Eat the best beans you ever tasted in California at Verlaine, Jonathan Gold writes

Baja-Med cooking in West Hollywood, from chef Diego Hernández.
Jonathan Gold • Los Angeles Times • November 3, 2017
Many things can be said about the soft-fried black beans at the West Hollywood restaurant Verlaine. They are creamy. They sing with herbs. The slightly high fragrance but not the presence of dried beef lies just underneath. The tiny, white cubes...
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