Pebble Beach Food & Wine is one of America’s pre-eminent culinary events, and to stay premiere after six years, switching up the events is probably a good idea. This year, they introduced Battle of...
To call Sri Lankan food an endangered species in L.A. would be an overstatement, since there have never been more than a handful of that nation’s restaurants in the first place. However, the west...
The sun still hadn’t started to rise when our bus pulled up to a dockside building and we met Brooks Takenaka outside the Honolulu Fish Auction. It was just after 5:30 a.m., but fishermen...
I half expected him to sprout fins and dive face first into the nearby L.A. River, breathing through gills as he raced rapids toward the Pacific. Instead, proud pescatarian Johnny Nalbandian manned the grill...
The landscape of the Beverly Hills dining scene changed when Bouchon Beverly Hills debuted in November. Thomas Keller’s arrival signaled a paradigm shift in the city’s high-end dining scene. Established restaurants like Spago had...
The Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau is making a big push to showcase their culture and emerging culinary scene. They’ve been in L.A. all week, including a lunch at the W on Wednesday. Last...