Wolfgang Puck will receive The Times' first Gold Award

“I feel like we’ve opened up a totally new restaurant,” says Justin Pichetrungsi, summing up the last three years since he took over the business his parents began in 1981 and continues to steer it through an ongoing pandemic. In his hands, Anajak...

Last Sunday, in print and online, The Times announced Minh Phan’s new project Phenakite as this year’s Restaurant of the Year. It began as a trial-run pop-up last September at Second Home, a property in Hollywood originally designed by renowned...

A couple of weeks ago, I received a care package of tacos Tuxpeños from my colleague Ben Mims, who cooked them from the recipe in Esteban Castillo’s terrific new cookbook, "Chicano Eats." The chile-stained pork, steeped in a startlingly fragrant...

Kris Yenbamroong, it is safe to say, had a fairly eventful weekend. On Saturday, he married Sarah St. Lifer at Night + Market, the wonderful Thai restaurant they run together. On Sunday, an announcement of the marriage made the Vows page of the...

L.A. dining culture thrives on plurality. Restaurants in the region’s many rooted immigrant communities cook remarkable foods to please their own populaces. Second-generation chefs graft traditions and innovations in singular ways, often returning...