San Clemente’s Flights & Irons Cooks Its Comfort-Food Cuisine in Cast Iron

Chili isn’t supposed to have beans. This was drilled into my head as a child even before I learned to walk. And it’s supposed to be spicy. Two alarms at minimum. Three alarms at best. It’s called chili because it’s made with chilies, dammit. Why...

Photo by Edwin Goei While I was in Houston last year, I went to the place many credit as one of the first restaurants to popularize fajitas: The Original Ninfa’s on Navigation. It speaks to the impact of this eatery that I shouldn’t have to...

Unless I’m on vacation, I dine out for lunch and (or) dinner almost every day. These are my favorite 20 memories from my Orange County dining adventures this year. 20. Apple tarte tatin at The Loft. It’s the one dessert that truly haunted me all...

Davio’s hand-rolled gnocchi with organic mushrooms, basil and, white truffle oil. Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse, part of a chain of restaurants with locations in Atlanta, Boston, Philadelphia, and New York City, has opened in Irvine at the...

Noah Blom, who now has two restaurants at Costa Mesa's SOCO, cooks everything with wood—and I do mean everything. The four-layered cakes? Baked in an oven with a crackling fire at the back. The fries? Cooked in a cast-iron pot heated by burning...