese, lettuce, onions, pickles and vegan mustard mayo ($7.29). The Veggie Shack can be made vegan by removing the cheese and substituting a gluten-free bun or lettuce wrap (the regular bun contains traces of dairy)....

If you want a little spicy dish without the need for utensils, dive into Andrew Friedman’s Chefs, Drugs and Rock & Roll, a comprehensive look at how the superstar American chef of today evolved from the rebels — and even acid-dropping hippies — who took cooking seriously at a time when no one else did....

If there ever was a Mediterranean match made in California heaven, it’s blood oranges and sweet fennel. From Sicily to Silver Lake, both need sun and warmth to thrive. And like an old married couple, they are never far from one another at the farmers market....