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Charred sweet potato with miso butter and katsuobushi, a chopped-tuna and negi hand roll at RVR Venice, and boiled shrimp dumplings at RVR in Venice. (RVR / Graydon Herriott) Travis Lett, the chef who founded some of the city’s most defining restaurants, left his Gjusta and Gjelina restaurant group in 2019. This month, he returned … Read more

(Ed Anderson) 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. I made two pots of … Read more

Three dishes on the French-Japanese tasting menu at Mijoté in San Francisco. (Carolyn Fong / For The Times) Beyond telling you that The Times published my fresh guide to dining in San Francisco after two recent weeks of research, I have a hard time narrowing down my thoughts about the City by the Bay. It’s … Read more

Empty canisters of nitrous oxide in Bristol, England. The gas is used legitimately as a anaesthetic pain relief and also in the production of whipped cream but has potential health risks when inhaled.Photo by Matt Cardy /Getty Images Once, during my university years, I came home to our Manhattan apartment to find my roommates had … Read more

At Sam’s Place in Highland Park, the low-lighted bar and restaurant serves a pared-down menu of classics such as steak, salad, roasted sweet potatoes and Marcona almonds. (Stephanie Breijo / Los Angeles Times) Sam’s Place Dimly lighted and mysterious, the new Highland Park hot spot Sam’s Place from Hermosillo wine bar vets Scotty Cantino and … Read more

‘Sideways’ turns 20. A generation later, are the kids drinking Merlot? When director Alexander Payne set out to create the 2004 film “Sideways,” based on the then-unpublished novel by Rex Pickett about two friends’ wine-fueled visit to the Santa Ynez Valley, his intention was just to make a funny film. “I just wanted to make … Read more

This Michelin-starred chef wants to feed people. So she closed her restaurants It’s been over a year since Minh Phan closed her Los Angeles restaurants, but the refrigerator at her former Porridge + Puffs dining room in Historic Filipinotown is full. The shelves are crowded with tall deli containers filled with aqua blue passion fruit … Read more

The provincial government said its funding “remains available to support the continuation of this work during the interim period” A sign for the Green Line still stands on the corner of 11th Street and 21st Avenue S.E. in Calgary on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024.Darren Makowichuk/Postmedia The City of Calgary and Alberta government have agreed to … Read more

CicLAvia participants can make a pit stop at Guerrilla Cafecito for coffee drinks and one of L.A.’s best breakfast burritos. (Silvia Razgova / For The Times)

Chef Akira Hirose, shown in 2008, was a forerunner of Japanese-French cuisine. (Michael Buckner / Getty Images) Akira Hirose, a chef who bridged Japanese and French cuisine for decades across some of L.A.’s most influential restaurants, has died at 70. The legacy of the former Azay and Maison Akira owner, who died Sept. 26, continues … Read more