Progress Seen (and Heard) at The Camp's Planned New Eateries

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...

Upon my first trip to El Mahroosa Cafe N Hookah Lounge, I had a choice. Do I sit in the stark white room under harsh fluorescent lights, or do I make my way to the covered patio? It was clear. No one sits in the front room. Everyone, even if...

To the gentleman at Silver Trumpet who seated us on Thursday, Nov. 10: I owe you an apology. You see, I lied to you. As you showed me to my seat, you asked me politely, “You have the same last name as the OC Weekly food writer. Are you him?”...

Today we continue our Q&A with Jinan Montecristo of Les Amis in Fullerton, a Lebanese restaurant she, her husband and her parents co-own together and have built up a faithful following of toum-loving diners. Stay tuned for a recipe from their...

My buddy Chris and I are old-school: Instead of Twitter or Instagram, we still text food pictures to each other. Random times during the week, our phones will chime on receipt of another sumptuous food shot of what the other was eating at that...