Sara Rashkin

You can taste a country’s history in the cuisine, and Jamaican food — from jerk chicken to curry shrimp to rum cake — is definitely a dense history lesson. The population developed from a mix of indigenous people, Spanish and English colonizers, slaves brought from West Africa, and Chinese and......

Some L.A. restaurants make condiments that are so popular they (almost) become the point of the meal. The best of them often get bottled and branded and sold. From Jamaican hot sauce to strawberry and rose jam, here are a half dozen of our favorite sauces and preserves that have......

Whether you’re meeting people on Tinder, in a committed relationship, or married with kids, sometimes you need a date-night (or date-day) plan. Los Angeles has many five star restaurants, big ticket events, and famous attractions to entertain. But when you want to enjoy some easy fun and eat great food......

As flu season drags on, chances are you’ve either had the flu and still have a lingering cough or you are desperately trying to avoid getting sick as those around you wheeze and sniffle. Maybe it's time to try a different kind of flu shot — a fruit-based one. Los......

Scottish poet Robert Burns famously wrote "Address to a Haggis" in 1786 as an ode to the dish made of sheep organs and grain. (Though perhaps he's even better known as the author of the song "Auld Lang Syne.") Every January 25, on the poet's birthday, Scotland celebrates Burns Night......

If there’s one thing most Angelenos can agree on, it’s tacos. Yes, they’re delicious. Yes, our city has the best ones outside of Mexico. And yes, we want some right now. Taco stands, taco trucks and taquerias are so ubiquitous here, we can take them for granted and simply favor......

If you thought you could never like a fruitcake, don't throw in the towel until you've tried black cake, the tasty holiday treat made throughout the English-speaking Caribbean for Christmas, New Year's and weddings. Related to British plum pudding, the rich desert may be a holiday staple for many, but......

It’s the season of pumpkins, when that orange, hard-skinned, winter squash shows up in everything from ravioli to beer. So why limit yourself to that same old synthetic Starbucks pumpkin spice? Thai Town is filled with far more interesting pumpkin dishes to tempt your palate. In Thailand, pumpkins are available......

You might have expected the new Thug Kitchen cookbook release from Rodale Books to be fairly uneventful. A lot of popular cooking blogs lead to cookbook contracts, and online fans provide a pre-established market for the book. But the popular, irreverent, vegan site ThugKitchen.com was written anonymously, so fans only......

Hannah Hart shared her first My Drunk Kitchen video on YouTube for her best friend when they were on opposite sides of the country. While drinking several glasses of wine, she demonstrated how to make a grilled cheese sandwich. The video went viral, and the rest is Drunk History. No,......