Food waste fighter Ben Simon, who founded the Food Recovery Network at the University of Maryland in 2011, turned a kernel of an idea into a full-fledged campus movement—with chapters at 150 colleges and counting across the country. The former head of the largest student-run...
Read MoreLos Angeles River High School (lariverschool.com) has been around for six productive years now. Its principal, Kristine Puich, dressed in black with high boots, gold hoops in her ears, and a chattering walkie-talkie swinging at her belt, strides on ahead during my tour...
Read MoreChef Jeremy Fox, who first came to Michelin-star fame at Ubuntu in Napa - a vegetable paradise - is now here in LA at the helm of Rustic Canyon (rusticcanyonwinebar.com) in Santa Monica, among others. In his new cookbook, On Vegetables: Modern Recipes for the Home Kitchen (Phaidon, 2017), which was released in April, Fox treats these plants with the utmost respect...
Read MoreThe Impossible Burger has popped up very slowly at just a few select restaurants across the nation, so when it made its Los Angeles debut at Tal Ronnen’s famed Crossroads Kitchen in West Hollywood, we marched out with the team to give it a try. What arrived at the table, topped with all the appropriate accoutrements...
Read MoreI love this recipe just because I can utilize frozen artichoke hearts year-round. It's a very simple recipe and I've even been known to chop up leftovers for spooning on crusty toasted bread, drizzled with more olive oil...
Read MoreSpringtime and Easter are upon us, which means we're on the hunt for crowd-pleasing lamb recipes. Roasting a rack of lamb is so simple and this gorgeous pesto, packed with flavor and nutrition, is as easy as pressing a button on the food processor...
Read MoreWhile Windrose Farm may be located up in San Luis Obispo county, owners and farmers Bill and Barbara Spencer have been supplying some of the most iconic LA restaurants with their famed tomatoes as well as a variety of other produce since the 90s. They've also been a staple of the Santa Monica Farmers' Market since 2002...
Read MoreI don't know about you, but I've had my fair share of buckwheat pancakes that resemble bricks or rocks or some other building material that isn't entirely mouthwatering. While testing this recipe, I wanted to make sure these pancakes were tender, truly fluffy, and worthy of a Sunday morning...
Read MoreColcannon is a traditional and very uniquely Irish recipe perfect for St. Patrick's Day! Usually made with leftover mashed potatoes...
Read MoreFarm-to-table restaurant Laurel Hardware just opened a shiny new Mexican-themed Mezcal Bar, which is nestled behind a curtain...
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