Thanksgiving is to serious cooks what New Year’s Eve is to serious drunks: amateur hour.

Pasta e Fagioli

Winter Greens Soup WITHOUT GODDAMNED CHICKEN BROTH

Vietnamese-Style Summer Rolls with Peanut Sauce

Multi-course Japanese exploration at Inaka Seafood.

Keeping chocolate around can be tricky. It’s got to be cool, and away from any odors that it might pick up. Oh, and you’ve got to hide it from everybody else, of course. ...

Claussen gets into the viral video game.

Melanie Wong samples chapli kebab wherever she can find it, and the version at Darbar still rocks. Maybe it’s the exotic scent of toasted cumin and coriander mingled with sizzling grilled meat. Maybe it’s the crunch...

The perfect comfort food for your Italian soul.

Finding old-school tail nirvana.

Lots of preparations are even better a day or two later, after the flavors have had a chance to meld, or “marry.” Here are some classic examples …

Josef Centeno returns, bringing bäcos.

Easter’s just around the corner—time to make your own marshmallow chicks!

I had probably the last of the Opus tasting menu a couple months or so ago, haven’t been back since. There was a prior post that there will be Oaxacan flavors added to the menu. Just wondering if the new Oaxacan inspired...

Well the slacker booked a table on VDAY (and the slacker is a girl – BTW) Has anyone been to Jiraffe in Santa Monica? And what is Nic’s Martini lounge all about? (Nic’s has a table, also, if anyone is...