What we're into: Patatas bravas at Gasolina in Woodland Hills

There is a moment on season three, episode three of Julia Child’s Baking with Julia where a young Nancy Silverton is visibly gripped with terror. After eating a forkful of Silverton’s brioche tart with hot wine syrup, Child starts to weep....

Photo by Edwin Goei It may be to Le Peep’s detriment that it opened in Laguna Hills, the territory of the Snooty Fox and Break of Dawn, both of which, in my opinion, have not only set the high bar for breakfast joints in Orange County, but also...

Upon my first trip to El Mahroosa Cafe N Hookah Lounge, I had a choice. Do I sit in the stark white room under harsh fluorescent lights, or do I make my way to the covered patio? It was clear. No one sits in the front room. Everyone, even if...

One wild thing about signing a book deal is that after the writing and editing and designing have been completed, an author can never quite predict what the cultural climate will be when a publisher finally releases a book into the world. Lisa...

A few minutes after I started eating, I realized there was cheese in nearly everything I got at Mighty Kitchen in Los Alamitos, the jovial and sleek slider concept by the owners of Hof’s Hut and Lucille’s Smokehouse Bar-B-Que. Some of the dishes I...