Burgers, ice cream, oyster bars and great patios: What and where to eat in L.A. this summer

5 days, 21 hours ago

How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Joel McHale

LA Times

Although actor and comedian Joel McHale has lived in Los Angeles for nearly a quarter-century, he’s quick to point out that Sunday downtime here is a rarity. “I was gone for probably eight months of the year, and I’m always flying back and forth.” In Sunday Funday, L.A. people give us a play-by-play of their ideal Sunday around town. I …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Matty’s Patty’s beefs up O.C. burger scene

LA Times

Matty Matheson, chef, author and actor, smiles inside his new restaurant, Matty’s Patty’s Burger Club in Costa Mesa, on Friday, Dec. 20. Matty’s Patty’s Burger Club in Costa Mesa is the first U.S. location; the original opened in Toronto, Canada, in 2020. Chef, author and actor Matty Matheson beefed up the local smash burger scene by opening Matty’s Patty’s Burger …

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1 month ago

Your first stop from L.A.’s 101 best restaurants? This weekend-only taqueria

LA Times

Our annual mega-project is live! Since 2013, The Times has published a yearly guide to the 101 best restaurants in Los Angeles, though in the six years now that I’ve been plunging into the project for months the word “essential” has always been more of a guiding precept for me. The three magazine covers for the 2024 edition of the …

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1 month ago

How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Molly Baz

LA Times

Molly Baz ended up in Los Angeles by chance. Even though I’m in a city, every time I see a palm tree, I’m like ‘We’re chillin.’ ” Her latest project, a mayonnaise brand called Ayoh, is partially inspired by her move to L.A. During the pandemic, she hosted a podcast called “The Sandwich Universe” and made tons of sandwiches. Just …

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1 month ago

4 things we learned about L.A. cuisine while finding its 101 best restaurants

LA Times

Here’s what you need to know to start your day. For its 12th year, restaurant critic Bill Addison and I co-wrote The Times’ list that celebrates the unique and diverse dining experiences in L.A. They were too new to be considered for this year’s list, but with Dave Beran’s return to a tasting menu format at Seline in Santa Monica, …

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1 month ago

Want to eat at all the best restaurants in L.A.? Start here

LA Times

For 12 years, The Times has released an annual guide to the 101 most remarkable restaurants in Los Angeles. The ranked list provides a snapshot of the the most vital places in our city’s dining scene, from newcomers to stalwarts and every cuisine you can imagine at a variety of price points. Restaurant critic Bill Addison and columnist Jenn Harris …

Best Restaurants

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Will RFK Jr. ‘go wild’ on Big Food? Why that could be a good thing

LA Times

Could RFK Jr. “make America healthy again”? In an ABC News story headlined “Some of RFK Jr.’s views are finding support in some unexpected quarters,” journalist Olivia Rubin writes that Pollan made it clear to ABC News “that he thinks Kennedy is a ‘horrible’ choice for the job.” Nevertheless, he said of Kennedy, “He’s injected these issues into the national …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

A brunch that leaves vegetable lovers sighing is back

LA Times

Do your tastes lean sweet or savory for the day’s first meal? The return of Kismet’s beautifully L.A. brunch menu What I most want arrives in a form that has recently reappeared in Los Angeles: These days Sarah Hymanson and Sara Kramer call it “the big brunch plate,” marking the return to their weekend daytime service at Kismet. Kismet’s “big …

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2 months ago

The best freebies and discounts for L.A.’s 50-plus crowd

LA Times

According to the census, nearly a third of Los Angeles residents are over 50. “In Los Angeles County, we have over 140 of them, so you’re not that far away from one of them,” says Trejo, who calls senior centers a “focal point” of the communities they serve. Catch a flick There aren’t any completely free movie screenings at the …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

L.A. Times Celebrates 101 Best Restaurants of 2024 with Reveal Party on Dec. 3 at the Hollywood Palladium

LA Times

The Los Angeles Times will unveil its annual 101 Best Restaurants guide, presented by City National Bank, at the Hollywood Palladium on the evening of Dec. 3, coinciding with the guide’s publication on latimes.com. Guests can enjoy unlimited sips and bites from dozens of the city’s top restaurants and bars, while The Times Food team presents a countdown of this …

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3 months ago

How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Charlie Puth

LA Times

When pop singer-songwriter Charlie Puth first began visiting Los Angeles in the early 2010s, he remembers landing at a house near Mount Olympus with an incredible view. “And in a very like ‘Entourage’ way, I was like, I will live here one day, and I will make it in the city,” he said. “We poke fun at that the egregious, …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

The perfect California road trip restaurant

LA Times

It’s Food Bowl weekend! L.A. dining’s star power Our L.A. Times Food Bowl festival is in full swing this weekend at Paramount Studios. I’ll be on the L.A. Times Food stage on Sunday with Mozza’s Nancy Silverton, who is making treats from her latest cookbook, “The Cookie That Changed My Life.” Kismet’s Sarah Hymanson and Sara Kramer will also be …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Join Us for L.A. Times Food Bowl This Weekend, on the Backlot or Online

LA Times

Los Angeles Times Food Bowl, the annual festival celebrating Southern California’s dynamic food scene presented by City National Bank, will celebrate local food legends and rising culinary stars over three days on Sept. 20, 21 and 22 at the Paramount Pictures Studios Backlot. Each session features unlimited tastings from over 40 restaurants, libations from wineries, breweries and distilleries, cooking demonstrations, …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

How this ultra-fine-dining restaurant keeps thriving after 25 years in L.A.

LA Times

Early on a Sunday evening in July, a long line of smartly dressed guests wraps around the outside of Josiah Citrin’s California-French fine-dining restaurants Mélisse and Citrin in Santa Monica. As the line balloons, Citrin appears in his chef whites and iconic beaded necklaces to usher them into the party with open arms, as if to say, “Welcome to my …

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4 months ago

A summer escape to the world’s most beautiful place to eat lentils

LA Times

Lentil soup at Taverna Castelluccio in the Umbrian village of Castelluccio rising above the lentil-growing Piano Grande in Italy’s Apennine mountains. And yet, as I wrote for our series of preview stories for this month’s L.A. Times Food Bowl — see tomorrow’s Sunday paper — “amid all these losses, chefs and restaurateurs continue to open ambitious, personal and creatively challenging …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

How can L.A. compete with the Paris Olympics local food projects?

LA Times

How do you say “locavore” en francais? And this bit of food bandwidth won’t be getting athlete-style scores or Michelin stars, but it will be enough to show the yield and reach of Paris’ ambitious “Capital Agricole” projects. Paris still has empty acreage like the “petite ceinture,” or small belt, an abandoned 19th century railroad track that encircles Paris, and …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

A streetwear icon’s new restaurant has L.A.’s buzziest burgers and a long list of martinis

LA Times

At the Benjamin, Old Hollywood opulence and Art Deco design set the scene for shrimp cocktails, a bevy of martinis and American classics with a twist. … Then about a year and a half ago, early 2023, something inside of me was just like, ‘It’s time.’” Shenassafar’s passion for food had already begun to creep from his personal life into …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Miranda Cosgrove

LA Times

Los Angeles-born actor and singer Miranda Cosgrove has been part of our pop culture landscape for more than two decades. But as far as living somewhere, I’ve only ever lived in L.A.” In Sunday Funday, L.A. people give us a play-by-play of their ideal Sunday around town. So I feel like she’d come up with some fun stuff — probably …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Caviar, baked beans and the bizarre ice cream toppings you actually should try

The Independent

Sign up to IndyEat's free newsletter for weekly recipes, foodie features and cookbook releases Get our food and drink newsletter for free Get our food and drink newsletter for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Put cheese in ice cream and everyone loves it!” head chef of Rogan’s Aulis …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

L.A.’s next great sandwich shop is in Santa Monica

LA Times

The Mozzarella, one of the choice sandwiches at the new Bread Head in Santa Monica. It’s the West Hollywood sandwich shop opened a month ago by Ariana Madix and Katie Maloney, two cast members of “Vanderpump Rules” and stars of the Bravo omniverse. The sandwiches go by first-name-basis film icons: The Viola, The Drew, The Reese, The Nancy, with the …

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7 months ago

Legendary Clifton’s is reopening in a struggling downtown L.A. Its owner hopes crowds return

LA Times

Andrew Meieran is about to reopen the doors of one of L.A.’s legendary restaurants in a bid to once again make it an offbeat dining and entertainment destination. Meieran is the proprietor of Clifton’s Republic, the kitschy, forest-themed restaurant on Broadway in downtown’s Historic Core that for nearly a century served up comfort food such as pot roast, mashed potatoes …

Broadway Need Downtown Owner Hopes Historic Dining Legendary Restaurant Meieran

7 months, 2 weeks ago

How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Todd Selby

LA Times

Skateboarders, creative directors, chefs and hip designers are all captivating subjects for photographer Todd Selby, who has traveled the world for more than 20 years, capturing creatives at home for his blog, the Selby. “It’s an interesting place for a person who likes to explore.” Selby travels less than he used to so that he can be at home with …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Some of L.A.’s best burgers hit the Valley, plus Cobras & Matadors returns and more openings

LA Times

Heavy Handed Studio City Some of L.A.’s best burgers just landed in the Valley. “We’re Valley guys, so this is good for us.” Heavy Handed is open in Studio City daily from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. 11838 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, heavyhanded.la At Echo Park’s Kushiba, Shibumi chef David Schlosser’s kushikatsu, or fried skewers, take center stage. Chef Sean …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

L.A. has always been a restaurant town. Now restaurants are in trouble

LA Times

It’s Thursday, May 23. The year that altered L.A.’s restaurant scene Los Angeles’ restaurant scene changed dramatically in 2023. The Times’ food team explored these questions in their new package, What will save L.A. restaurants? We can’t afford to be open, we can’t afford to be closed.” Innovating might require doing more with less Andy Kadin’s bakery, Bub and Grandma’s …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

L.A.’s best mom-approved chilaquiles

LA Times

Happy Mother’s Day weekend. Our wise server smiled and had a simple answer: “It’s a masterpiece.” California’s disappearing asparagus Fourth-generation farmer Aaron Barcellos of A-Bar Ag Enterprises in Firebaugh, one of just three large-scale asparagus farming operations left in California. But this past weekend, I was able to find meaty California-grown asparagus in three local markets: Whole Foods in Pasadena, …

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8 months, 1 week ago

How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Laufey

LA Times

Icelandic Chinese vocalist and songwriter Laufey has an appreciation for life’s many wonders. I still to this day feel like that.” The TikTok-savvy songstress has since settled in, even referencing L.A.’s “weeping” mountains, and Sunset Boulevard in a collaboration with the Icelandic Philharmonic called “ California and Me.” Her career reached new heights in February when her first album, “Bewitched,” …

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11 months, 1 week ago

How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Kate Berlant

LA Times

On the stand-up stage, comedian Kate Berlant is a lot — a lot of exaggerated faces, a lot of abrupt free-form physicality and a lot of on-a-dime thematic pivots. She’s brought that same frenetic theatricality to both the small and big screens, including last year’s Emmy-nominated sketch comedy special “Would It Kill You to Laugh?” co-starring her friend and frequent …

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1 year ago

You too can eat at all the best restaurants in L.A. Start here

LA Times

Every year for a decade now, The Times has published its annual guide to 101 exceptional restaurants. Painting an intimate portrait of Los Angeles’ current dining scene, the ranked list celebrates newcomers alongside beloved institutions and every cuisine type available at just about every price point. As part of this tradition, restaurant critic Bill Addison selects citywide favorites to induct …

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1 year ago

The best places to eat in Las Vegas right now

LA Times

The medianoche sandwich from the Chef Truck at Park MGM in Las Vegas from Roy Choi and Jon Favreau. Medianoche from the Chef truck at the Park MGM The Chef Truck and seating area at Park MGM in Las Vegas by Roy Choi and Jon Favreau. “I’m in Vegas like four times a month and people come to Best Friend …

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1 year, 1 month ago

The perfect L.A. restaurant for out-of-town guests

LA Times

How many folds does it take to make a Din Tai Fung soup dumpling? Lulu of a California restaurant Spiced chickpea salad with roasted vegetables and radishes at Lulu restaurant inside L.A.’s Hammer Museum. Not only is Lulu steps away from one of the world’s great museums — currently staging its biennial “Made in L.A.” exhibition — as well as …

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1 year, 1 month ago

All my favorite new restaurants are in downtown L.A.

LA Times

Certain pockets of downtown Los Angeles feel like a real, contained, thriving city. Beef bourguignon torta from Fabby’s Sandwicherie The beef bourguignon torta from Fabby’s Sandwicherie in downtown L.A. “It’s very Mexican, very Los Angeles and very French in its essence,” Alejandro Guzmán says of his small sandwich shop, where he also serves beef tartare on a paper plate. Food …

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1 year, 2 months ago

How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Matt Rogers

LA Times

L.A. is not a Christmas town. “You go to anywhere that’s cold like Chicago — huge Christmas town — Boston, New York … you see Christmas happening and you feel that Yuletide sensation in the air and everyone gets a little nicer and a little jollier and a little happier,” he said. “Let’s be real, not all these pop stars …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Celebrate spooky season with cumbia, EDM or hip-hop Halloween tours

LA Times

It’s the weekend before Halloween and it’s finally starting to feel like fall. When: 5 p.m. Saturday Where: Grand Park, 200 N. Grand Ave., Los Angeles Admission: Tickets start at $91.67 Mayan Warrior will return to downtown L.A.’s Grand Park this weekend. Expect to hear her songs from her 2022 album, “Tu historia,” her first in seven years, as well …

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1 year, 3 months ago

A Michelin-guide taqueria is coming to Grand Central Market this fall

LA Times

Villa’s Tacos Grand Central Market Villa’s Tacos, which makes some of L.A.’s most celebrated tacos, plans to open a location at Grand Central Market downtown as early as next month, bringing freshly pressed blue corn tortillas, char-grilled meats and family salsa recipes to one of the country’s most historic food halls. “Being part of something so amazing like the Grand …

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1 year, 4 months ago

This will be a Food Bowl for the ages: Meet the hottest chefs shaping Los Angeles today

LA Times

We are more than certain that this year’s edition of the L.A. Times Food Bowl presented by City National Bank will be one to remember. As we count down to Night Market, three back-to-back events held on Paramount Studios’ backlot from Sept. 22 through Sept. 24, savor these detailed profiles that highlight some of the lauded chefs who are cooking …

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1 year, 4 months ago

The kids of L.A.’s immigrant cooks are growing up to become chefs. How they’re shaping the food scene

LA Times

It’s never been easy to define a regional style of cooking for Southern California. Consider that at any given moment in the city, Los Angeles cuisine might take the form of Avish Naran and Miles Shorey‘s dosa onion rings with mango chutney at Pijja Palace, Katianna and John Hong‘s matzoh-filled mandu at Yangban Society, Junya Yamasaki‘s tonkatsu-chicken Kiev mashup in …

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1 year, 4 months ago

As L.A. shifts, one summertime hero still reigns: the ice cream man

LA Times

School is back in session. You’re a kid again, and after sweating through your classes, you burst out of the school gates to look for the “ice cream man.” Then you hear it. An L.A. native, Wynn remembers “waiting for ice cream truck to come around so that we didn’t have to walk to the store.” Now that she has …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Summer of Ice Cream: All you need to know about the best frozen treats in L.A.

LA Times

Ice cream is summertime magic, cooling us down and offering a sweet escape when the City of Angels tends toward hellish temperatures, or is otherwise subjected to the vagaries of global weirding. L.A.’s love affair with ice cream stretches back to before Baskin met Robbins, when they combined their Snow Bird and Burton ice cream parlors to create the Baskin-Robbins …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Pujol. Damian. With Atla in Venice, Enrique Olvera expands his restaurant empire

LA Times

Atla World-renowned chef Enrique Olvera has made his name reimagining and honoring Mexican cuisine in restaurants such as Mexico City’s Pujol and New York City’s Cosme. L.A.’s year-round seasonal produce allows for dishes like Olvera’s turmeric carrot salad to remain on the Venice menu beyond that of its New York counterpart. As executive chef of New York City’s Cadence, her …

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1 year, 5 months ago

The most quietly ambitious cooking to emerge in Los Angeles this year is at Yess

LA Times

The long, narrow, single-story building at 2001 E. 7th St., its catty-cornered entrance facing the intersection of Mateo Street, debuted in 1924. He channels these qualities into an early, daily-changing signature he calls “monk’s chirashi-sushi.” In late July a black bowl held red, green and orange cherry tomatoes, each with similarly bursting textures; fresh peaches cut in thick triangles; bright, …

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1 year, 5 months ago

The taste of summer arrives

China Daily

As the mercury rises, the vibrant city of Beijing is bustling with food enthusiasts eager to experience the culinary delights of the summer season. Xin Ming Yuen presents a new summer dish called Marinated Crispy Prawn Balls with Mango Salad. Xin Ming Yuen restaurant offers diners a delightful journey for their taste buds, evoking the aroma of fruit, the flavor …

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1 year, 5 months ago

The taste of summer arrives

China Daily

As the mercury rises, the vibrant city of Beijing is bustling with food enthusiasts eager to experience the culinary delights of the summer season. Xin Ming Yuen presents a new summer dish called Marinated Crispy Prawn Balls with Mango Salad. Xin Ming Yuen restaurant offers diners a delightful journey for their taste buds, evoking the aroma of fruit, the flavor …

Summer Restaurant China Daily Mexican

1 year, 5 months ago

De Los weekend guide: Reggaetón dancing under the stars, concerts in the park

LA Times

If you’re from L.A. or you’ve been to L.A., you know summer is arguably the best time for events in the city. The opening art show starts at 6 p.m. Friday and will feature prints and clothes as part of the collective’s tour “De Sur a Norte,” plus other goods from local vendors. Dance DTLA: Reggaeton: The Music Center in …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Found Oyster East? A Southern-inspired seafood bar opens in Eagle Rock

LA Times

Queen Street A restaurant and raw bar from the team behind one of L.A.’s 101 best restaurants just opened in Eagle Rock and is drawing lines out the door for oysters, Southern-inspired seafood dishes and specials like fried pickled green tomatoes. We’re still using the bounty of California.” Much like at Found Oyster, Last Word Hospitality’s other popular seafood restaurant, …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Two New York icons open in L.A. with cocktails, pizza and legendary chocolate chip cookies

LA Times

Dante Beverly Hills A century-old Italian restaurant with a globally lauded cocktail program just touched down in Los Angeles, expanding beyond New York City for the first time. “We wanted to kind of adapt the concept to the produce and the way that consumers behave in that kind of environment, and not kind of make it a direct implant from …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Lionel Boyce of ‘The Bear’ shares his favorite local restaurants on an Inglewood food crawl

LA Times

Ongoing Series Columnist Jenn Harris joins your favorite celebrities to explore their go-to cuisines and restaurants in Los Angeles. To prepare for his role as a baker in “The Bear,” Lionel Boyce spent two weeks working at Hart Bageri in Copenhagen, he told The Times’ Jenn Harris. “It’s like the heavens overlap.” At Dulan’s: “This is a restaurant where you …

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1 year, 6 months ago

When is a tasting menu worth your money ... and your time?

LA Times

Red foods for Juneteenth, Lucas Kwan Peterson’s salad days, a Pump-Tini-powered “Vanderpump Rules” restaurant crawl, Netflix’s IRL food show and a taqueria that brought in a priest to get employees to confess their work sins. On Tuesday, we not only announced our Restaurant of the Year award for Holbox, we named Koreatown’s Park’s BBQ as the winner of this year’s …

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1 year, 7 months ago

When L.A. chefs meet New York chefs ...

LA Times

Thai chef Thitid “Ton” Tassanakajohn at the L.A. Times’ 2023 Coast to Coast event in New York on May 9. East meets West Chef Stefano Secchi of New York’s Rezdôra at the L.A. Times’ 2023 Coast to Coast event. Tender prawns with just the right give were topped with Thai herbs, a bit of seaweed and then an audacious splash …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Ready for a foodie tour of Los Angeles? Here are the top picks you can't afford to miss

Hindustan Times

Los Angeles is a city with an abundance of culinary delights, and with so many options, it can be overwhelming to decide where to eat. From French cuisine with a South Asian twist to homestyle West African cooking, and everything in between, there's something for everyone. The amuse bouche pays homage to South Asian street snacks, while the anchovies spiced …

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