Three cups cuttlefish at BeBe Fusion While fireworks were hours away from being launched this past Independence Day, co-owners Kiki Lo and Monica Wu observed a rather understated grand opening for their Taiwanese-focused restaurant BeBe Fusion . ...
Dark chocolate with cacao nibs and brown sugar vanilla bean at Carmela July is National Ice Cream Month. Why? Because it's hot! And ice cream is cold! And also, coz Ronald Reagan said so. No, really . He also apparently declared both July 15 and...
Baguettes at McCall's Meat & Fish If you live anywhere near Los Feliz and you haven't been getting your fresh baguettes and croissants, your Kouign-amann and country loaves, at McCall's Meat & Fish Co ., then maybe you haven't been over to Nathan...
Los Angeles is having a seafood moment. New-age clam shacks and haute oyster bars are tucking into neighborhood spaces and building out into massive new digs at an unbelievable pace. Even the lobster roll, that sometimes rubbery, thick with mayonnais...
About $12 worth of sashimi at Yama Seafood L.A. A sushi addiction can be tough on the wallet, to say the least. It's one of those meals that you kind of want to spend a lot on, to guarantee quality, freshness and skill, but that makes the craving-...
Ludo Lefebvre The news that Anthony Bourdain and Nigella Lawson's ABC reality cooking show The Taste had been renewed for a second season broke a few weeks ago . What wasn't clear at the time was whether L.A.'s own Ludo Lefebvre was going to re...
The Shack The Place: The Shack , 185 Culver Blvd., Playa Del Rey; 310-823-6222. The Hours: 11 a.m.-12 a.m. Mon.-Thu. and Sun.; 11 a.m.-1:30 a.m. Fri.-Sat. The Digs: There's a "shack" in every beach town. A few are sanctioned copies of ...
This Friday, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Uber will provide ice cream trucks in 33 cities around the world. So if you're reading this in Singapore right now, make sure you download the app and you can get some ice cream driven right to your location, like...
Brisket set Slow-cooked beef brisket is king at Horse Thief BBQ , which officially opened to the downtown crowd at Grand Central Market on July 9. It's been the biggest seller, says co-owner Russell Malixi -- so much so that they've already had t...
Does one dare eat a peach? Prufrock's parpahrased question is, of course, loaded, but taken on a surface level, it's one worth answering. Even in summer, the time of peaches, as we're often told, grocery store specimens often turn to mush with one ...
LA Weekly 's Venn Food Diagram, we are investigating the increasingly popular Mediterranean Spanish cuisine to compare what Angelinos think make up a Spaniard's diet versus what our flamenco-dancing friends actually eat. Moral of the story: The rece...
Nonna's empanadas Oh, the empanada, that lovely pan-Latin hot pocket of goodness. Some argue the only true empanada is a fried empanada, while others argue that the best empanadas are baked. Both are delicious, any of us will agree, but in the s...
Some Naked Juices A lawsuit has laid bare the real ingredients in Naked Juices. Naked Juice Co. has agreed to pay $9 million to settle a class-action suit alleging that it falsely advertised some of its juice and smoothie products as "all natural...
The wealthy northwest corner of the Valley has had its share of drama of late, what with the Biebs and his white Ferrari causing a menace and Sofia Coppola's newest film giving the world an ugly glimpse of its teenage culture. But Calabasas and its ...
World's Largest Lollipop In a move Willy Wonka would approve of, See's Candies is bringing the world's largest lollipop, weighing in at 7,003 pounds, to their store at The Grove this Saturday, July 20. Because, of course, it's National Lollipop ...
S'mores at Superba Snack Bar Jason Neroni's Superba Snack Bar is turning a year-old on Friday, July 19, and in celebration the chef-owner will be giving complimentary s'mores tomorrow through Sunday during brunch, lunch and dinner. A diner favor...
Heirloom tomatoes at the Torrance Farmer's Market Summer is the best for many reasons, but the one close to the top of our list is tomatoes. Whether you buy them at the farmers market or grow them yourself there are a zillion uses for tomatoes, bu...
Sopes platter at Cacao Mexicatessen (participating restaurant at East L.A. Meets Napa) East L.A. Meets Napa It's the eighth annual East L.A. Meets Napa & Beyond at Union Station, wherein 30 restaurants and 30 wineries marry Mexican food, Califo...
Irish Car Bomb cupcakes According to a new British study, fizzy drinks, cakes, biscuits, crisps and desserts (in 'Merican, that would be soda, cake, cookies, chips and other sweets) may increase the risk of colon cancer. Scientists examined fact...
Carne asada taco If you have no plans on Sunday, July 28, you probably could do a whole lot worse than to spend the afternoon at a ball game followed by some carne asada right off the grill. Especially when the ball game involves the Dodgers (ve...
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