Critic’s Notebook: With takeout and delivery, packaging is everything

Canter’s is the Dodger Stadium of delis. The enormous menu; the nearly 24-hour service; the Kibitz Room, home to generations of rock and rollers and late-night rabble-rousers—none of it has changed in years. And it’s not going to. At least not so...

It’s almost dinnertime, and once again I find myself frantically scrolling through menus on delivery apps like Doordash and Grubhub. I pause whenever I come across a nearby restaurant that I’ve never heard of. “Hmm,” I think. “Where exactly is...

While the pandemic has, sadly, put the sushi master-customer interaction on pause at restaurants across L.A. and beyond, many sushi bars have put a ton of thought and effort into takeout, creating Instagram-friendly boxes that travel surprisingly...

Dosirak is a Korean lunch box, served in cafes and carried by generations of elementary-school students and families on picnics. A basic tin might include rice, sliced sausages, fried egg, wisps of seaweed and kimchi. Often one shakes the thing —...

The usual celebrations of Mother’s Day are a little tough to pull off while staying at home. Nobody’s going out for some elaborate brunch–and, really, does the thought of walking a buffet line grabbing breathed-on baked goods even sound appealing...