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Charcuterie plates on restaurant menus in Orange County number in the dozens, possibly hundreds. Loaded mostly with hams from Spain and salami from Italy, many are satisfying. Some are great. The one thing that’s always missing, though, and what...

From Basque cuisine in Pasadena to a Brazilian-Italian mashup in Los Feliz, here are some new spots to check out this month. Saso This long-anticipated Basque restaurant has at last opened its doors, bringing croquettes, jamon iberico, and an...

Many people probably know Benihana, the iconic Japanese-style hibachi restaurant that debuted in 1964 where chefs grill proteins on a teppanyaki (steel griddle) and put on a show. Benihana counts beating heart-shaped fried rice, an onion volcano,...

For Steven Orozco Torres, owner of Los Dorados L.A., it was love at first bite. After tasting his father-in-law’s tacos dorados at a family party, he knew he wanted to make them himself. “He was making these flautas in a big charola and I said,...

Just over a year after the COVID crisis disrupted the restaurant industry, tangible signs of hope are appearing. On March 1, residents of Los Angeles County designated in tier 1B were prioritized for coronavirus vaccinations. The group includes...

We enlisted local chefs to suffer through a matzo taste test and decree which flatbreads deserve to be at the top of the flour-power rankings—and which brand is last but not yeast. The Chefs Jeremy Fox brings fine-dining acumen to Eastern European...

“Something smells good. Are you baking again?” my partner asks. The kitchen has begun to smell like homemade peach and raspberry pie. “Yes,” I say, glancing at the kitchen counter, which is immaculately clean. I unwrapped a frozen pie and turned...

Sometimes, it feels as if the forces of the universe are conspiring to create a food of the moment. That food, at this moment, is the fried fish sandwich. We seem to have emerged from the Fried Chicken Sandwich ecosphere only to enter an era of...

On Friday night, in the middle of a dinner rush, restaurant owner Diana Vu McDonough says a woman with two children walked into her Long Beach restaurant and asked for popcorn chicken. McDonough, who runs Lacquered restaurant with her husband,...

Nobody knows how long we’ll be able to continue buying ready-made restaurant cocktails to-go. The state suspended the law that normally prohibits the sale of alcoholic beverages to-go at the beginning of the pandemic, and authorities have said all...