Uzbekistan, a former Soviet Socialist Republic, has been well positioned to soak up loads of culinary influences over the past two millenniums. Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan both held control at key points,...
A prominent chef I interviewed refuses to order from the specials board, convinced it’s the provenance of tired ingredients and untested dishes. There are certainly places that would follow those unseemly practices, but I’m...
Los Angeles is lucky to have a wide spectrum of Middle Eastern cuisines. Syria is a war-torn country that’s seen minimal culinary play in L.A., but Aleppo Kitchen, a restaurant from Amad Bazrli on...
It’s been fun to watch Farsi Cafe ascend to the upper echelon of Persian restaurants in Los Angeles. The owners started with a counter at Westwood’s Super Sun market, where they’d fill a refrigerated...
The Studio City dining scene has become hot in the past few years, but my favorite everyday food in the neighborhood isn’t at one of the many gastropubs or sushi bars that litter Ventura...
Edward Khechemyan, who’s of Armenian descent and whose father grew up in Iran, has run Adana, a humble restaurant with notable cuisine, since 1997. Adana is the name of a city in southern Turkey,...