I tend to prefer eating whole, bone-in fish. Deep-fried or butterflied and grilled fish can be great. Some skilled chefs can also work wonders with stewed chunks. I even enjoy grilled, pan-fried or fully...
Sherry Villanueva and Acme Hospitality have proven to be unrivaled culinary hitmakers in Santa Barbara‘s red-hot Funk Zone. Her group’s restaurants include The Lark, Lucky Penny and Helena Avenue Bakery. Loquita is their modern...
Destination weddings are typically to places like Martha’s Vineyard and the Bahamas. My childhood friend Ben had other ideas, inviting friends and family to join him in Cali, Colombia, near where his wife Karol...
Chalk it up to lousy timing. When I lived in Silver Lake from 2006-2010, finding good food in the neighborhood was a struggle. Sadly, Silver Lakers were still many years away from standouts like...
Hollywood wasn’t big enough for Fern Kaewtathip and Noree Pla. The talented Thai-American chef-partners already built hits with Luv2Eat Thai Bistro and Crying Tiger and recently added Noree Thai on Beverly nearby in Mid-City....
The San Gabriel Valley has become a hotbed for Sichuan cuisine. Now offerings have diversified to the point that Chinese restaurant menus can feel pretty far from similar. Legendary Restaurant is a Sichuan restaurant...