We’re lucky to live in a place with dozens of cultural hubs. Feel free to treat this as a blueprint for a Little Arabia food crawl, or a list of places to hit whenever you’re in Anaheim. Two massive spits of chicken and beef shawarma rotate slowly behind the counter at Zait & Zaatar, a fast-casual restaurant just north of …
A soup trend from the 2024 Winter Fancy Food Show: The Art of Broth makes savory plant-based broths that are much like tea; you steep single-serve bags in hot water. Funky Mello vanilla marshmallow creme Containers of Funky Mello marshmallow creme made from aquafaba at the Winter Fancy Food Show in Las Vegas. Prime Roots x Three Little Pigs vegan …
I tend to grade supermarket sushi on a curve. At one market, there’s a 30-year veteran sushi chef slicing fresh fish, patting the rice and offering omakase. While most Nijiya Markets carry a similar selection of sushi, there’s a fresh food deli along the north wall of the Torrance store that offers a selection of fresh hand rolls. Aburi salmon …
Torta ahogada and mulitas from Carnitas El Momo The torta ahogada at the new Carnitas El Momo in Monterey Park is a beautiful, massive sandwich. All Day Baby in Silver Lake has everything you want in a neighborhood restaurant: A friendly staff, a full bar with boozy milkshakes, a bakery case full of pastries, a consistently good playlist and a …