Neither too dense nor fluffy, this deeply flavorful loaf has a just-right tenderness. Dark chocolate baked into the bread and crunchy peanuts on top make it extra tasty.

The best banana bread recipe is a vegan banana bread with chocolate chips and a peanut crumble. This comes from Valerie Gordon of Valerie Confections in Echo Park.

Whole Romaine leaves are coated in a light yet rich dressing of lemon, Parmesan and garlicky oil. Eggs and anchovies optional.

This classic Caesar salad recipe includes whole romaine leaves, homemade croutons and a coddled egg, but with an option to use mayonnaise instead.

Kale, lots of crunchy vegetables and an assertive dressing make pasta salad worth eating again.

Lots of crunchy vegetables and an assertively seasoned vinaigrette breathe new life into pasta salad.

Los Angeles magazine called it 'aggressively mediocre,' but its simple food and family-style seating reminded me of my Queens childhood.

In a coronavirus quarantine diary, 'The Other Americans' author Laila reads 'The Bell Jar,' recommends Kiese Laymon's 'Heavy' and watches 'Devs.'

Steph Cha doesn't expect much in the way of good crime fiction to spring from the coronavirus outbreak.

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

Authors Steph Cha and Joe Ide swapped crimes stories and favorite books during the L.A. Times Book Club's first virtual event.

In quarantine, mystery poet Rigoberto González

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

A union statement is "disappointed" with how Powell's Books has been informing the public about staffing after laying off most of its employees.

Quarantined in Riverside, novelist Susan Straight watches "Gunsmoke" and "Gentefied" and gives away Judy Blume and National Geographic.

The bestselling crime novelist plans a virtual book tour for his new title, "Broken," as the coronavirus keeps him home in Southern California.

Authors like Lionel Shriver, Alexander McCall Smith, Laura Lippman and Steph Cha are under coronavirus quarantine too. Here's what they're reading.

In his quarantine diary, "No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" author Alexander McCall Smith writes lyrics, reads Auden and watches "Brideshead Revisited."

Marlon James, whose novel "Black Leopard, Red Wolf" pioneered queer fantasy, thanks Mary Shelley and "Moby Dick" for predicting our current crisis.

Former First Lady Michelle Obama will be reading children's books in a weekly series of videos for Penguin Random House and PBS Kids through May 11.

"Mrs. America" creator Dahvi Waller on the books to read if you want to know more about the ERA

Anna Solomon, whose novel "The Book of V." comes out next week, juggles writing, building rafts and book promotion in a void in our latest diary

Colson Whitehead, Ben Moser, Jericho Brown, Anne Boyer and Greg Grandin are the 2020 recipients of Pulitzer Prizes for books.

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Warning memos were written. Research was funded. But what good is any of this if American leaders fail to act?

This is what happens when we elect a failed-businessman-turned-reality TV star as president.

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

A tent city for homeless veterans? It should not have taken a deadly pandemic for local leaders to come up with that solution.

An LAUSD teacher who once campaigned against Austin Beutner gives the superintendent credit for his leadership during the pandemic.

A writer criticized atheist activist Ron Reagan. In a sign of the times, that letter drew howls of protest from readers.

A call to split the U.S. into separate republics based on our deep political divisions draws support from readers.

Our healthcare system has not been overwhelmed. It's time to return to normal for most people while taking measures to protect the vulnerable.

Rarely does any group of people draw so many howls of protest from readers as the anti-lockdown demonstrators.

If you're a cancer patient, you should not avoid treatment because of the pandemic. Surgery and follow-up care cannot wait.

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.

An Inglewood teacher distributes food to families before doing hours of instruction work online. She deserves praise and help.

A patient who had server abdominal pain has a warning: If you think you need to do so, go to the ER, even with a pandemic raging.

Coronavirus: Los Angeles is doing better than New York, but much worse than San Francisco. Our experience with COVID-19 is not an argument for sprawl.

Sprinkled in the deluge of negatives letters are uplifting tales of gratitude, humanity and service. This is a selection of those letters.

A professor's suggestion for college student to take time off and turn out the vote is nice, but why not help them with the loan debt first?

"right to literacy": children learn to read mostly at home

The president brooks no criticism and disregards inconvenient facts, much like the Chinese government he opposes.

The language of the 2nd Amendment suggests that the Constitution's framers did not want to empower rifle-wielding protesters to invade statehouses.

Letter writers who criticize the president are brushing off accusations from Trump's defenders that they suffer from some kind of insanity.

Makeup designer Nicki Ledermann took the concept of the Joker's look from Joaquin Phoenix and Todd Phillips and then made it say everything.

Brad Pitt has made many speeches this awards season. Without notes or a list of names to thank, his speeches have been sweet, sincere and funny.

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

From where and how to watch the ceremony to who and what is nominated, here's a complete guide to this weekend's Academy Awards.

The team behind Netflix's unique adult animated feature "I Lost My Body" celebrates their Oscar nomination, and redefining what's possible in animation.