Red Robin Introduces Burgers With Ghost Chili Pepper, a.k.a. “The Hottest Pepper In The World”

I don't envy the work the Haven Gastropub wunderkinds—Greg Daniels, Wil Dee and Alkesh Patel—have ahead of them. They're planning a second outpost in Pasadena; at the Camp, their latest project, Taco Asylum, enjoys the adoration of the Haven...

Tiny ViolinIn The Soloist, Joe Wright turns a beloved LA Times series into schlock The Soloist opens with newspapers thudding onto lawns, a quaint sight that makes the movie practically a period piece, even though the events that inspired it took...

Remember a few years when the Bhut Jolokia (a.k.a. the Ghost Pepper) was purported to be the hottest chile in the world? Well not so much anymore. It's not even in the top 5 these days. Depending on what you read or who you believe, the current...

While in college, I once rode in a friend’s old, windowless van. It had a hole in the floorboard, next to an exhaust pipe that spewed its fumes into the cabin. After I got out, every inch of me—my clothes, my hair, my skin—smelled as if I’d been...

Risotto is one of the most difficult things for a restaurant to get right. That’s because truly great risotto needs the cook’s constant, undivided attention. The rice cannot be allowed to rest. It must be kept in perpetual motion in order to trick...