Dine As If You’re in The Great Gatsby When at the Drake in Laguna Beach

Photo by Edwin Goei Before I talk about the food I tried at Wreckless, the new restaurant in Fullerton by chef Cody Storts, I must mention the branded merchandise. There was an entire wall of it: T-shirts and trucker hats, shot glasses and flasks,...

The cloud like omelet at Délice Breton. Photo by Edwin Goei Have you ever had an omelet so fluffy it feels weightless? Or one so moist and rich in the middle you’d swear it’s filled with molten cheese even though you ordered it plain? The omelet I...

Q: Hey Brad, do you always take your own photos? A: People frequently ask me about the photos that appear in my reviews. Not because the photos are particularly good or bad but rather because they just think it’s odd that I take my own pictures. ...

Pierce me. Photo by Edwin Goei If director McG hired Central Casting to fill the dining room of CdM, his new restaurant, with extras who resembled stereotypical Newport Beach-types, the result would be exactly what I saw the night of my visit. At...

There is a moment on season three, episode three of Julia Child’s Baking with Julia where a young Nancy Silverton is visibly gripped with terror. After eating a forkful of Silverton’s brioche tart with hot wine syrup, Child starts to weep....