Home Kitchen

On an early fall morning, Gusto Bread owner-baker Arturo Enciso ties on his yellow apron, puts Coltrane on the record…

When it came time to develop a menu of creepy cocktails for Bamboo Club’s monthlong Halloween pop-up, the Tremble Club,…

Most Americans don’t think twice about leaving half a glass of water on the table as they leave a restaurant….

One of the great things about capirotada are all the variations. Some start with fried bolillos, while some are made…

Every week, Caitlin Scuttio stops by Target and piles her cart with pureed food pouches for her 4-year-old and twin…

She expected to see some fans from her pop-up days, but what Jiyoon Jang didn’t foresee were lines out the…

An easy chicken recipe for Día de Muertos: These parcels of chile-marinated chicken are wrapped in string-tied parchment bundles and…

I started cooking for Día de Muertos after my grandfather Heriberto González Sánchez died in 2011. I made my first…

It wasn’t until I moved to Los Angeles and saw people from all over Mexico honoring their dead that I…

ALONG INTERSTATE 25, N.M. —  In New Mexico, nothing is a straight line. Roads curve when they’re not undulating. Agricultural communities…

I left Las Vegas for home on a Tuesday morning, tired and optimistic after nearly a week on the road….

Travis Lett, the chef who founded some of the city’s most defining restaurants, left his Gjusta and Gjelina restaurant group…

DIXON, Calif. —  Deep inside one of the world’s largest corn mazes, where the tri-tip sandwiches and soft-serve ice cream purchased…

Sandwiches abound in Los Angeles. It’s home to the French dip originator (whether Philippe’s or Cole’s — they both claim…

Who gets to wag the proverbial finger at what should or shouldn’t play a part in a Mexican person’s kitchen…

A tagine is a dish and also a clay cooking vessel. As a vessel, it has a tall, cone-shaped or…

The salmon belly burger from chef Sean MacDonald of Bar Monette and Burgette in Santa Monica swaps beef for fish…

Add the brown sugar and continue cooking, stirring often, for 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes, vinegar, soy sauce, mustard, salt,…

Sam’s Place Dimly lighted and mysterious, the new Highland Park hot spot Sam’s Place from Hermosillo wine bar vets Scotty…

Stir together breadcrumbs, oregano, black pepper, porcini powder, salt and paprika in a large bowl until combined. Add garlic, green…

When director Alexander Payne set out to create the 2004 film “Sideways,” based on the then-unpublished novel by Rex Pickett…

It’s been over a year since Minh Phan closed her Los Angeles restaurants, but the refrigerator at her former Porridge…

1 tablespoon olive oil 1 ½ cups diced yellow onion (about 1 medium onion) 1 garlic clove, minced 2 tablespoons…

Akira Hirose, a chef who bridged Japanese and French cuisine for decades across some of L.A.’s most influential restaurants, has…

Hollywood’s upper-class elites have found a new way to show that they’re out of touch. And I fell for it….

This salsa roja delights with a sweet-tart spiciness. Strawberries macerated with lemon juice and light brown sugar enhance the salsa’s…

Pico de gallo is a summer salsa staple, but adding to it a favorite and seasonal stone fruit, the plum,…

Yosselin Cortés, a manager at the now-shuttered Otium, first noticed last year that something was amiss at the celebrated downtown…

Some of the city’s freshest tortillas are bubbling up on the planchas of Komal in Historic South-Central, arriving just-blistered and…

Put 3 tablespoons of the oil into a large sauté pan (for which you have a lid) — about 10…

Despite concerns about the health risks of secondhand smoke, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed a bill that will allow…

In late September a light-purple square of an Instagram post caught the attention of fans of fine dining all over…

Every weekday morning, drivers arrive at the Little Tokyo Towers at 10 a.m. carrying precious cargo: seniors’ meals individually wrapped…

As California struggles to contain an increasing number of H5N1 bird flu outbreaks at Central Valley dairy farms, veterinary experts…

The walls are coated in memorabilia: ticket stubs, childhood photos at the baseball stadium, trading cards, the framed sheet music…

Adam Johnson became a soccer fan by accident. During a visit with family in London, Johnson’s brother-in-law handed him a…

This creamy risotto from Dunsmoor restaurant in Los Angeles is fortified with shrimp paste, shrimp stock and plenty of butter…

Dozens of cases of salmonella linked to a popular Oaxacan restaurant in the Santa Clarita Valley in mid-September resulted in…

After weeks of failing to pay their former workers unpaid wages, owners of now-shuttered Otium distributed checks over the weekend….

The ice cream flips, twists and floats just out of reach, attached to one end of a long silver scooping…

The third of six courses at Baroo — the dish where the momentum behind Kwang Uh’s modern Korean cooking, light…

Raul Ortega holds a plate with his famous “taco dorado de camaron” outside his original Mariscos Jalisco food truck location…

When a torrent of grasshoppers devoured more than 100,000 acres of grass pastures and rangeland three years ago in the…

A private corner table in a beautiful dining room will never match the allure of a seat at the bar….

The Varnish, a legendary cocktail bar that heralded a modern cocktail revolution in L.A., will close its doors Wednesday after…

Fast-food workers have long complained of unstable schedules that make it difficult to plan their finances, child care, medical appointments…

Those 3, 5 and 20% fees at the bottom of your menu could be here to stay. With little time…

Millions of American families are hitting the road to start summer vacation, and ordering food on the run tends to…

There is no nail-biting stress for Liza Colón-Zayas in this restaurant. On a balmy June afternoon, she enters the homey,…

Licorice root, reishi mushrooms and vitamin B-6 are often among the ingredients listed in various adaptogenic drinks. (Rebecca Peloquin /…

Some of the region’s best ice cream recently expanded to Larchmont with a new location and a rainbow of flavors…

McDonald’s had high hopes for its signature plant-based burger when it rolled out in California and Texas two years ago,…

Roscoe’s House of Chicken ’n Waffles in Pasadena closed its doors Sunday, thanking customers for their three decades of support….

California restaurateurs are counting the days to July 1, when a statewide law is set to ban restaurants, bars, hotels,…

It’s hard to miss the giant meatball. Anyone on their way to ordering at the counter inside Azizam, while passing…

A Disney-themed bar and restaurant in Hollywood that has been open for nearly 80 years appears to have fallen into…

Growing up in Los Angeles, I passed the 10-gallon Arby’s hat on Sunset Boulevard frequently. I always viewed the fast…

I can’t stop eating in Koreatown. As my fingers fly across the keyboard, I anticipate the angry emails from readers…

Michael Flood, photographed at the Los Angeles Times in El Segundo on Sept. 8. About a month after COVID-19 locked…

Chef Jamal “James” Kent, who oversaw a burgeoning New York City restaurant empire and recently debuted a new culinary vision…

Before one of the country’s most celebrated sushi omakases opens in Los Angeles, diners can get a taste via an…

MEXICO CITY  —  The United States will “gradually” resume inspections of avocados and mangoes from the Mexican state of Michoacán,…

Allergist and immunologist Dr. Gideon Lack’s first inkling that some peanut allergies might be preventable came more than 20 years…

Ongoing Series Columnist Jenn Harris joins your favorite celebrities to explore their go-to cuisines and restaurants in Los Angeles. Las…

The Arby’s restaurant on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, famous for its enormous, neon-clad hat sign, has shuttered its doors after…

Tim Icely did everything he was supposed to do to save up for retirement. He worked 27 years in hospitality…

What’s for dinner? It’s a deceptively simple question, asked millions of times each day. But consider the myriad factors that…

The flow of avocados from Mexico to California could slow in the days ahead, potentially resulting in tough times for…

On a Wednesday night in April taquero Victor Villa was chugging beer from a large gold trophy cup. A crowd…

Pies for Justice is returning this year on Saturday in celebration of Juneteenth for its first in-person bake sale, bringing…

Warren Winiarski, whose 1973 Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon turned the wine world upside down by winning the famous…

The James Beard Foundation Awards, often regarded as the most prestigious national restaurant awards in America, took place Monday evening…

99 Ranch is so much more than just another grocery store. It’s a mecca — an oasis where members of…

How to tell if a particular flavor has entered the mainstream American culinary vernacular: Spot said flavor at Trader Joe’s…

It was the pretzel that left all others in a pile of stale dust. Light glinted off the golden brown…

“Are you ready? It’s my first-ever double hack.” Zach Brooks is offering up a paper plate of barbecued lamb hearts…

It was an evening that began with caviar bumps, a mythical giant and dancing lightsabers and ended with sparklers and…

When people tell her they dislike Los Angeles — too much traffic; everybody drives and nobody walks — Nancy Silverton…

A new state law to prohibit hidden surcharges and other “junk fees” tacked onto customers’ bills is slated to go…

In 2021, as the COVID-19 pandemic was upending the mobile food economy, L.A. County officials won approval for an ambitious,…

Los Angeles is a pizza town. While chefs and diners grapple with the question of what defines an L.A.-style pie,…

Andrew Meieran is about to reopen the doors of one of L.A.’s legendary restaurants in a bid to once again…

Your favorite restaurant’s fish with the buttery texture and pronounced taste might not be fresh — and that’s by design….

I’m convinced that the beautiful people in line at the juice bar, the ones with athleisure-wear clinging to their perfectly…

Chef Sean MacDonald says he’s always been a champion of using salt of all kinds — often adding more than…

“Cake Boss! Seriously? Can I get a picture?” I watch as a woman shakes her head in disbelief, then squeals…

Why is pairing sushi with wine so hard? Most sushi bars put the drinking focus on sake, and while great…

When Beyond Meat went public in 2019 in an initial stock offering that saw its shares nearly triple in price,…

Plan your ultimate trip to always-evolving Las Vegas. Try new immersive experiences and the best places to eat on and…

For anyone who catches flights from John Wayne Airport in Orange County, there’s a huge upside: It often beats traveling…

FRESNO —  The former general manager of a San Joaquin Valley water district, accused by federal prosecutors of carrying out one…

It’s 4:30 a.m. on a Tuesday and the lights are blazing at Food Forward’s Pit Stop warehouse. Big trucks are…

I recently attempted to explain my new favorite restaurant to a friend. Things got complicated, quickly. The restaurant is called…

Whether it’s bears, coyotes or mountain lions, there is a sense in many of L.A.’s hillside communities that something four-legged…

Making the decision to quit a restaurant that one has poured passion, sweat and money into can be daunting. But…

If you’ve ever held a pastel-yellow box full of Cuban pastries in Los Angeles, you’ve most likely tasted the legacy…

More Americans now consume marijuana on a daily basis than drink alcohol every day, according to a recent study. That’s…

MEXICO CITY —  The taco guy didn’t quite get the fuss. “I didn’t realize the magnitude of the whole thing,” recalled…

Heavy Handed Studio City Some of L.A.’s best burgers just landed in the Valley. Santa Monica’s popular smashburger spot Heavy…

Inflation and high food and housing costs are squeezing millions of families in the United States. At the same time,…

Thursday mornings at La Princesita Tortilleria in East Los Angeles are devoted to making chips, so customers couldn’t get any…

On the surface, the story of Red Lobster’s bankruptcy is about one of the seven deadly sins: gluttony. The most…

A thousand stimuli charge your senses when you walk into the Mercado González in Costa Mesa. Dragon fruit, colored in…

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey recently signed into law bans against cell-cultivated meat in their states….

Why the industry is facing a uniquely tumultuous year, and what it means for restaurateurs, chefs and diners.

The first time I visited the J&G Fried Chicken restaurant in Hacienda Heights, I left without any chicken. It was…

My industry has always been as difficult as it is magical. In the post-pandemic era, challenges are categorically higher. The…

The Wonderful Co. is escalating its battle against unionization of its job sites, looking to halt a new state law…

The opening of Orange County’s Gudetama Cafe has been anything but “meh.” Lines wrapped through the Buena Park Downtown Mall…

When chef Dominique Crenn won the World’s 50 Best Restaurants’ 2016 best female chef award, she famously called it “stupid….

It’s been known for years that cooking indoors can taint the air in a home and cause health problems, especially…

FIREBAUGH, Calif. —  It was a late March morning and dozens of women and men descended on a San Joaquin Valley…

For the first time in more than a decade, the World’s 50 Best Restaurants will recognize a Los Angeles restaurant…

Is there such a thing as “too decadent” when evaluating a cheeseburger? Where does one draw the line? The fourth…

Cook the broccoli: In a large pot, bring 3 quarts water and the salt to a boil. Line a plate…

On a recent Sunday night in Long Beach’s Bixby Knolls neighborhood, chef Eduardo Chang and his wife and business partner,…

It didn’t take long for Harshraj Ghai to respond to the impact of California’s new $20 an hour minimum wage…

Trader Joe’s has its iconic Two-Buck Chuck, chocolate lava cake and dumplings. Costco’s in-store brand, Kirkland Signature, is so beloved…

Roast the tomatoes: Heat the oven to 400 degrees. In a small bowl, combine the cherry tomatoes, olive oil, Aleppo…

Creamy feta cheese marinated in oil infused with lemon and spices is something you probably want to have on hand…

Last week, while entering the 110 freeway from the Hill Street on-ramp, I ate my first car cake. I did…

A substantial, delicious vegetable soup with good chicken stock as the base — you’ll want to eat it for breakfast,…

Call them the vegetable whisperers. Sarah Hymanson and Sara Kramer are the two produce-obsessed chefs behind Kismet restaurant in Los…

Panes con pollo, the Salvadoran version of a chicken sandwich, is a wonderful way to celebrate a party, birthday, holiday…

This is the dish that got me to call my grandmother and ask her to help me figure out the…

The line snaked down the parking lot toward the busy traffic of York Boulevard and around the corner, curving around…

Food recalls across the U.S. last year continued to rise following a drop during the pandemic, with nearly half due…

My mom can be at home alone and randomly get the urge to make sopa de res. By the time…

Meanwhile, heat oil in a large stockpot over medium low. Add onion and ½ teaspoon salt; cook until softened, stirring…

On Earth Day chef Mollie Engelhart took to social media with an announcement that rocked L.A.’s vegan community: Her pillar…

Meatballs don’t always have to be meat. Along the Mexican coast, you can find brighter variations of meatballs made with…

At the L.A. Times Food x Now Serving Booth L.A.’s world-famous cookbook store Now Serving is joining with L.A. Times…

There seem to be endless variations on hommus these days, from what gets pureed to what goes on top. I…

Yogurt, in all its forms, is an essential element of Eastern Mediterranean cuisine. Soups made of yogurt are a particular…

José Andrés spends much of his time contemplating the unifying nature of food, both in and out of the world’s…

Season the shrimp with salt and add them to the pan in one layer. Increase the heat to medium and…

Many years ago, in Jerusalem, I was given a recipe for an almond-lemon torte. I loved the tartness of the…

Sticky pecan rolls, sliced in concentric circles and toasted on a griddle with butter, were the irresistible draw to Ann…

Ellie You spent years dreaming up the Harucake universe, down to the color of the walls — the same soft…

There are a lot of reasons to want to make a bacon weave. You can lay it in the center…

The tinted glass entrance to Budonoki, which faces the intersection of Melrose and Virgil avenues, doesn’t so much mirror its…

L.A. hip-hop artist Blxst performed on Coachella’s Outdoor Stage on Saturday, in an early evening set that overlapped with Sublime….

If it’s true that you are what you eat, then most beef-eating Americans consist of a smattering of poultry feathers,…

A food truck builder who had become a symbol of the perils of working in the mobile food industry was…

This recipe is special. And not in the way that a mother says, “Oh, ALL my children are special!” You’re…

Danbi A new restaurant from the hospitality group behind Liu’s Cafe is riffing on the classic Koreatown dining experience with…

The universal advice for all things Coachella is simple: Arrive early. All three days, I made my way to the…

The checkout lines stretched far into the aisles of the 99 Cents Only store in Beverly Grove on Monday afternoon….

No Kawhi Leonard. No Paul George. No James Harden. No way of helping or hurting their playoff status. Already locked…

Earlier this month Josh Scherer cooked a corned beef sandwich and a few gelatin-encased shrimp in a nod to foods…

This okra gumbo puts a vegetable-forward spin on the classic Southern dish. With the addition of matzoh balls (see Matzoh…

Bring an 8- to 10-quart pot of salted water to a boil. Wet your hands with warm water and form…

When I first moved to Nice, France, I lived upstairs from the now-defunct bakery Espuno, which had been run by…

There’s a certain reverse snobbery that some travelers may feel when they first arrive in Nice. So sleek. So sunny….

Benny Blanco is attempting to paint a picture of the many dinner parties he throws at his Los Angeles home….

With a rainbow knitted kippah affixed to the crown of his head, Michael Twitty is paced and intentional as he…

The Dodgers are getting another City Connect outfit on June 17, and we have an idea. The team had not…

The morning after Joan Nathan’s 80th birthday party last year — a long-table Palm Springs gathering on the grounds of…

New cookbooks crop up like superblooms in spring, when the vitality of the season propels us to get into the…

Food never happened in a vacuum for Karla Tatiana Vasquez. Stories always followed. Whenever her grandmother or mother cooked, Vasquez…

A downtown Los Angeles restaurant is adding a “security charge” to diners’ bills, representing the latest in a wave of…

Bagels are under siege, and if you need proof, I offer a single word: Airy. Bagels, which have always been…

I am a serious newspaper food columnist. I am not tempted by the next viral pastry trend. I will not…

WASCO, Calif. —  The revelation that United Farm Workers would be representing workers at a Kern County company owned by the…

“I’m going to tell you how to eat it.” The woman behind the counter at Sobar, a narrow restaurant on…

In January, 18 of L.A.’s most beloved pop-ups, restaurants, bakers, rising-star talents and established names earned nods as semifinalists for…

Cook the beans. Add 3 tablespoons of oil to a medium pot over high heat. When the oil starts to…

AQABA, Jordan —  It was the middle of the night at chef José Andrés’ field headquarters on the Mediterranean island of…

Every year L.A. empties out for two back-to-back weekends when more than 100,000 festival-goers head to the low desert for…

Multiple members of the international nonprofit World Central Kitchen were killed in an apparent Israeli airstrike in Gaza on Monday…

Snails are popular Vietnamese street fare and in no place is that more apparent than on Vinh Khanh Street in…

It’s a kinda-sorta memory. About the char of a cheeseburger from my childhood. I can almost taste it. It came…

Ash reshteh, named for the square-edged, linguini-like noodle called reshteh, is one of those soups that seems to have as…

With orange carrots and kabocha squash, green zucchini and chayote, yellow baby corn, fat white shrimp and handfuls of spinach…

This soup was inspired by ceci or chickpea soup that I first ate in Rome in a busy café on…

McDonald’s. Yoshinoya. El Pollo Loco. Little Caesars. Panda Express. Taco Bell. And not a supermarket in sight. On a six-lane…

From the outside, the Source OC looks like a typical outdoor mall in Southern California with concrete and glass architecture…

(Illustration by Karan Singh / For The Times) Koreatown is a neighborhood of extremes. At any time of day, its…

NEW YORK —  Near the end of a week spent delving into Manhattan’s upwelling of modern Korean fine dining restaurants last…

If you try a soup-for-dinner diet to cut back on calories or just to simplify your life, amp up the…

Late last year, my husband and I returned from a vacation in France some pounds heavier than we wanted to…

Maíz in Mexican pastry is not an entirely new concept. Think of coricos, a northeastern cookie originating with the Cáhita…

Azizam In a small alcove along Sunset Boulevard, plates are newly piled with turmeric pilaf, braised chicken legs and pickles….

When Daniele Uditi was 9 years old, he remembers hearing voices at 4 a.m. He was in his childhood home…

Kristen Kish was going through airport security in Dubai when the call came in that provoked the sort of clock-ticking,…

The cost to drink a milk-based Starbucks Frappuccino goes beyond the $5-plus price tag for California residents Maria Bolliger, Dawn…

Pepper-smeared strips of beef jerky fueled countless late-night study sessions in my college dorm room. I enjoyed the leathery, stringy…

A line snaked out the door all Saturday morning, with guests peering in the front windows at trays of guava…

St. Helena, Calif. —  Highway 29 winds along the floor of the Napa Valley through Yountville and St. Helena and up…

I like to make up fantastical stories for people I see at dive bars. I can entertain myself for hours,…

With apologies to Allen Ginsberg: I am seeing the best minds of our middle-school generation destroyed by Flamin’ Hot Cheetos…

If you were looking for an excuse or occasion to make pie, mathematicians have got one for you. On March…

Last week Roy Choi was looking for the telltale signs: a lot of cursing, a lot of eyes rolling back…

Neighborhood residents snapped pictures of their guava cheese pastelitos and greeted old friends inside Café Tropical in Silver Lake on…

A beleaguered union effort among show performers and stable hands at Medieval Times’ Buena Park castle has met its end….

Red ripe tomatoes, juicy pineapple and tongue-scorching peppers — the produce aisle at the grocery store is full of possibilities…

NEW YORK —  When I’m in New York, the thing I love to do more than anything is eat. Slabs of…

Ongoing Series Columnist Jenn Harris joins your favorite celebrities to explore their go-to cuisines and restaurants in Los Angeles. Jidori…

The days of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos in California schools may be numbered. A new bill aims to ban from public…