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The smoked brisket pastrami sandwich at Le Hut Dinette in Santa Ana. (Stephanie Breijo / Los Angeles Times) Le Hut Dinette What happens when one of the country’s rising-star barbecue chefs launches a diner? At Santa Ana’s new Le Hut Dinette, the latest project from San Juan Capistrano’s Heritage Barbecue, seven-day pastrami slides into gooey … Read more

(Rebecca Peloquin / For The Times) What priceless items would you grab when fleeing disaster? It’s a sobering question that thousands of Angelenos were forced to answer when wildfires erupted across the region in January. That experience made us curious about our own emotional attachment to cookbooks and the titles that have had the most … Read more

This is the ultimate carrot cake. More cream cheese frosting, please My mom remarried when I was in my 30s. Already on my path as a food professional, I decided to make her wedding cake. Or wedding cakes. I didn’t want to risk a tiered extravaganza caving in on itself or looking like a leaning … Read more

L.A.’s hardest reservation is this new Italian supper club in West Adams “This is not a restaurant,” says Daniele Uditi, addressing a crowd of 32 diners in a spacious warehouse in West Adams on a recent Sunday evening. “It might look like it, but it’s not.” Uditi wants to set the record straight, as soon … Read more

(Doaa Elkady) Newsletter You are reading our Cooking newsletter Sign up to get a taste of Los Angeles — and the world — in your own home and in your inbox every Friday Enter email address Sign Me Up You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. Fall gets all of the … Read more

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