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Jon Yao Kato

Dish By Dish

Jon Yao’s Taiwan-Inspired Cooking at Kato, As Seen Through Five Dishes

When Kato opened in West Los Angeles in 2016, Taiwanese food had just begun to creep westward from the San…

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Madre's rajas con queso with black winter truffles.

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Madre’s Ivan Vasquez Is On a Mission to Show the Roots of Oaxacan Food

“I am Ivan Vasquez, and I am indigenous Oaxacan by birth, and restaurateur and owner of Madre Restaurant by trade.…

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Josiah Citrin Melisse

Interviews

‘It Always Comes Back’: Josiah Citrin on the Upcoming Restaurant Boom

To veteran restaurateur and chef Josiah Citrin, the pandemic was just another wrench thrown in his 30-plus-year career. Having weathered…

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The Classics

At the Heart of L.A., Harold and Belle’s Preserves a Legacy and Looks Ahead

Ryan Legaux says that he’s probably eaten more po’ boys than most people alive. Having at least three or four…

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At Anajak Thai, a New and Californian Vision of What It Means to Be a Thai Restaurant

Anajak Thai has been part of Justin Pichetrungsi’s life since birth. Like many children growing up around a restaurant, he…

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Photo by Maureen M. Evans, courtesy of Damian

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Enrique Olvera on Opening Damian During a Pandemic, L.A.’s Many Cuisines, and More

Even in a region filled with thousands of restaurants, loncheros, taquerias, and other small family-run food businesses featuring myriad regional…

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The Road Back

Pandemic Pop-Ups Are Changing How We Dine — For the Better

Like many of us, chef Amy Yi had big plans this year. She’d just left her job of the past…

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Interviews

For Mozza’s Nancy Silverton, Flexibility Is the Future of Restaurants

Even by the standards of what the typical restaurateur has endured during the pandemic, Nancy Silverton has had a time…

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How Chefs Are Trying to Keep Their Favorite Farms and Fishmongers in Business

Any Los Angeles chef will tell you that a dish is only as good as its ingredients, from highly prized…

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At Dialogue, Dave Beran keeps pushing the conversation in new ways

When Dave Beran opened Dialogue in 2017, you could sense his wonder at his newly adopted city. “We had strawberries…

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