Sara Rashkin

Nate Silver and his Burrito Bracket team have spoken. The best burrito in Los Angeles is at ... Al and Bea's Mexican Food in Boyle Heights. The Burrito Bracket arrived in Los Angeles a few weeks ago. We covered this playful, semi-rigorous national burrito contest, run by Silver and the......

We recently reported on the butter coffee trend. Some folks tout the health benefits of adding saturated fats to coffee and some swear by the morning ritual for a weight loss aid. The drink has been largely popularized by Dave Asprey, creator of the Bulletproof Coffee brand and the trademarked Bulletproof name......

Barton G. The Restaurant arrives in Los Angeles from Miami with a new West Hollywood location that will open tonight for dinner service. The menu features what the company calls "theatrical fine dining." So while the prices and atmosphere of the small modern dining room and outdoor patio are in keeping......

Star statistician Nate Silver wants to find the best burrito in the country, so he's done what any stats-genius sports fan with a blog would do: He's designed a Burrito Bracket modeled after the NCAA Basketball Tournament. Silver announced the project last week on FiveThirtyEight.com, his statistical analysis blog, now owned by......

You know the Aloe vera plant: Maybe you rub the inside of the succulent's leaves on your cuts and sunburns for relief; maybe you even drink aloe water or juice for the reported health benefits. But have you tried the latest aloe creation, Chareau liqueur? We had our first taste......

The heat wave this month drove us to drink. And after sampling the city's craft cocktails to cool off, we found better weather and Memorial Day weekend offered plenty of excuses to keep right on toasting. The cocktail revival is still raging in Los Angeles, and it's easier than ever......

Flask Fine Wines in Studio City is under new ownership and getting a total makeover in the hands of its new owner, Peter Jarjour. Jarjour is already known for his first shop, Valley Beverage Company in Sherman Oaks. For the past seven years he's been turning that shop into one of the......

Ever wish you could tell which of the strip mall restaurants you drive past are actually the city's best food joints? There used to be an app for that. Ness Computing announced over the weekend that Ness, its restaurant recommendation app and website, will shut down in one month.  When OpenTable purchased......