An unseasoned steak browns faster and keeps smoke to a minimum, the perfect combination for cooking chops at home.

Newsom says low-income families will receive $365 per child to buy food to make up for the loss of free and reduced-priced lunches provided by schools.

A dozen recent cookbooks for escape and encouragement

This gin and tonic recipe follows the classic formula but uses an extra-long lemon twist for more citrus freshness.

The team behind Gjelina, Gjusta and MTN has created a new Oaxacan-inspired pop-up, Valle, that debuts today in Venice.

Nine Los Angeles restaurants and chefs, including Jessica Koslow and Jeremy Fox, are on James Beard Foundation's list.

Newton Nguyen (aka @milktpapi) talks Spam musubi, overnight virality and Los Angeles cuisine.

Eric Nusbaum's "Stealing Home" follows a family displaced from Chavez Ravine, where Dodger Stadium was built.

Julia Alvarez's "Afterlife" is her first novel for adults in 15 years. She talks about loss, fragmentation and "American Dirt."

In a virtual meet-up, "Almost Home" author Fanny Singer and mother and famed chef Alice Waters join book club readers April 21 for a kitchen conversation.

Blake Gopnik's definitive 'Warhol' gathers up all the receipts on the blank icon who stormed the barricades of art, only to serve it up to commerce.

'Always Home' author Fanny Singer worries more about running out of garlic than toilet paper.

The author of "We Need to Talk About Kevin" lives that perfect, self-improving quarantine life (or maybe gets drunk and watches British reality TV).

Countless people have applied for unemployment benefits they cannot get. This can create a crisis worse than the coronavirus outbreak.

The Postal Service is as important to the United States as its language and its highways. Losing it would forever change the country for the worse.

Participants in the Stanford study self-selected, among other flaws. Its results do not reveal anything meaningful about the coronavirus.

Gov. Gavin Newsom's daily coronavirus news conferences may drag on, but he's hitting all the right notes with the public.

Just like in Sedona, people have been fleeing to Palm Springs to ride out the pandemic. It happens in every small resort town favored by rich people.

Appearing on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," Grammys host Alicia Keys detailed the backstage frenzy that preceded her poignant tribute to Kobe Bryant.

The success of Greta Gerwig's "Little Women" has been a boon for Orchard House, where Louisa May Alcott lived.

"The Irishman," "1917," "The Lion King," "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker," "Avengers: Endgame" — a rundown of the visual-effects Oscar finalists.

"1917," Sam Mendes' World War I adventure tops fellow best-picture nominee "The Irishman" along with three flashier contenders: "The Lion King," "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker," "Avengers: Endgame."

Actress Rose McGowan called out Natalie Portman's Oscars cape that honored female directors, prompting Portman to defend her work made mostly with men.

In his first in-depth interview as Academy Museum director, Bill Kramer talks budget, construction time lines and, most important, what you'll see inside.

PGA Tour golfer Jeff Sluman has sold his waterfront home in Florida for $3.65 million, the same price he paid for it in 2017.

George Cheeks, the new president and chief executive of CBS Entertainment Group, has paid $6 million for a penthouse in Hollywood.

Aaron Bay-Schuck, CEO of Warner Records, is asking $5.9 million for his stylish architectural abode in Hollywood Hills.

Zach Pollack, chef and owner of L.A. restaurants Alimento and Cosa Buona, has listed his Silver Lake home for sale at $1.495 million.

I spent some time looking into the significance or mention of birthdays in Jewish sources.

The Dianne and David Stern Foundation philanthropy included a number of Jewish causes, according to Inside Philanthropy.

'We absolutely reject the fact that firms should be denying their obligations under these rules,' said Abta chief executive Mark Tanzer

Dubai-based airline's policies now more generous than most carriers

The luckiest traveller in Europe in the past nine days? Andrew Gardner, an engineer from Milton Keynes. On Thursday morning, 15 April, he flew from Stansted to Oslo. About 10 minutes after he landed, the air-traffic control shutters came down over northern Europe, and remained closed for the next six days.

Britain's biggest travel firm insists that customers accept a refund credit note and then phone to get their money back

Passengers are struggling to claim money back during the global pandemic

'14-day refund rule is impossible for the majority of companies to stick to,' said the travel association's chief executive, Mark Tanzer

Passengers who asked for their money back for a cancelled flight are told: 'Please see below details of your travel voucher for the full value of your unused booking'

Holiday companies are desperate to persuade travellers whose holidays have been cancelled to accept a 'Refund Credit Note'. Should you? These are the key questions and answers

'I really am disgusted with the way Ryanair has been treating its customers over refunds,' said passenger Steve Ashton

'Ryanair are you honestly taking the mick? I don't want my money in a year, I want it now,' said passenger Danielle Koop

Exclusive: 'The FCO has to alter this Orwellian nonsense, and it must become country-specific,' said Paul Goldstein, owner of a camp in Kenya

Competition authority guidance on effects of lockdown triggers controversy between parks and caravan owners

'We will adapt our operating procedures to ensure our customers and our people are properly protected in this new environment,' said Willie Walsh, IAG chief executive

Toyota has recalled millions of hybrid gas-electric cars, mostly Prius models, around the world to fix electronic defects.

A jury ordered Toyota to pay $15.8 million to a dealer who alleged the company's recalls failed to remedy safety defects in its popular Prius models.

Tesla's $408-million second-quarter loss raises the question: How will Tesla ever make money?

Volkswagen of America CEO Scott Keogh wants to regain your trust.

We all love a good David vs. Goliath story — Ford vs. Ferrari (in 1966, or the 2019 movie version), Steve Jobs vs. Microsoft, Harry Potter vs. Voldemort. Not many, however, feature David going up against two separate Goliaths. Meet Jason Castriota.

The fight over emissions between California and the White House could last years.

Something sketchy this way comes: "30 Rock" alum Jack McBrayer hosts "The Second City Presents: The Last Show Left on Earth."