Taste Test: Bella & Baja Restaurant “Where Italy Meets Mexico”

Have you ever wondered which of the big Italian restaurant chains makes the best spaghetti, or how they measure up against each other? Me, too. So I went on a marathon spaghetti binge to find out. Here’s what I learned. Maggiano’s Little...

I nearly choked on my water when a tablemate called his dish of spaghetti with ground beef, bacon and a fried egg “trailer-park food.” Since he devoured it and left not a speck on the plate, I knew he meant it in the nicest possible way. But he...

If Kogi can make a fortune pairing kimchi and tortillas, why not spaghetti and ssam? Howard Gordon, an ex-Cheesecake Factory vice president and his Korean fiancee, Jenny Lee, hope to do just that with their new Irvine restaurant, Itriya Cafe. But...

The new Tomato Café and Grill in Fullerton reminds me of another restaurant I reviewed five years ago called Itriya Cafe. Both boasted a menu that had Korean dishes as well as Italian. If you couldn't decide between Korean spicy pork barbecue and...

A robot vacuums our carpet when we aren't home. With a button push, a metal box in our kitchen turns a frozen, inedible block into a hot meal. We don't go bowling anymore. Instead, we mimic the motion with a handheld remote that sends a virtual...