The favorite stories written by the Food team in 2024
LA TimesImages from the Food team’s favorite stories of 2024, from upper left: chef and artist Minh Phan; Minnie Bell’s Soul Movement in San Francisco; pan de muerto at Gusto in Long Beach; California-grown asparagus; Barbara Burrell, owner of Sky’s Gourmet Tacos; and seafood dishes. Our favorite stories we wrote in 2024 “My favorite story is also my most personal,” says assistant Food editor Danielle Dorsey. I’m grateful that she trusted me with telling the story of why she decided to leave her restaurants behind, lean in to her art and work for a nonprofit.” Filed under “favorite” not in an upbeat sense but in an important one: In May, The Times published a story on the spate of restaurant closings in Los Angeles, for which reporter Stephanie Breijo spent months interviewing chefs and restaurant owners. … Yet in recent years, I’ve found myself craving the panini made by a sandwich maker in Umbria who is forging his own path.” For the second, she writes about the tiny village of Castelluccio, in a region famous for the deliciousness of its lentils: “A single image cannot capture the beauty of the plains that attract sheepherders and their flocks, trekkers off the trails of Monti Sibillini National Park, hang gliders who soar above wild and trained horses plus daytrippers with all manner of pricey photo equipment or cheap cellphones for selfies.
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