No country for old kale

The tomatoes catch my eye as I approach the entrance to Poppy & Seed in Anaheim. I see two beautiful heirlooms dangling heavily from their vines just outside the front door of the restaurant, a glass-and-steel structure that resembles a large...

It is clear we have entered the age of the roasted vegetable, a glorious epoch when a stalwart carrot or celery root, warmed in dying embers, can take the place on a plate formerly ceded to a game hen or a slab of richly marbled beef. If you have...

Is there a restaurant more of 2017 than Kato? Could such a thing exist? Because from the moment you find your way to the tiny place, hidden at the back of a mini-mall, it feels as if you have wandered into a living Instagram photo, where the walls...

At the beginning of this week, a colleague and I had dinner at a restaurant we left feeling excited about. On-point cooking, friendly staff, lots more on the menu to come back and delve into. This particular place didn’t have any outdoor seating,...

I waited nearly a year for Ecco to open at the Camp in Costa Mesa. It’s not that I was necessarily looking forward to another Italian restaurant, with Pizzeria Ortica and Il Dolce already existing in the same city. I was more interested in seeing...