Versatile haroset isn't just for Passover

Haroset, a blend of fruit, nuts and wine, is probably the most popular food of the eight-day holiday of Passover, which begins on...

Farmers Markets: State bill would bring big changes

A bill recently introduced in the California Assembly, AB 996, would substantially change the operations and governance of the state's...

Critic's Choice: Three divine chocolate creations

Remember when you couldn't go to a restaurant without coming across yet another flourless chocolate cake? And when that trend finally...

Counter Intelligence: Jonathan Gold | L.A. restaurant review: Littlefork takes a big-eats turn north

Across the street from the Hollywood post office, a few short blocks from the 1930s complex that calls itself Crossroads of the World,...

The California Cook: Citrus in salads, while you wait for tomatoes

The cook's year can be divided in two: tomato and not-tomato. But sometimes, even the best-intentioned, most locavore-crazy among us so...

Farmers Markets: Rhubarb worth stalking in early spring

Rhubarb is one of the great joys of spring, with its rosy color, earthy tang and old-fashioned allure, and the story of its local rise and...

The ultimate St. Patrick's Day dining guide

Everyone’s Irish on St. Patrick’s Day, which happens to fall on a Sunday this year -- making everyone Irish all weekend long....

Jonathan Gold | Restaurant review: Hunan Mao for fish heads and fire

When you tell somebody about a Hunan restaurant, always begin with the steamed fish head. The fish head will be large, probably from an...

The grape obsession in Jeff Fischer's life yields Habit wines

Jeff Fischer doesn't have a vineyard or a winery. He has no formal training and zero employees. Yet in a short time he's managed to land his...

Across the Table: Knife expert hopes to sharpen up chefs

Though the address reads Main Street, the specialist shop Japanese Knife Imports in Venice is a bit hidden away, down a few steps from the...

Farmers Markets: Oliver Woolley's pork is a hit in Santa Monica

Locally raised pork is rare in Southern California, but in a hilly grapefruit grove north of San Diego, fenced to exclude mountain lions, 14...

Jonathan Gold quiz: Sandwich time

Was the sandwich indeed invented by a genteel earl averse to smearing mutton gravy on his hand of whist? Did Apicius once enjoy a hoagie...

The California Cook: Let artichoke possibilities flower

I was giving one of my periodic talks at local libraries the other day, and someone asked if I knew a good way to prepare artichokes. It...