370 Common Chef’s ‘Fried Chicken Sundays’ Is Spun Off as Buttermilk Fried Chicken in Orange

I used to get a popup notification on my phone once a month, reminding me it was fried chicken night at 370 Common in Laguna Beach. Chef Ryan Adams served his Southern fried chicken only on the last Sunday of the month, family style — and it was...

There is no parallel to this pizza. Photo by Edwin Goei Parallel Pizzeria’s pies are different from any other I’ve had in Orange County, and that’s a good thing. First, there’s the shape: They’re more oval than round. Second, they’re not sliced...

Didn’t win the lottery? Don’t stress. You can still eat very well for $20 or less. Southern fried chicken, Chinese noodle soup, incredible tacos, burgers, Chettinad-style Indian curries and Greek-style grilled octopus… These are my favorite places...

In the four years since I originally published my bucket list of the best fried chicken in Orange County, several of those restaurants closed while other strong contenders opened. So it’s time for an update. This rewrite begins with the same...

To understand Keith Corbin as a chef, and the cooking at Alta Adams he calls “California soul food,” order his oxtails over rice. They arrive wholly undisguised: blocks of butchered appendage, the tailbones in jutting shapes of jigsaw puzzle...