Thanksgiving side dishes are what turn a good holiday meal into an unforgettable one. Sure, roast turkey is the centerpiece, but the true stars are the family favorites that round out the holiday feast.This year, let our guide...
As many of the week's speakers made clear, the North American story is very often a story of immigrants—a story of leaving, and a story of coming home. "The food industry doesn't exist without immigrants. In the back...
Forget caramelized onions, caramelized shallots deserve their time in the sun—or over the fire, as it were. Sweet, savory, and luxuriously dressed in butter, wine, and stock, they’re an easy holiday side dish that looks as impressive as...
What we’d leave: Shorter battery life is the big drawback here, and while the runtime is dependent on power mode and configuration, you can expect to get anywhere from 20 to 40 minutes on a single charge. If...
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...
