Rachael Narins

A restaurant is a place where people pay to eat meals. That applies to all the variations: café, bistro, diner, pizza parlor, gastropubs, etc. We all know what we're getting when we go to one of those versus another. But what about all the off-the-grid dining establishments? What can you......

If you're already a podcast listener, then you most likely know and love KCRW's Good Food and The Splendid Table, two of the best shows on the radio, ready for uploading at any time. In terms of food coverage, there's also NPR, Martha Stewart ... the list goes on. Those......

The couscous at Manhattan Beach Post -- how have we survived without it until now? The flavors are so right. Perhaps you remember that "OMG I love this", feeling from the first time you had the Crying Tiger Beef at Jitlada or a Kogi taco? Yeah, like that. If you......

What is a grilled cheese sandwich? It's comfort food. It's warm and retro-yet-now and endlessly customizable. It's something that can be lowbrow, high-end and everything in between. How is it defined? For the purposes of this guide, we're saying a grilled cheese is a vegetarian sandwich that's served hot and......

Everything under the sun is customizable these days. There are wineries that will help you create your own blend, and the Mars company is happy to put anything you like on an M&M. But what if wine or chocolate isn't your thing? (Huh?) What if your thing is bacon? What......

If you're going to be in Chicago sometime before April 29th, and want to earn some very esoteric food snob points, you cannot miss Rick Bayless making his acting debut in Cascabel, a new play being staged by The Lookingglass Theater Company. Yes, chef Rick Bayless, author, restaurateur and champion......

When one thinks of Switzerland, one conjures images of a happy, armed and yet war-adverse people who wear chic watches, carry fussy little knives and hike in majestic mountains while eating milk chocolate bars. (Hopefully we crammed every possible stereotype in to that one sentence.) Who knew they're also small......

Yes, we already covered Los Angeles' 10 Best Sandwiches. But as we all know, this is a vast city and sometimes a true gem gets overlooked. In this case, that would be the Tunisian Tuna sandwich at Tarte Tatin Bakery in Beverly Hills, and we suggest you eat, this, now......

The overzealous kitchen tinkerers at J&D's who brought us Bacon Salt and whimsical bacon-flavored envelopes have taken their obsession one step further. While you're not going to die of clogged arteries from any of their totally Kosher (though we can't vouch for the tacky factor) product line, when you do......

Has any sober person ever pondered why grilled cheese sandwiches are called that, when they aren't typically made on a grill? They're griddled. It's a griddled cheese sandwich. Griddled, grilled, baked or battered and deep fried, they're still utterly delicious and the focus of the 10th Annual Grilled Cheese Invitational,......