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Less than 24 hours after L.A. County restaurants were told they could reopen for dine-in service, many were vandalized during citywide George Floyd protests.
As looters broke into stores in downtown L.A. during demonstrations over George Floyd’s death, a desperate owner begs them not to hit his restaurant.
After a day of unrest in Santa Monica, the city issued a 1 p.m. curfew for businesses, forcing many already struggling restaurants to remain closed or cancel dinner.
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A list of black-owned restaurants, coffee shops, bakeries, food trucks and pop-ups in the Los Angeles area.
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During mandated dine-in closures, these restaurants are offering takeout and delivery as the coronavirus pandemic keeps Los Angeles close to home. -
A list of currently available produce from local farmers.
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When Shaosong Hu saw robots serving food in China last fall, he knew what he wanted for his restaurant. It helps during the coronavirus outbreak.
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This weekend we’re excited to launch a new cooking newsletter to help you keep up with all the great stuff coming from our kitchen team, led by Genevieve Ko and Ben Mims.
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Quarantine baking means lots of banana bread. This whole-wheat banana muffin recipe with buttered pecans on top is another way to use overripe bananas.
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Mussels cook quickly and make a fantastic dinner for one, here flavored with charred shallots, miso and rosé wine.
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With Memorial Day weekend in the rearview mirror, summer is practically here.
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Los Angeles restaurants have been given the green light to reopen
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After the closure of local fixture Noriega Hotel, the community grapples with the prospect of “the end of the long-table communal dining experience” in Kern County. That is, unless the few remaining restaurants can find a way to carry on.
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In the first episode of “Off Menu,” Food columnist Lucas Kwan Peterson and Jazz Singsanong, longtime proprietor of the Thai Town restaurant Jitlada, head to LAX-C, a vast, warehouse-like grocery store that’s sometimes known by its informal nickname, Thai Costco.More Coverage
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Chicken sausage, an unheralded staple of the L.A. food scene, gets its due in this latest episode of “Off Menu.” Host Lucas Kwan Peterson heads to South L.A. to sample some from two of its most well-known purveyors: Mama’s Chicken and Best Buy Meat.
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In this episode of “Off Menu,” Lucas Kwan Peterson heads to the Chinese food mecca the San Gabriel Valley, and chats with historian David Chan and Kato’s Jon Yao.
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Fast and easy, this pantry-staple waffle recipe includes an ingredient you already own to guarantee crispness: oil.
Lamb shanks make for cheaper and better tasting braise, especially when paired with spiced, sour tamarind.
Nicole Rucker’s drop biscuit recipe is quick and easy enough to make into a weekly practice.
This easy citrus marmalade recipe preserves the best of Southern California oranges and clementines. It’s a great coronavirus stay-at-home project.
Ripe bananas, cooling vanilla pudding and crunchy cookies, homemade or not, makes for the best summer dessert for backyard barbecues and picnics.
This homemade whole-egg mayonnaise recipe uses only four ingredients and takes minutes to come together. It will make everything from potato salad to BLTs way more delicious.
Caramelized lemon and feta cheese add flavor to ground turkey meatballs, the ideal preparation for the lean meat.
This easy yogurt lemon loaf cake recipe includes orange blossom water, which gives it a lovely floral fragrance.
This homemade noodle recipe is easy, foolproof and requires only flour, salt and water. It makes for the most delicious silky noodles.
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U.S. shoppers have seen the costs of meat, eggs and even potatoes soar as the coronavirus outbreak has disrupted plants and distribution networks.
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Topped with crunchy toasted pecans, these whole wheat banana muffins are light and fluffy.
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Smithfield, one of the nation’s largest pork plants in Sioux Falls, S.D., shut down after nearly a quarter of its workers contracted the coronavirus. As it reopens, refugees who work the factory floor and hog farmers wonder if the risks are worth it.
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Miso and charred shallots add flavor and body to a rosé wine broth for steaming mussels in this dinner for one.
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Chinese restaurant syndrome is still listed in the dictionary; Merriam-Webster.com recently tacked on an addendum noting the pejorative nature of the term.
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It’s June, which means that we have the longest day of the year to look forward to this month.
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