au Whole Roasted Cauliflower With Charred Lemon and Spicy Tahini Sauce By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 16:45:21 -0400 For the best flavor, lightly char the outside of a whole cauliflower, then drench it in a bright lemon-tahini sauce. Full Article
au Whole roasted cauliflower is the lazy cook's best friend By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 17:00:36 -0400 For the best flavor, lightly char the outside of a whole cauliflower, then drench it in a bright lemon-tahini sauce. Full Article
au Elliott: Olympian Mirai Nagasu finds hope in fight to keep parents' restaurant from closing By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 17:05:19 -0400 Olympic figure skater Mirai Nagasu, who grew up in her parents' restaurant in Arcadia, is determined not to let the coronavirus close the family business. Full Article
au Surviving the Shutdown: Brodard Restaurant keeps feeding Little Saigon By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 12:00:21 -0400 Sales are down at one of Orange County's most famous Vietnamese restaurants, but Brodard is adapting to survive Full Article
au California effort will employ restaurant workers to provide meals for seniors amid coronavirus crisis By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 15:37:13 -0400 The program will provide $66 a day per senior in funding for daily meals. Newsom said the effort will launch immediately, focused on seniors who are at risk for COVID-19 or have limited income. Full Article
au Famed Basque restaurant Noriega Hotel in Bakersfield to close permanently By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 10:09:13 -0400 The restaurant, which served traditional Basque cooking enjoyed family-style, had been in business for 89 years. Full Article
au L.A. looks to help restaurants by capping food delivery service fees at 15% By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 18:30:33 -0400 A new proposed Los Angeles city ordinance could set a 15% food delivery service fee cap. Full Article
au Half-Salted Steaks With Kale-Caper Sauce By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 17:21:06 -0400 An umami-packed green sauce made with kale and capers seasons expertly cooked steaks at home. Full Article
au Restaurant vendors are now selling to the public. Here's why it might hurt them instead of help. By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 21:06:45 -0400 Home cooks can get sushi-grade fish and dry-aged steaks for cheap, but at what cost? Full Article
au To safely reopen its restaurants, L.A. should transform its streets into cafes By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 08:00:30 -0400 L.A. should be taking inspiration from cities that are experimenting with public space to help businesses during coronavirus lockdowns. Full Article
au Tasting-menu gem Auburn closes for good, the latest restaurant casualty of the coronavirus shutdown By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 12:33:05 -0400 Chef Eric Bost's Melrose Avenue restaurant opened just 13 months ago. Full Article
au Is L.A. becoming a tlayuda desert? How COVID-19 is causing a shortage of Oaxacan ingredients By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 1 May 2020 06:00:58 -0400 The COVID-19 shutdown is affecting the flow of essential Oaxacan ingredients to L.A. Full Article
au New project High Road Kitchens helps restaurants provide food on a sliding scale By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 1 May 2020 14:08:54 -0400 High Road Kitchens funds restaurants to provide low-cost food and re-employ staff. Full Article
au Gjelina and MTN chefs launch Oaxacan pop-up in Venice By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 4 May 2020 09:20:19 -0400 The team behind Gjelina, Gjusta and MTN has created a new Oaxacan-inspired pop-up, Valle, that debuts today in Venice. Full Article
au 9 L.A. chefs and restaurants are named James Beard Award finalists By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 4 May 2020 17:55:31 -0400 Nine Los Angeles restaurants and chefs, including Jessica Koslow and Jeremy Fox, are on James Beard Foundation's list. Full Article
au Column: 'Blue Highways' author William Least Heat-Moon on the art of traveling in place By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 10:00:17 -0400 A after visiting every U.S. county in the lower 48, William Least Heat-Moon is the master of the topographical journey. Now 80, he takes another trip through his new novel — into the imperfect history of American democracy. Full Article
au Mystery author Charles Finch gets stoned, masters Steely Dan and becomes a "candle guy" By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 12:00:07 -0400 In our latest quarantine diary, Charles Finch contemplates Kierkegaard, watches "Love Is Blind," gets the Led out and develops a candle habit. Full Article
au Tomie dePaola, beloved children's author and illustrator of 'Strega Nona,' dies at 85 By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 14:51:09 -0400 DePaola wrote or illustrated more than 270 children's books, sold nearly 25 million copies and had his books translated into more than 20 languages. Full Article
au Harry Potter and the coronavirus crisis: J.K. Rowling launches a new activity website for kids By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 1 Apr 2020 14:10:44 -0400 "Harry Potter" mastermind J.K. Rowling has launched a new website called "Harry Potter at Home" to help distract families from the coronavirus crisis. Full Article
au L.A. author Kathryn Scanlan on whether we're still 'The Dominant Animal' By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 7 Apr 2020 12:00:53 -0400 Kathryn Scanlan, taut new story collection, "The Dominant Animal," probes power relationships in uncertain times. She talks about L.A. and COVID-19. Full Article
au Author Fanny Singer and chef Alice Waters talk food and family with L.A. Times Book Club By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 7 Apr 2020 16:33:16 -0400 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. Full Article
au Ross Thomas, the criminally neglected spy-caper author behind "Briarpatch" By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 8 Apr 2020 10:00:28 -0400 Ross Thomas delivered 25 novels populated by colorful, chameleonic characters. Among them: "Briarpatch," now a USA Network series. Full Article
au What authors are reading, hearing and watching in quarantine By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 8 Apr 2020 12:05:28 -0400 Authors like Lionel Shriver, Alexander McCall Smith, Laura Lippman and Steph Cha are under coronavirus quarantine too. Here's what they're reading. Full Article
au Q&A: Author Cynthia Ozick will spend her 92nd birthday 'contemplating mayhem' By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 8 Apr 2020 13:27:46 -0400 Cynthia Ozick, essayist and acclaimed novelist, shelters from coronavirus and discusses anti-Semitism, the Spanish flu and longevity. Full Article
au Review: Queer authors reinvent the artist biography as revisionist memoir By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 13:04:35 -0400 Jenn Shapland's "My Autobiography of Carson McCullers" and Mark Doty's "What Is the Grass," about Walt Whitman, are hybrid memoir-biographies. Full Article
au Cooking in quarantine: 'Always Home' author Fanny Singer retreats to Alice Waters' kitchen By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 13:13:23 -0400 Fanny Singer's stories and recipes, 'Always Home,' show life growing up in the orbit of her mother, farm-to-table chef Alice Waters. Full Article
au New manga subscription service launches with a quarantine-friendly 2-month free trial By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 09:00:12 -0400 Read "Attack on Titan," "Somali & the Forest Spirit," "Fire Force," "Arte" and more with Mangamo, a new mobile manga subscription service. Full Article
au Laura Lippman comforts herself with old YA, actor Venn diagrams and costume selfies By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 10:00:35 -0400 What crime novelist Laura Lippman is reading and watching in quarantine Full Article
au Watch the L.A. Times Book Club's virtual meet-up with author Fanny Singer and chef Alice Waters By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 18:32:48 -0400 'Always Home' author Fanny Singer worries more about running out of garlic than toilet paper. Full Article
au Their beautifully curated vintage-book pop-ups were thriving. Along came coronavirus By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 10:00:45 -0400 Nick Capizzi and Jenny Yang founded A Good Used Book in 2018 as an itinerant book-browsing mecca. Now they're surviving on hope and Instagram. Full Article
au 'Station Eleven' author Emily St. John Mandel joins the L.A. Times Book Club May 19 By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 18:16:10 -0400 Emily St. John Mandel chronicles a global pandemic and financial crisis in her novels, 'Station Eleven' and 'The Glass Hotel.' Full Article
au Letters to the Editor: Austin Beutner's LAUSD leadership amid crisis is winning over skeptical teachers By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 06:00:52 -0400 An LAUSD teacher who once campaigned against Austin Beutner gives the superintendent credit for his leadership during the pandemic. Full Article
au Letters to the Editor: Being a scientist while placating a narcissist — Anthony Fauci's impossible job By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 06:00:34 -0400 Dr. Anthony Fauci deserves something like combat pay for guiding the nation with his scientific expertise while also doing enough not to get fired. Full Article
au Feedback: What readers think about petition to name Dr. Anthony Fauci 'sexiest man' By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 09:10:30 -0400 Calendar Feedback: Is competence sexy? Readers on whether it trivializes Dr. Fauci to call him 'sexy.' Plus, differing opinions on the Peter Zumthor design of LACMA. Full Article
au Letters to the Editor: Coronavirus might cause us to eat less meat? Good By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 06:00:33 -0400 The COVID-19 pandemic is a full-blown disaster, but if shortages mean Americans eat less meat as a result, then so be it. Full Article
au Letters to the Editor: Yes, Democrats will brush off the Joe Biden assault allegation By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sat, 2 May 2020 06:00:27 -0400 Republicans didn't seem to care that Trump had multiple credible allegations against him; why should one accusation against Biden derail his candidacy? Full Article
au Letters to the Editor: Trump can't handle a pandemic because he doesn't care about other people By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 6 May 2020 06:00:18 -0400 The fact that Trump refuses to wear a mask, a precaution meant to protect other people, is evidence of his lack of empathy. Full Article
au Letters to the Editor: Joe Biden's supporters need to explain their treatment of Brett Kavanaugh By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 6 May 2020 06:00:30 -0400 You can't explain away your support for Joe Biden despite a sexual assault allegation without talking about Brett Kavanaugh. Full Article
au Letters to the Editor: Trump is behaving exactly like the autocratic Chinese leader he opposes By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 17:11:07 -0400 The president brooks no criticism and disregards inconvenient facts, much like the Chinese government he opposes. Full Article
au That dramatic 'Marriage Story' speech that Laura Dern makes? Here's how it came about By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 09:00:11 -0500 As a divorce lawyer in 'Marriage Story,' Laura Dern calls out societal bias against mothers. She helped craft the speech with writer-director Noah Baumbach. Full Article
au Feras Fayyad almost couldn't visit the U.S. because he's Syrian. Now he's going to the Oscars By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 7 Feb 2020 09:30:24 -0500 "Did you know this is the 'Pretty Woman' hotel?" a publicist asked Dr. Amani Ballour. Full Article
au Oscars 2020: Stars step out in sustainable looks by Louis Vuitton and Laura Basci By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sun, 9 Feb 2020 21:58:06 -0500 Kaitlyn Dever, Léa Seydoux and Oscar-winning director Elena Andreicheva are this year's ambassadors for Suzy Amis Cameron's Red Carpet Green Dress initiative. Full Article
au Elton John picks up his second original song Oscar, this one with Bernie Taupin By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sun, 9 Feb 2020 22:47:48 -0500 It's only fitting that Elton John shares the Oscar song award with Bernie Taupin for "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" from "Rocketman," the movie largely about their 50-year collaboration. Full Article
au Audience demands 'Parasite' team gets to finish Oscars speech By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 01:12:39 -0500 When the Oscars telecast tried to cut off the "Parasite" team's speech after winning best picture, the audience rallied to let them continue. Full Article
au Oscars 2020: Five major beauty moments on the red carpet By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 12:57:41 -0500 From Janelle Monáe to Billie Eilish, bold beauty was the name of the game at Sunday's Oscars. Full Article
au Author Dennis Lehane inks a deal for Westchester home By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 7 Apr 2020 12:40:45 -0400 After putting his Playa del Rey home on the market, writer Dennis Lehane has purchased a Westchester house three miles away for $2.395 million. Full Article
au Auto titan's Bel-Air estate sells for $19.5 million By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 8 Apr 2020 12:30:51 -0400 The longtime Bel-Air home of late automobile executive Lee Iacocca has sold for $19.5 million. Full Article
au Shel Silverstein's whimsical houseboat floats onto the market in Sausalito By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 13:36:30 -0400 In Sausalito, a World War II-era balloon barge fashioned into a houseboat once owned by poet Shel Silverstein is asking $783,000. Full Article
au Midcentury haunt of NFL's Milt Davis offered at $2.2 million By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 12:41:38 -0400 In Hollywood Hills, the glass-covered Midcentury home of late football player Milt Davis is on the market for $2.199 million. Full Article
au James Franco's former home across from Chateau Marmont sells for $4.65 million By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 13:33:34 -0400 Just above the Sunset Strip, a 1920s villa once owned by actor James Franco and filmmaker Francis Lawrence just sold for $4.65 million. Full Article