Shuji Sakai

If celebrity culture teaches us Angelenos anything, it's that we do things in public we oughtn't with gleeful recklessness. Gastronomically speaking, we occasionally revel in D-list, post-party moments that we later regret: Oki Dog, or Pink's, or the all-night Tommy's on the corner of Beverly and Rampart. When those weak......

Shortly after the Fukushima disaster spread fears of a tsunami and radioactive plume hitting the Western United States, panicked buyers cleaned out many retailers of freeze-dried camping foods and left shelves bare at outdoor sports retailers. Yes, those camping foods that our colleague Elina Shatkin reviewed this week were actually......

Flickr user thomashawk​ Irvine-based In-N-Out Burger opened their first two Texas stores this week, to much fanfare and long lines. How long was the line? Youtube user armenw estimated 150 cars parked outside the Allen, Texas, location five minutes before the doors opened. Youtuber kylycorey shot video of the lunchtime......

Fans of Bigmista's mobile barbecue stand will be greeted by an enormous, fire engine-red smoker debuting at today's Torrance Farmers' Market. Neil and Phyllis Strawder, the owners of Bigmista, returned on Sunday from a week-long trip to the Missouri workshop of Spicewine Ironworks.This is the third Spicewine smoker in Bigmista's......

We are not a united food states of America. Despite the commonalities, we are a nation of unique regional foodways. Who better than an artist, and a British artist at that, to show those food traditions to us?Meet Lucy Stephens, graphic artist and book designer. Inspired by a visit to......

A new commercial restaurant supply house soft-opens today in the shadow of the 405 and 110 freeways. Orange County-based Chefs' Toys stomps a footprint in the South Bay, and sets up across the street from Restaurant Depot, the wholesale-only warehouse store where many restaurants and caterers pick up their food......