Who Makes Great Los Angeles Chefs Nervous?
Leading chefs must have composure in their kitchens in order to turn out consistently great food. However, they can still get rattled. I recently asked 10 of L.A.’s best chefs, Who was the last...
L.A. Loves Alex’s Lemonade 2013 Shows Big Culinary Love for Charity
L.A. Loves Alex’s Lemonade returned to Culver City on September 28. Suzanne Goin (Lucques, A.O.C., Tavern), chef/husband David Lentz (The Hungry Cat) and business partner Caroline Styne welcomed more than two-dozen nationally renowned chefs...
Interview: chef Suzanne Goin + business partner Caroline Styne
Yes, chef Suzanne Goin and front of house partner Caroline Styne have worked for accomplished restaurateurs and entrepreneurs like Alice Waters, Nancy Silverton, Mark Peel and Sean MacPherson, but it’s gotten to the point...
Lucques: Cultivating Cal-Med Following in L.A. Carriage House [CLOSED]
There comes a point in a successful chef’s career where people no longer reference their previous employers and instead start to rattle off disciples they’ve inspired themselves. That’s the case with Suzanne Goin, who...
The Hungry Cat Pumpkin Beignets [CLOSED]
The flagship seafood restaurant from David Lentz and Suzanne Goin resides at the corner of Sunset & Vine, tucked away behind a Borders book shop. It had been about a year since my last...
Tavern Triple Pork Burger [CLOSED]
A golden rooster pointed the way to this week’s Dose of Vitamin P, a triple pork burger that the Tavern/A.O.C./Lucques family of restaurants served at Wally’s 7th Annual Central Coast Wine and Food Celebration....
