2014 L.A. Sriracha Festival Recap + Slideshow
Food Forward, a local charity whose mission is to rescue and donate fresh local produce that would otherwise go to waste. Over 5 million pounds of food has been gleaned since 2009, and given...
L.A. Sriracha Festival Celebrates Iconic Hot Sauce in Chinatown
This chef-driven, all-inclusive, 21+ event from The Sriracha Cookbook and Food GPS spotlights the world’s most iconic hot sauce at a unique, historical venue. Multiple stations allow guests to enjoy a variety of Sriracha-themed...
2013 L.A. Sriracha Festival Recap + Slideshow
October 27 proved to be an especially incendiary day in the downtown L.A. Arts District as I had the pleasure of working with good friend Randy Clemens, author of The Sriracha Cookbook and The...
Jitlada Kua Kling Omelet
“And it burns, burns, burns, the ring of fire.” On days I eat at Jitlada, the fiery Southern Thai restaurant from Suthiporn “Tui” Sungkamee and sister Sarintip “Jazz” Singsanong, Johnny Cash’s famous lyrics could...
Jitlada: Building Spicy Southern Thai Encyclopedia in L.A.
When Chef Tui Sungkamee introduces new southern Thai dishes at the Hollywood restaurant he owns with sister Jazz Singsanong, it’s an event. Based on two January visits, I didn’t think Jitlada had very much...
Jitlada: Translating Southern Thai Vision to East Hollywood
Jitlada was the talk of Thai Town for almost two decades. The restaurant suffered from a culinary coma in the years leading up to March 2006, when Chef Tui Sungkamee and younger sister Jazz...
