Our Mission

Edible LA is a James Beard Award-winning quarterly publication that features, highlights, celebrates the fantastic Los Angeles food scene, as well as culinary destinations abroad.

Simply put, we love restaurants -- to us, going to a restaurant is an exciting adventure that engages our senses and expands our curiosity, which also happens to be our single favorite human attribute.

The people behind our incredible food scene toil (literally, toil) and offer their ephemeral art out of a spirit of generosity. It's not complicated; they want you to leave happy and well fed.

We aim to show the behind-the-scenes in celebration of this community. We don't do restaurant reviews. We focus on the people.

The Edible brand has come to epitomize certain values -- regenerative agriculture, eat local, slow food, organic, biodynamic -- which we share.

As a media platform, we offer digital as well as print, as well as events that can help brands tell their story and align with our amazing LA food creatives. We've featured LA Icons such as Lien Ta, Niki Nakayama, Diego Argoti, Bricia Lopez, Minh Phan, Ori Menashe and Genevieve Gergis, Heather Sperling and Emily Fiffer, benny blanco, Jess Damuck, and so many more. Our community is engaged, passionate, and growing. Join us.

Our Team

Lisa Alexander, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief

Lisa is the recipient of Best of Edibles 2023 Award. As Publisher, she drives sales, produces experiential culinary happenings, and has created numerous digital and print campaigns for international export boards, luxury hotel groups, culinary and legacy brands. As Editor in Chief, she works with international and award-winning photographers and writers as she features the vibrant Los Angeles food scene. As a writer, she currently specializes in local chef profiles and culinary travel writing around the world.

Lori Pedrick, Art Director

An art director and photographer with over 20 years of experience in publishing and design, Lori holds a MFA in Photography from New Hampshire Institute of Arts, and is also the art director of Yankee Magazine and Art New England Magazine.

Carolina Korman, Photography Editor

Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Carolina's PhD in Psychology and background in Fine Art informs her photography. She's also on the give-back team of LA's most famous charity bake sale, And Gather for Good.

Doug Andrianson, Fact-Checking and Copy Editing

Doug has 25 years of experience in daily newspaper editing, mainly at the Miami Herald and Los Angeles Times, and also holds a journalism degree from Northwestern University.

Core Contributors

Ken Concepcion, Cookbooks

Ken is co-owner of Now Serving, a well-loved culinary and cookbook bookstore in Chinatown. Before becoming co-owner with his wife and partner, Michelle Mungcal, he worked as a chef in the restaurant industry for over 20 years.

Alex Menache, Gather column

In addition to her writing, Alex is a freelance culinary curator and producer working with ground-breaking communities and events like Biite Club, Summit, LA3C, and Daybreaker.

Rose Wilde, Futurist column

The passionate baker, owner, Master Preserver and Master Gardener behind @redbread, Rose also stars in Wilde Flour, her special on Tastemade. Her first cookbook, Bread & Roses, was published earlier this year from Countryman Press.

Pitch us at ediblelamagazine.com. We're always looking for unique stories that shine a light on our wonderful food community here in LA. We veer towards urban, chef-focused, kitchen-culture-obsessed, diverse and inclusive and veer away from anything too brand-focused. We like to keep it real.

Photos on this page by Carolina Korman. Here they feature the baked goods of Rose Wilde.

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