Stone's Smokehouse N BBQ Is in Brea's Backcountry But Worth the Visit

On your way into Gwen, the Hollywood restaurant run by Curtis Stone and his brother, Luke, a former florist, you will probably spend a few seconds browsing the retail butcher’s counter, a display of Victorian lavishness — fat birds, richly marbled...

Holy Halitosis! The potent Korean 'cue at Go Goo Ryeo is Listerine-worthy By the time you discover the mouthwash dispensers in the restrooms, you'll have already realized that Go Goo Ryeo isn't a typical Korean-barbecue restaurant. The dental...

Happy Mother’s Day weekend. This marks my first Mother’s Day as a mom, and I’m pretty thrilled to spend it celebrating with my young daughter. (I suspect breakfast will involve fluffy, homemade pancakes.) With most of us under quarantine, the...

“Do you want us to mash it for you?” asks the man behind the counter at Hen House Grill in Irvine when I place an order for dizi.  “Thanks,” I say, “but I’ll attempt it myself.”  “You know how to do it?” he asks.  “Well, sort of,” I admit. “I’ll...

“Where are we going?” my friend asked me as I drove. “Place is called Krave,” I replied. “Didn’t you already review that?” “No, that was Crave with a C in Santa Ana,” I said. “This is Krave with a K. It’s behind the Souplantation in Irvine.”...