Black-Eyed Peas with Harry Posner

Harry Posner, chef and co-owner of the neighborhood restaurant Tomat, shows us how to make a seasonal dish of spiced black-eyed peas with maitake mushrooms.

, Betty Hallock, Stephanie Breijo, Danielle Dorsey, Brandon Ly and Mark E. Potts

Sept. 3, 2025 3 AM PT

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Tomat, the Westchester neighborhood restaurant co-owned by Harry Posner and Natalie Dial, highlights the couple’s deep dive into local produce, some of which they grow themselves. Recently on the menu was this seasonal dish of spiced black-eyed peas with seared maitake mushrooms and yogurt. Posner, Tomat’s chef, uses dried beans from Rancho Gordo. If your black-eyed peas haven’t been freshly dried, you can soak them for a few hours, suggests Posner. Get the recipe.

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Laurie Ochoa

Laurie Ochoa is general manager of Food at the Los Angeles Times.

Betty Hallock

Betty Hallock is deputy Food editor at the Los Angeles Times.

Stephanie Breijo

Stephanie Breijo is a reporter for the Food section and the author of its weekly news column. Previously, she served as the restaurants and bars editor for Time Out Los Angeles, and prior to that, the award-winning food editor of Richmond magazine in Richmond, Va. Born and primarily raised in Los Angeles, she believes L.A. to be the finest food city in the country and might be biased on that count but doesn’t believe she’s wrong.

Danielle Dorsey

Danielle Dorsey is a senior editor and writer of guides for the Food section. Previously, she was the senior West Coast editor at Thrillist, where she covered food, drink and travel across the California region. She grew up across San Diego and Riverside and has happily called Los Angeles home for more than 15 years.

Brandon Ly

Brandon Ly is a senior art director for the Food section at the Los Angeles Times. He started his career at DoorDash and led design teams at the innovation firm Ideo in Shanghai and San Francisco. Ly is a graduate of Stanford University’s product design program and founder of the Black Bean Grocery.

Mark E. Potts

Mark E. Potts is the senior editor for video at the Los Angeles Times. A native of Enid, Okla., Potts graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a master’s degree in broadcast journalism. He has created and edited video for DreamWorks, YouTube, Microsoft, Sony and BET.