Nobu Finally Arrives in Orange County—But Was it Worth the Wait?

The Raw and the SmokedOC’s Rock-star Chef Takashi Abe does San Clemente After chef Takashi Abe cut his teeth at Matsuhisa in LA, he moved south to Newport Beach, where he eventually created Bluefin—one of OC’s best restaurants. Though it had a...

The most expedient way to describe Hippo in Highland Park is to call it a pasta restaurant. That shorthand doesn’t do justice to the place, but it does drop diners into the center of the action. We’re all here to gorge on the pastas. The menu’s...

In a ceremony in New York on Tuesday, local chefs Ori Menashe of the downtown Italian restaurant Bestia and Carlos Salgado of Costa Mesa’s tasting-menu restaurant Taco Maria were named Best New Chefs by Food & Wine, an award the magazine bestows...

Kris Yenbamroong, it is safe to say, had a fairly eventful weekend. On Saturday, he married Sarah St. Lifer at Night + Market, the wonderful Thai restaurant they run together. On Sunday, an announcement of the marriage made the Vows page of the...

Even if you read most books on a screen these days, take my advice and buy an actual physical copy of Phyllis Grant’s memoir “Everything Is Under Control.” Its words are best absorbed from real pages; some contain only two or three lines. Grant...