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There are many reasons why someone might want to attempt a dry January. Maybe you indulged a little too much during the holidays. Or you’re just looking to cut back on alcohol in the new year. Our colleague Jessica Roy is pregnant, so she’s been...

Fluffernutter: a sandwich made with peanut butter and marshmallow crème between two slices of white sandwich bread. If you’re from the Northeast, you may be familiar with the sweet “delicacy” known as fluffernutter. While the sandwich is most...

Hats off to all the new restaurants that opened this year. It was a long list that included a new wave of Thai restaurants, several new Italian restaurants and pizzerias, plus sushi, ramen, burgers, Mexican, Chinese, French, Spanish, American… But...

If there was a Swiss fondue restaurant in the French Alps that served a cheeseburger, it might look something like this: a pillowy-soft brioche bun stuffed with a half-pound burger patty that’s more spherical than flat, along with housemade bacon...

For the past four years, between the months of December and March, Seth Angerer has walked through his family’s orchard in Geyserville, Calif., hoping for a miracle. With his dogs Leo and Vito in tow, he walks the 8 acres, slowly making his way up...

When you eat out every day like I do, it’s easy to forget about much of what you eat. But then there are those other meals or dishes that won’t let you stop thinking about them: a pizza, a burger, a bowl of ramen, Spanish, Italian, Bosnian… These...

At year’s end, with the all-consuming project — our annual guide to L.A.'s 101 best restaurants — behind me and some holiday downtime forthcoming, it’s a pleasure to turn my attention briefly from restaurants to excellent, recently published...

Being a restaurant critic keeps me out of my own kitchen most days. But this is that time of year when I squeeze in a few exceptions. And for me, this usually involves meat. For years, I’ve relied on Irvine Ranch Market for much of what I cook....

I’ll never understand why laksa hasn’t become more popular than it is. Laksa is Southeast Asia’s answer to Japan’s ramen or Vietnam’s pho. A hallmark of Peranakan cuisine, it is wildly popular throughout Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. Uncle...

Chef Masa Shimakawa rejects the notion that sushi is a minimalist preparation, that he simply serves as a middle-man, a broker with a sharp knife, between the ocean and his counter. You see, your average independently wealthy food zealot has come...