Alice Short

Acting Food Editor

After a three-year hiatus, Alice Short returned to the Los Angeles Times in February 2019 to work on Column One narratives and projects. She is currently serving as acting Food editor. During her first stint at The Times, she assisted in the birth of a daily feature section called Life & Style, was editor of the Los Angeles Times Magazine, and then served as daily Calendar editor before she ran away and joined the Metro editing staff. Short returned to features as an assistant managing editor in October 2008, overseeing travel, books, fashion, food, home and health content. She left The Times in January 2016 to work as a freelance editor and writer and eventually came to the realization that working side by side with other Times journalists is something akin to breathing — necessary and, upon occasion, life affirming.

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Food

Best thing about Thanksgiving? Leftovers. The day after

Food

Best thing about Thanksgiving? Leftovers. The day after

The greatest triumph of the season arrives on the day after Thanksgiving, when your protein-induced drowsiness has dissipated and the leftovers are yours to play with in the manner you desire.
Food

When holiday coping creates holiday traditions

Food

When holiday coping creates holiday traditions

As a look around your neighborhood will show, the pandemic hasn’t made Halloween any less of a big deal in Los Angeles. As we enter the holiday season, here’s what you should know about celebrating safely.
Lifestyle

The food gift guide that also supports L.A. restaurants and businesses

Lifestyle

The food gift guide that also supports L.A. restaurants and businesses

Spice up your 2020 holiday season with our food gift guide featuring products, accessories, tools, classes, and more.
Sports

After six Olympic medals for shooting, we can’t take our eyes off Kim Rhode

Sports

After six Olympic medals for shooting, we can’t take our eyes off Kim Rhode

Kim Rhode is the first athlete in the summer Games to win in an individual medal in six consecutive competitions.
Lifestyle

Merry Christmas. Here’s a tiny Anna Wintour for your tree

Lifestyle

Merry Christmas. Here’s a tiny Anna Wintour for your tree

Americans love Christmas ornaments. The latest trends in tree trimming: Weird, unique and offbeat decorations.
Travel

Scotland a foodie haven? ’Tis true. And so is this: Haggis is kind of great

Travel

Scotland a foodie haven? ’Tis true. And so is this: Haggis is kind of great

You might think that eating your way through the land of lochs and Robert Burns might yield slim pickings. You’d be wrong about that -- and the haggis.
Travel

The best way to Mansfield, Mo.

Travel

The best way to Mansfield, Mo.

THE BEST WAY TO MANSFIELD, MO.
This year, it’s almost snowing beautiful glass orbs, paper snowflakes and politically inspired ornaments

This year, it’s almost snowing beautiful glass orbs, paper snowflakes and politically inspired ornaments

Will this be the year of the “rainbow Christmas tree,” with clusters of glass balls hung in a manner that mimics the spectral colors (violet, blue, indigo, green, yellow, orange, red) that we learned about in grade school?
Superfoods for skincare: What that really means

Superfoods for skincare: What that really means

The superfood mantra is, by now, familiar to anyone who inspects labels, hovers over produce at the local farmers market or consumes the literature of the wellness community.
School’s out! 12 fun things for kids (and adults) to do this summer

School’s out! 12 fun things for kids (and adults) to do this summer

It’s summer. That means it’s time to play.