Grieving the loss of a friend — and remembering, with pizza

Next week, Sept. 23 to be exact, marks the end of summer in the northern hemisphere. All summer long my fellow critic, Bill Addison, has been telling us where to find the best pizza in Los Angeles; exploring the cultural subtext of kebab-centric...

Every piece of nigiri shaped by Morihiro Onodera’s hands reminds me to appreciate the humbler beauty beneath the shiny overlay. In matters of sushi, the sea treasures will always vie for the limelight: uni in the soft shades of Renoir’s oranges,...

At a tiny sushi counter in this boundless capital's southwest suburbs, nine of us sat silent and alert waiting for Koji Kimura to finish readying his lunchtime service. We whispered our drink orders to the restaurant’s lone server while listening...

What is it about the Hawaiian plate lunch portion size? For a place with an entire industry based on relaxing on the beach or poolside in nothing but your skivvies, they sure stack the odds against you with the giganto-servings on their plate...

This is the first in an ongoing series called Stadium Eats, which explores the best (and worst) food at sports stadiums across California. The cheeseburger sub at the new SoFi Stadium in Inglewood looks like the burger version of a beat-up Mister...