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Voices Ezra Halkett My L.A. neighborhood won’t be the same when Say Cheese closes Several Saturdays ago, my mom and I walked into our local L.A. cheese shop, which we visit weekly. This store, Say Cheese, in Silver Lake, is owned by Glenn Harrell. Glenn and I have been friends for a long time. His … Read more

The gourmet shop Say Cheese will close to the public on April 23, after 53 years of serving the Silver Lake community. (Jessica Miller / For The Times) No one really knows exactly what they want when they walk into a cheese shop. But this never deterred visitors from Say Cheese, a gourmet shop in … Read more

62 cookbooks we can’t live without, according to chefs and food writers When Dawn Hudson got word on Jan. 7 that she needed to evacuate her Pacific Palisades home, her cook’s instincts kicked in. Thinking she’d be home the next day, she spent more time gathering ingredients to make dinner and breakfast for the friends … Read more

Will there be eggs for Easter? Substitutes are reaching peak weird With a bird-flu-induced egg shortage that has caused prices to skyrocket — and consumers, for lack of a better word, to scramble — the term “egg hunting” takes on new meaning this Easter. But will the dearth really have an impact on the pastel-hued … Read more

Katianna and John Hong, chef-owners of Yangban, pictured in the first iteration of their Arts District restaurant in 2022. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times) One of L.A.’s most groundbreaking Korean restaurants is closing in the Arts District, but it isn’t the intended end of Yangban. The celebrated restaurant — currently ranked No. 35 on … Read more

New cookbooks are a bright spot in spring, and this year’s crop is a bumper one. One emerging theme is: Go easy on yourself. Among this season’s favorite books, Los Angeles writers and chefs especially — including Nicole Rucker of Fat + Flour, Ari Kolender of Found Oyster and Queen St. Raw Bar & Grill, … Read more

The cookbooks bringing us joy and changing our lives in the kitchen this spring Spring’s parade of cookbooks are bringing a lot of joy into our kitchens. We read, cooked and baked our way through dozens of them, finding respite in some newfound culinary wisdom. Ace L.A. baker Nicole Rucker of Fat + Flour gave … Read more

Voices Noah Galuten A simple route to seafood sustainability? Eat way more of these four things Sustainability is an incredibly complicated topic. Yet seafood sustainability is the surprisingly rare exception in which a really complex problem has a uniquely simple option — and it’s in the hands of the consumer. To put it plainly, there … Read more

The chef who wooed L.A. with a million oysters perfects laid-back seafood Ari Kolender, chef and co-owner of two of L.A.’s most popular seafood restaurants, didn’t grow up in a household that cooked a lot of fish or shellfish because his grandfather kept kosher. But in high school he crabbed from friends’ dinghies and worked … Read more

She’s L.A.’s Martha Stewart of weed. Her new cookbook makes edibles more fun and less scary The spacious kitchen of a rented house just off Melrose Avenue in Beverly Grove is in full 420 mode. The stovetop is dotted with Le Creuset cookware. A peppercorn-studded prime rib rests on the counter next to an apothecary … Read more