New Mexico Where to buy fresh and roasted Hatch chilesLos Angeles Times - Genevieve KoThe best place to get Hatch chiles? From the source. That would be the Hatch valley in New Mexico and this year’s official festival runs from Aug. 31 to Sept. 1. While you’re there, check out our guide
Recipes The once-a-year ingredient you should order nowLos Angeles Times - Genevieve KoIt’s almost time for the Hatch chile harvest, an annual event that food lovers await like Christmas morning. Grown in New Mexico’s Hatch V alley, these chiles strike a balance between heat and sweet with
Hollywood (Los Angeles) Searching for enlightenment at beloved Baroo's East Hollywood reincarnationLos Angeles Times - Bill AddisonThe setting had changed, but the heart of the experience felt entirely familiar. It was 4:30 p.m. on a recent Wednesday inside East Hollywood’s Union Swapmeet. I watched chef Kwang Uh’s straight back he
Tacos Let's taco at Tito'sLos Angeles Times - Mariah TaugerThe Times visited Tito’s Tacos on Monday, July 15, and found, as always, customers lined up outside. Customers line up to order at Tito's Tacos on Monday, July 15, 2019 Employees prepare tacos by the in
Jonathan Gold Readers' favorite Jonathan Gold-approved recipes from our archivesLos Angeles Times - Ben MimsJonathan Gold, known most for his restaurant criticism, was an avid home cook as well. During his years at the L.A. Times, he published several recipes on our site, and these are some of our readers’ from
Painting The oranges that enraptured a millionaire - Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times - Jonathan GoldVisitors to the Norton Simon Museum, the collections jimmied into the corpse of the former Pasadena Art Museum, come to admire the handsome Frank Gehry garden, the shimmering tiles by Edith Heath, and
Jonathan Gold Jonathan Gold’s fried chicken - Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times - Peter MeehanThough he was most famous for his writing and his eating, Jonathan Gold was more than just the belly of Los Angeles. He often arrived at restaurants on what felt like Gold C oast T ime: unconnected to
Jonathan Gold Gold-isms - Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times - Peter MeehanIt is possible that Jonathan Gold knew everything. The most obvious footprint of his expansive autodidacticism was the way he could drop references to anything with a fluency that you would connect with
Jonathan Gold A year later - Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times - Peter MeehanThere was a moment when I was leaving L.A. last year and, in the car on the way to the airport, I knew it would be the last time I’d be in the city while Jonathan Gold was alive. He and I had formed a
Jonathan Gold Jonathan Gold, L.A.’s critic, rememberedLos Angeles Times - Peter MeehanOur Food coverage this week is dedicated to Jonathan Gold, who died on July 21 last year. We populated it mostly with the late restaurant critic’s words because his words were the best. We wish we could
Dining Rooms L.A.’s great brotherhood of taco eaters - Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times - Carolina A. MirandaYou may belong to L.A.’s great brotherhood of taco eaters huddled around trucks late at night. You munch still-muddy radishes to sweeten your breath, but the stink of onions and garlic and cilantro and
East Los Angeles Amá•cita, Tex-Mex with an L.A. twist, opens in Culver City; Taco Drama in Koreatown - Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times - Hadley TomickiAmá•cita is now open in Culver City from Josef Centeno, the chef-owner of Bäco Mercat, Orsa & Winston and Bar Amá. A modern Tex-Mex menu includes mesquite-grilled pork collar skewers, tacos dorados, chorizo-rubbed
Play buttonBurritos Every item on the Taco Bell Dollar Cravings menu reviewed in emojis - Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times - Jenn HarrisTaco Bell is one of many fast-food chains with a value menu. The Irvine-based fast-food chain‘s Cravings Value Menu has about 10 items priced at $1 each. They include nachos, burritos and cinnamon twists,
Recipes For a taste of the Mediterranean at home, try this vegan lentil salad recipeLos Angeles Times - Genevieve KoAre you pedaling a bike through the fields of Provence? Strolling a village in Spain? Me neither. But this dish makes me feel like I’m getting a taste of that life, and it can be enjoyed here in L.A.,
Los Angeles, CA 6 great pizza places in Los AngelesLos Angeles Times - Bill AddisonIs Los Angeles a pizza town? Forgive my zeal as a fresh convert, but Los Angeles is an everything town; search with any effort, it seems to me, and you’ll find most of the world’s cuisines rendered at
Burgers L.A.’s 21 essential burgersLos Angeles Times - L.A. Times Food team & Creative Technologists“Augmented reality,” or AR, refers to the placement of virtual objects into the real world around you. It requires a device with a camera, so you have to use a supported smartphone or tablet to get the
Javier Ramos to open his El Vy restaurant without Jon Shook and Vinny DotoloLos Angeles Times - By Jenn HarrisIn June, Trois Familia owners Jon Shook, Vinny Dotolo and Ludo Lefebvre, who are also behind Trois Mec and the two locations of Petit Trois, announced they were closing their Mexican-inspired, French-ish
Javier Ramos to open his El Vy restaurant without Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo - Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times - Jenn HarrisIn June, Trois Familia owners Jon Shook, Vinny Dotolo and Ludo Lefebvre, who are also behind Trois Mec and the two locations of Petit Trois, announced they were closing their Mexican-inspired, French-ish
Belize Mother-daughter duo cook side-by-side at Belizean pop-up No Reservation L.A.Los Angeles Times - By Hadley TomickiDorla McKenzie thought she had retired from professional cooking. It took her 29-year-old daughter, Tina, to coax her back into the kitchen. Now you'll find the duo cooking side-by-side under pounding
Belize Mother-daughter duo cook side-by-side at Belizean pop-up No Reservation L.A. - Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times - Hadley TomickiDorla McKenzie thought she had retired from professional cooking. It took her 29-year-old daughter, Tina, to coax her back into the kitchen. Now you’ll find the duo cooking side-by-side under pounding
Animals 'Sewer salmon' and the secrets of the L.A. RiverLos Angeles Times - By Jesse PearsonAt 6 a.m. on a recent Saturday, I donned a borrowed pair of waders with a hole just above the butt, wrestled some waterproof boots over my feet and stepped into the muck of a particularly deep patch of
Pizza The pizzeria in ‘Eat Pray Love’ has a new Hollywood knockoff. It’s a flop.Los Angeles Times - By Bill AddisonMidway through a recent dinner at L'Antica Pizzeria da Michele in Hollywood, the server swings by to check in and chat a little. "So how did you hear about the restaurant?" he asks. I mumble a polite and
Pizza Review: The pizzeria in ‘Eat Pray Love’ has a new Hollywood knockoff. It’s a flop. - Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times - Bill AddisonMidway through a recent dinner at L’Antica Pizzeria da Michele in Hollywood, the server swings by to check in and chat a little. “So how did you hear about the restaurant?” he asks. I mumble a polite and
Fishing Fly fishing for ‘sewer salmon’ in the L.A. River - Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times - Jesse PearsonAt 6 a.m. on a recent Saturday, I donned a borrowed pair of waders with a hole just above the butt, wrestled some waterproof boots over my feet and stepped into the muck of a particularly deep patch of
Lifestyle How many pounds of habaneros go into a bottle of Chichen Itza’s hot sauceLos Angeles Times - By Amy Scattergood60 pounds: The amount of habanero chiles that go into one batch of Chichen Itza's habanero "table" sauce. The habanero sauce has been on the menu at Chichen Itza, the Yucatecan restaurant at Mercado la
Nashville, TN What We're Into: Nashville hot shrimp at Yours Truly in LA's Venice - Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times - Jenn HarrisI did not want to like the Nashville hot shrimp at the new Yours Truly restaurant in Venice. It sounded like something designed to latch on to the periphery of the hot chicken craze gripping Los Angeles.
Vegetables Sun-dried tomatoes, the Mickey Rourke of food, get their second actLos Angeles Times - By Evan Kleiman"Sun-Dried Tomatoes. Discuss." I knew there would be some haters when I sent that seemingly benign four-word tweet in February, but the depth of distaste was surprising. Take one of the most beloved summer
Vegetables Sun-dried tomatoes, the Mickey Rourke of food, get their second act - Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times - Evan Kleiman“Sun-Dried Tomatoes. Discuss.” I knew there would be some haters when I sent that seemingly benign four-word tweet in February, but the depth of distaste was surprising. Take one of the most beloved summer
Tacos Review: Remember Naugles Tacos? Never heard of it? The cult Mexican fast-food chain is expandingLos Angeles Times - By Gustavo ArellanoCosta Mesa's Taco Maria and Hana Re earned a star apiece in the Michelin Guide's latest California listings; five restaurants scored a Bib Gourmand honor. Even more won general praise from Michelin's who
