Situated on the Pacific shoreline just a few minute’s walk (or bike ride) from the historic Santa Monica Pier, Shutters on the Beach offers a breath of fresh sea air from LA's see-and-be-seen scene. Linen, wicker, and toile...
So many potato-based recipes start with the same step: “Boil the potatoes.” You see it time and again in recipes for mashed potatoes, potato salad, and more. But it’s not a straightforward technique. The time it takes to...
It's Preptember here at BA, and that means we're bringing some of our favorite tools and tricks for meal prep, storage, and those all-important back-to-school plans.There’s a special type of chaos that comes with Sunday meal prep. Every...
Choosing from among our favorite fig recipes is like deciding between a cup or cone at your go-to ice cream shop: it’s hard to make a wrong move.As botanists and pedants will tell you, figs are technically a...
If excellent eating is what you’re after, Los Angeles delivers in spades. The Southern California metropolis lays claim to some of the world’s best year-round farmers markets, and its enclaves of immigrant cuisines—Koreatown, Thai Town, and the San...
On the whole, I love the shared-plates phenomenon at restaurants. I delight in sampling as much of the menu as possible and in the community derived from the table tasting and reacting to dishes in unison. But the...
In 2015, Enoteca Maria’s cuisine expanded beyond Italy as Scaravella welcomed grandmothers of all nationalities into the kitchen. The menu began to change nightly. One night Greek, the next Sri Lankan, according to the heritage of the nonna...
Some of the best meals I’ve had this year were during my summer trip to Italy. I was blown away by Piazza Duomo Alba, a 20-year-old restaurant with charming pink walls and frescoes by artist Francisco Clemente. Chef...
Smoky brown-butter pasta is a pantry-friendly, grown-up version of beloved buttered noodles. Brown butter, smoked paprika, and garlic create a sauce that makes a big impact with no extra ingredients. Its success is twofold: First, make sure to...
Chez Panisse, the Bay Area restaurant where Samin Nosrat trained, has a reputation for being fanatical about seasonal produce. And while she acknowledges that she isn’t as fanatical as she once was (“Sometimes I make baba ganoush in...
