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Every year, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Esther Yuan eats a bowl of noodles. Growing up in Dalian, a seaside city in northern China, her father would make them by hand, kneading the dough with a stick and serve a bowl to each family...

In 2018, pastry chef Sahar Shomali was between restaurant jobs — she’d concluded career-making stints at Spago and Lucques and would soon be making desserts at Hearth & Hound — when she was gripped by an idea for a side project. She began teaching...

Si se pregunta cómo podría mejorar su dieta en 2022, sepa que un ejército de empresarios espera tener la respuesta: proteínas alternativas. Utilizan plantas, células cultivadas y hongos para crear imitaciones de carne con sabor a ternera, pollo,...

Before the pandemic, Blinking Owl Distillery’s tasting room in Santa Ana existed more or less for one purpose: drinking, as a means of introducing customers to the brand’s own spirits. The drinks they make with those spirits are very, very good,...

Chef Brad Miller and restaurateur Luke Tabit have tested and eaten hundreds of burgers over the past six months. The two friends and former colleagues have experimented with countless varieties of cheese to observe how they melted, tasted numerous...

It was a match made in heaven when the iconic Los Angeles restaurant Craig’s, equally known for its clubby atmosphere as its celebrity clientele, came together with Illesteva for an exclusive collaboration. The “of the moment” designer sunglass...

The only thing spreading faster through Orange County than COVID-19 is birria. And while I’m still trying my best to avoid the former, I’m here to inhale as much of the latter as I can. The latest taqueria to join the birria revolution is Tacos el...

At the beginning of this week, a colleague and I had dinner at a restaurant we left feeling excited about. On-point cooking, friendly staff, lots more on the menu to come back and delve into. This particular place didn’t have any outdoor seating,...

Metropolitan Los Angeles is one of the most creative, pluralistic places in the world to eat, and that goes for vegetarians and vegans, who can choose from an astonishing array of restaurants. Whether you’re already a plant-forward person or...

If you’re wondering how you might upgrade your diet in 2022, know that an army of entrepreneurs hope they have your answer: alternative proteins. They’re using plants, cultured cells and fungi to create meat mimics that taste like beef, chicken,...