Food

Every Second Counts: On FX’s “The Bear”
Alexandra J. Gold considers the centrality of time in the second season of FX’s “The Bear.”...
Alexandra J. GoldSep 18
- Food
- Television
A Single Dish a Thousand Times: On Rebecca May Johnson's “Small Fires”
Siobhan Phillips reviews Rebecca May Johnson’s “Small Fires: An Epic in the Kitchen.”...
Siobhan PhillipsJun 20
At Home in Los Angeles
Annenberg School of Journalism graduate students and staff share their reflections on what makes Los Angeles home....
Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn, Cat Moore, Haley Griffin, Madeleine Schulz, Lajja MistrySep 9, 2022
- Food
- Memoir
The First Restaurant Critic of Color at the L.A. Times
Jacquelyn Ardam profiles Patricia Escárcega, the first restaurant critic of color at the Los Angeles Times....
Jacquelyn ArdamAug 16, 2022
- Food
Drink Like a Girl: Talking Bourbon with Heather Wibbels
Becky Giles Green interviews Heather Wibbels about her book “Bourbon Is My Comfort Food.”...
Becky Giles GreenJul 15, 2022
- Food
Resisting the Food Establishment: On Mayukh Sen’s “Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America”
Sen has brought to light a stellar cast of culinary experts that readers may not know about but should....
Sharmila MukherjeeFeb 14, 2022
- Biography
- Food
Building Trust: On Mashama Bailey and John O. Morisano’s “Black, White, and The Grey”
A joint memoir about the development of a restaurant in the Deep South....
Amy BowersOct 29, 2021
- Food
The Involuted Palate, or the Savage Crinkle of Future Snacks
In a delightful essay, Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft suggests “involution” characterizes the food-tech nexus every bit as much as innovation....
Benjamin Aldes WurgaftAug 11, 2021
- Food
Remember the Bread
A major Yugoslav scholar examines the way the bread we eat becomes a vehicle for human relations....
Emina MelonicMar 26, 2021
- Food
Dishing: On John Birdsall’s “The Man Who Ate Too Much: The Life of James Beard”
An engaging new biography of the pioneer of American cuisine....
Benjamin Aldes WurgaftOct 22, 2020
- Biography
- Food
In the Back Kitchen
If you could have lunch with a famous person or a departed loved one, whom would you choose?...
David BreithauptOct 15, 2020
Land of Milk and Money
Mark Goble tries "The Dairy Restaurant," the new graphic history from Ben Katchor....
Mark GobleAug 31, 2020
Celebrate with a Feast: A Conversation with Irina Georgescu
A new cookbook of Romanian recipes from a celebrated food writer....
John McIntyreMay 23, 2020
Beyond Soul Food
A new book explores the wide range and deep history of African-American cuisine....
Oliver WangMar 3, 2020
- Food
The Midlife Crisis of the American Restaurant Review
Theodore Gioia samples the American restaurant review at present and offers a recipe for the future....
Theodore GioiaDec 31, 2019
- Food
- Nonfiction
Cooking Outside the Lines: A Conversation with Alison Roman
A best-selling cookbook author discusses the problems with fad diets and the importance of eating well....
Callie HitchcockOct 22, 2019
- Food
Poring Over “Single Malt: A Guide to the Whiskies of Scotland”
John T. Scott samples “Single Malt: A Guide to the Whiskies of Scotland” by Clay Risen....
John T. ScottSep 6, 2019
Rooting Out the Dirt: A Conversation with Ryan Jacobs
Aaron Shulman interviews a crime reporter who wrote a book about truffles....
Aaron ShulmanJul 14, 2019
L.A. Cooks Itself: On Aleksandra Crapanzano’s “EAT. COOK. L.A.” and Elisa Callow’s “The Urban Forager”
India Mandelkern on the stories L.A. cookbooks tell in Aleksandra Crapanzano’s "EAT. COOK. L.A." and Elisa Callow’s "The Urban Forager."...
India MandelkernJun 25, 2019
- Food
Menu Matters: On Alison Pearlman’s “May We Suggest”
India Mandelkern samples “May We Suggest: Restaurant Menus and the Art of Persuasion” by Alison Pearlman....
India MandelkernFeb 17, 2019
Talking About Food as Cultural Resistance with Monserrat Jarquín
How the drinking of pulque resists the rhythms of industrial capitalism....
Olivia DurifFeb 2, 2019
- Food
- Translation
On Reading Jonathan Gold
Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft remembers Jonathan Gold, who helped him fall in love with Los Angeles....
Benjamin Aldes WurgaftNov 24, 2018
- Food
- Memoir
Pouring One Out for Anthony Bourdain
Olivia Durif on Anthony Bourdain, eating with strangers, and the risks of intimacy....
Olivia DurifNov 12, 2018
- Food
- Translation
A Kitchen Window Peepshow: Eating Wildly and Traveling Widely with Lesley Blanch
Caroline Eden relishes the food writing of Lesley Blanch, author of the recently republished “Journey into the Mind’s Eye.”...
Caroline EdenAug 4, 2018
- Food
- Translation