Shanghai Diamond Garden, a Chinese-American restaurant, has been around in one incarnation or another for the better part of 50 years. It serves what's colloqui
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Serve me an excellent gumbo, and I’ll show you a gumbo that someone hates.
Gumbo is as divisive as it is delicious because its ingredients aren’t prescribe
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When Duke Bakery opened a location earlier this month at the Americana at Brand, it meant folks in Glendale had a place to pick up baked goods with Asian flavors
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Opening night at the Hollywood Bowl is around the corner, and guests this year have something extra to get excited about. James Beard Award–winning chef Suzanne G
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It's a few minutes before 6 p.m. on a Saturday evening, and the long, wrap-around sushi bar at Okumura is already crowded. The most prized se
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Imen Shan’s tea shop, Tea Habitat, isn’t exactly the type of place you drop into for an afternoon cuppa with two lumps and milk. Located in downtown Alhambra, h
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Depending on whom you ask, there is no dish in China more revered and esteemed than Peking duck. The combination of tender slices of breast, shatteringly crisp glaze
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Fig & Olive Gets Heat Over Pre-Made Food
Upscale Mediterranean restaurant chain Fig & Olive, which has eight locations across the country including one in
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This is my fourth holiday season in Los Angeles, and I've gotten my local gift game down to an art of sorts. There are now a few things I turn to for almost all
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I was in the Cerveza Fauna tasting room at Plaza Fiesta in Tijuana when I started to feel my buzz. We’d started the day at a beer bar built into an old Craftsma
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Thanksgiving is all about the food. But once the turkey and gravy and mashed potatoes are on the table, what should you drink?
Tradition tells us a good glass of
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