Lucas Kwan Peterson

Food Columnist

Lucas Kwan Peterson is an award-winning columnist and video producer for the Food section. His work at the Los Angeles Times has won awards from the James Beard Foundation, International Assn. of Culinary Professionals, Society for Features Journalism, Los Angeles Press Club and Best of the West. He produced and hosted The Times’ online food series “Off Menu” in 2019. Before coming to The Times in 2018, he wrote the New York Times’ Frugal Traveler column for nearly three years and hosted and produced more than 100 episodes of the food series “Dining on a Dime” for Eater. He is from Oak Park, Ill., and graduated from Williams College.

Latest From This Author

Food

In praise of the pupusa in L.A.

In Los Angeles, the pupusa is thriving, as made abundantly clear by the Pupusa Fest.
Food

As sun sets on Ramadan in Little Arabia, a big buffet breaks the fast

In the Orange County neighborhood known as Little Arabia, many Muslims break their fast with an iftar buffet after the sun sets.
Food

Can NFTs save the restaurant industry or is the hype just virtual?

I went to the NFT restaurant and all I got was this lousy article
Food

Kippered, a bar focused on bubbles and tinned fish, to open downtown

The team behind DTLA Cheese opens a bar near Grand Central Market.
California

Los restaurantes navegan otra ola de cambios de los requisitos de mascarillas y vacunas

Los trabajadores, propietarios y comensales de restaurantes de Los Ángeles están negociando otra serie de cambios en los requisitos de mascarilla y prueba de vacunación.
Food

Restaurants navigate another wave of changes with mask and vaccine requirements

Los Angeles restaurant workers, owners and diners are negotiating another series of changes to mask and proof-of-vaccination requirements.
Food

Clifton’s eyes an October reopening

The venerable Clifton’s in downtown L.A. makes another comeback, aiming for a soft-open date of Oct. 15.
Food

When is a nugget not a nugget? (And which one is best?)

What are chicken nuggets? And which one tastes best? Columnists Jenn Harris and Lucas Kwan Peterson selflessly endeavor to find out.
Food

When is a nugget not a nugget? (And which one is best?)
Food

In the aisles of 99 Ranch Market (or “Ranch 99”), a grandson remembers his grandmother

Lucas Kwan Peterson revisits Pau Pau, her past and some beloved foods through memories of her favorite market, “Ranch 99.”