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I tend to grade supermarket sushi on a curve. Confined in plastic boxes under fluorescent lights in frigid deli cases, most packaged sushi takes all of the elements essential to good sushi and chucks them out the window in favor of convenience....

There are certain dishes most people will identify as "comfort food." Ice cream, any form of cake, grilled cheese, doughnuts, lasagna and burgers are all likely candidates. Growing up in a Chinese American household, it was always rice. Rice in...

When I was very young, I had a habit of yanking up wild onions that sprouted on my grandparents’ farm in the spring and relishing the bulbs on the spot. That memory hadn’t surfaced in years, but it came back as I slurped down a dinnertime special...

When you think of the restaurants that best represent Los Angeles, which ones come to mind? With the world fixated on ChatGPT, the OpenAI-designed chatbot capable of writing term papers, music and everything in between, I thought I'd ask it where...

You’re considering a special-occasion meal while visiting Disneyland, and you’ve never been to Napa Rose in Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel. You learn, with not much surprise, that dinner slots at this pinnacle of the Disneyland Resort's...

I like to think of salads as playgrounds for my favorite dressings. Sharp shallot vinaigrette, creamy Blue cheese and punchy, salty Caesar. Most of the time I lean toward a wedge. Cobbs are fun. Caesar is always welcome. This week’s...

Remember the summer of Iceland a few years back? It seemed like everyone had their flight trackers trained to Reykjavík and my social media feeds were flooded with images of the Blue Lagoon and puffin. After this season of "The White Lotus,"...

As a born-and-raised Angeleno, I often judge the success of a meal (or a date) by how long I'm willing to sit in traffic for it. Was that sandwich worth an hour on the 405 Freeway? Should I really contemplate dating someone who lives 58 minutes...

Sometimes, my social media feed is flooded with certain dishes. Friends, influencers and fellow writers will all rave about a burrito, a sandwich or dessert. A few years ago, multiple people messaged me about a must-try tuna sandwich from a pop-up...

Spring’s green shades were a tonic saturating the dishes served at the Azizam pop-up dinner on Monday night, held in the space recently vacated by Konbi in Echo Park. The meal began with sabzi khordan, a platter full of basil and other bunches of...