Ross Pangilinan of Leatherby's Café Rouge, Part One

Les Amis is the little Lebanese restaurant in Fullerton we reviewed a few weeks ago. Though owner Jinan Montecristo credits her mom for all the wonderful food (as you'll read in the interview) it is Jinan who is the driving force. Here's Part One...

Raya, the new restaurant at the Ritz Carlton Laguna Niguel, is Richard Sandoval's restaurant. Including this one, the celebrity chef (that you may not have heard of but will soon enough) has opened three eateries in Southern California since...

True Food Kitchen has been on my sights for an On the Line for months. Here we finally catch up with its motorcycle-riding executive chef, Nathan Coulon, who–apart from cooking dishes under the guidelines set by a physician (Dr. Andrew Weil has...

When Gabe Gordon first secured the Seal Beach spot now known as Beachwood BBQ, one of OC's most beloved rib joints, the chef/owner was considering another kind of place in its stead. What was that concept? Well you have to read tomorrow, where we...

Otherwise… ] Favorite music to cook by: Depends on the mood and the amount of work. Most of the time, probably some classic rock, but sometimes something a little slower is good too. The cooks are going to hate it the day I set up my iPod and put...