Addicted to Banana Cream Pies, Among Other Things, at Jongewaard's Bake 'n' Broil in Long Beach

Some readers still don't seem to get that while Long Beach isn't in Orange County, we still cover it. We just do. But boy, am I lucky for it, because the city of Queen Mary and Snoop Dogg has many wonderful restaurants in an area that spans 50...

Long Beach needs to update its official seal to include a plate of bacon and eggs. Sure, the town already has a world-class aquarium, its own Grand Prix and the Queen Mary. But its biggest attraction, in my opinion, is the never-ending array of...

The 6-inch cake that pastry chef Casey Shea delivered was a barrel-shaped whirl of salted vanilla buttercream, sequined with sliced berries and candied kumquats. On an early March menu, Shea had presented her customers, who ordered via Instagram,...

[It's here: The Los Angeles Times' 101 restaurants, dishes, people and ideas that define how we eat in 2020.] If you’ve been following dining culture in Los Angeles during the COVID-19 pandemic, you know about the ascent of online-based ventures...

When Eric Tucker first opened Melody inside an aging bungalow on Virgil Avenue in 2017, he had a chef, a menu, and a plan. But when the going got tough, he scrapped it all and went in a different direction, hosting up-and-coming cooks for a parade...