Top Madrid Food + Drink
Madrid is Spain’s capital and Europe’s third largest city. Given that scope, it’s no surprise people can eat quite well while exploring landmarks like Museo Nacional Del Prado, Parque del Retiro and Plaza Mayor....
Childhood Food Memories: Fact vs. Fiction
There’s a distinct possibility that personal preferences (or dislikes) form early in life, but is what we remember even reality? When visiting my mother last December in South Florida, where she grew up and...
In Praise of California + Increased Focus on The Golden State
I recently enjoyed a five-day stretch that included visits to Napa, Oakland, Sacramento, and Lake Tahoe. Sure, it was still snowing on the pass between Sacramento and Lake Tahoe, but on either side of...
Interview: Leila Cohan-Miccio, author of Pig: A Restaurant
On January 26, I witnessed a performance of Pig: A Restaurant at the L.A. outpost of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. In the play, writer Leila Cohan-Miccio and star Lauren Conlin Adams (who plays...
Identifying the Most Fleeting Food and Drink
A poll on the Food GPS Facebook page illuminated an important issue facing the culinary world. Certain foods and drinks are just not built to last. Some culinary products start to lose their life...
LA Times Food Writers Reminisce About “Golden Era”
If you recently picked up a Zell-era Los Angeles Times, it’s probably hard to imagine that the Food section once ran 90 pages long. However, that was the case under editor Betsy Balsley prior...
