“I really loved doing those dinner parties,” says Nina Lamb, with her canine helpers in her Santa Monica home. “... It was something that was part of our life.” (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Cheese-and-spinach phyllo rolls (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
Lamb’s version of Brunswick stew uses chicken, not the traditional Southern ingredients of squirrel or rabbit. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
A pissaladiere (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
