This taco is amazing–and that’s in a day when tacos are everywhere in any form you can think of. This one appeared at a dinner at Buttonwood Winery & Vineyard in Solvang. The tortillas were made with locally grown green Oaxacan corn dried and processed into masa....
We met Executive Chef Rémi Lauvand through his food at the now-shuttered Le Ka in downtown Los Angeles. I still dream about his food. Now there is an opportunity for him to reach grocery shoppers. Chef Lauvand will be the Culinary Director at Vintage Grocers’ third location to open this September in Caruso’s Palisade...
It’s been so hot this summer that the August top tastes are all cool, starting with two salads, one Vietnamese and the other Indian. Next comes the Mediterranean eggplant dish baba ganoush, which is served at room temperature, followed by the perfect drink for a scorching day, an icy agua fresca....
Ethnic food is a natural at the annual Los Angeles Times’ The Taste celebrating the flavors of the world. Hosted by The Times’ editorial staff and acclaimed L.A. chefs and bartenders, The Taste takes place on the Paramount Pictures Studios backlot over Labor Day weekend (August 31-September 2). Each ticket grants acces...
Panxa Cocina celebrates the coveted Hatch chile with a special Hatch chile tasting menu and a weekend “chile roast-out” during the entire month of September. A portion of the proceeds going to New Mexico State University’s Chile Pepper Institute. GREEN HATCH CHILE PANXA BURGER (8 oz. beef patty, hatch green ch...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) HATCH CHILE is here, and only for six weeks. And they MUST be from Hatch, NM. It is the altitude in this southern New Mexican area that infuses the unique characteristic, cold at night and hot in the daytime. Like mesquite in the 80’s, New Mexican cooks have known about them […]...
Ashland, Oregon may be famous for its Shakespeare Festival. But it’s also a place for good food and very good drink, thanks to wineries such as Irvine & Roberts Vineyards, a beautiful facility at the edge of town....
Karayama, famous for its specially prepared kara-age Japanese-style fried chicken opened its first location US location in Little Tokyo in DTLA. The signature fried chicken “the kara-age of Legend” is known all over Japan. The served in a fast casual dining experience. The restaurant’s proprietary technique starts w...
Chef-author Laura Bashar is certainly glam enough to fit the new high-end cabin mode of outdoor camping, now known as “glamping”, or high-end cabin camping, with her refined-yet-rustic aesthetic. At the same time, she’s down to earth and rugged enough to take on the elements and heavy equipment for outdoor cooking ...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Who doesn’t love eating by texture? And both savory South Indian street snacks and Bangladeshi sweets are perfect for this. Crackly, sensuous, intensely seasoned, whimsically shaped, gloriously colorful, Indian snacks are irresistible. They provide the same “snap, crackle and pop” as the...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 