“Hidden Kitchen” Opens in Costa Mesa

No one, not even the people who organized the recent Cupcake Showdown OC in a Fountain Valley warehouse anticipated the response it got. By showtime, block-long lines had formed for two food trucks and a bake-sale-cum-rave that brought together...

Geeta Bansal, who is the chef and owner of Clay Oven in Irvine as well as a contributor to this blog, will be hosting another one of her pop-up dinners at her restaurant tomorrow. The dinner was originally planned to be held like her last, at the...

At Da Lat Rose, a Vietnamese restaurant opening in Beverly Hills this month, one of the 12 courses will be an amuse-bouche of red rice cooked in bamboo. It’s a simple dish, but for chef Helene An, it’s loaded with meaning. Born in 1944 to...

If you're thinking this weekend's weather is going to be particularly nice for being outside, Mission Viejo is holding a food and wine festival this weekend (Saturday and Sunday) at Oso Viejo Community Park. Admission is free, as is the parking....

You may have heard by now that Anaheim Duck's Teemu Selänne, the NHL's oldest player and Coto de Caza resident, was working on opening a steakhouse in Laguna Beach. When we featured him on our People Issue back in March, the restaurant was...