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Forget breakfast. Afternoon tea is where it’s at. While the highly anticipated Blue Box Cafe at Tiffany at South Coast Plaza isn’t yet open for dine-in service (that should come in June), the jewelry store’s new kitchen is up and running for...

Dessert maestros are scooping up fresh takes on this classic flavor. Here are four we love. Fresh Mint Chip from Sweet Rose Creamery Fresh spearmint leaves from Kenter Canyon Farms—rather than spearmint extract—give this scoop a more herbaceous...

The cashier at Burger Monster in Buena Park hands me a gigantic stack of napkins with my burger, and I think to myself, “That’s way too many napkins.” But I take the whole pile anyway. Moments later, after a single bite of my Mighty Melt, I’m up...

To the faithful, Courage Bagels is much more than a bagel place. It opened quietly and sporadically in October in Virgil Village, a rapidly gentrifying Eastside pocket. In March, it was featured in a barn burner of a New York Times article...

Six feet away, at a neighboring table, I see several dishes arrive from the kitchen and everything looks delicious. I recognize chef Tin Vuong’s impressive imperial rolls and papaya salad, each plate elaborately crowned with a nest of fresh herbs....

I didn’t earn a single badge in Cub Scouts. I failed scouting miserably. I’ve never been a big fan of sleeping in tents or whittling sticks or tying knots. But I’ve always loved campfires. Mostly I like the burnt marshmallows. I like letting the...

Reem Kassis thought for sure she was a one-and-done cookbook author. In 2017 Phaidon published “The Palestinian Table,” written so Kassis could codify her family recipes and help preserve — or “safeguard,” a word she uses often — an everyday...

Pretzels, that most delightfully loopy of bread products, are on the rise in L.A.–and, as happened with the pretzel’s close cousin, the bagel, in recent years, pop-up and Instagram-based artisans are at the vanguard. These makers are hand rolling...

From Mei Lin’s new chicken sandwich spot to a new casual takeout spot from Tancredi DeLuca, here are some new restaurants to check out this month. Sant’olina The buzzy h.wood Group has taken over the rooftop at the Beverly Hilton Hotel to launch...

I’m not a bartender but I am a professional drinker. So while I’ll leave the intricate mixology to the folks behind the bar, when I’m at home I do enjoy making margaritas. And for decades, without much thought, I have defaulted to the classic...