Now in its 33rd year, Planned Parenthood LA's 2012 Food Fare is right around the corner, and with the group's recent slog through the headlines, this is the perfect time to dig deep in your wallets to support the cause and experience an evening of delicious food and drink. more ›

As we know well, President Barack Obama came to Los Angeles yesterday and tied up our traffic, spoke to young campaign enthusiasts at Sony Pictures in Culver City, and then had dinner with his supporters at Tavern in Brentwood. While we know what he said during his speech at Sony, what many are wondering is: What did he eat? more ›

They're sort of the Oscars of the food world: The nominees for the 2011 James Beard Awards, which honor chefs, pastry chefs, restaurants, food writing, food personalities, and cookbooks from around the nation were announced today. Los Angeles makes a decent showing in the star-studded categories in which we were eligible. more ›

The sun was out and beaming down over the lawn of the Culver Studios Sunday afternoon, and actress Jennifer Garner told the guests of the first-ever L.A. Loves Alex's Lemonade event that she was sure Alex herself had arranged for the beautiful day. more ›

People all over the country fell in love with Alex's Lemonade Stand, a very grassroots campaign to raise funds to help tackle childhood cancer. Now Los Angeles is loving Alex's Lemonade, too, via a culinary event next Sunday that will feature local star chefs, plenty to eat and drink, some celebs, and the chance to help out a great cause while enjoying a great time. more ›

The annual James Beard Foundation Awards nominees have been announced, and Los Angeles has its typical modest representation among a large swath of categories that includes everything from food writing to restaurant design to TV food personalities to cooking. more ›

Once upon a time, 11648 San Vicente Blvd in Brentwood was a Hamburger Hamlet. Yawn, right? Yes, the Hamlet had its heyday here in Los Angeles, but it's been a long time since the chain served anything to write (home) about. But if the three most important considerations in real estate are location, location, and yup, you guessed it, location, well, Tavern wound up with a prime piece of it. What you might not ever guess--if you didn't know it--is that this beautiful eatery, with its skylight-lit atrium dining room, plush seating, warm gray tones matched with airy cream colors, and wooden floors was once a Hamlet. more ›

This year's list of nominees for the prestigious James Beard Foundation Awards has been released, and Los Angeles is repped via a venerable food scribe in the writing category and a bold newcomer and a perennial favorite in the restaurant categories. The Awards spotlight the best of the previous year in media food coverage and dining. more ›

Local food blogger Food Woolf went in for the attack (in the nicest, saucy rib-devouring way possible) at the 8th annual Lucques BBQ aka the Rib Roundup which was held Sunday August 10th. By the end of the meal there wasn't much left except for some bared bones, empty plates, stained table linens, and these delicious photos that she shared with us via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr. It'll be another year until Lucques serves up their BBQ grub, but we thought we'd tease your tastebuds anyhow. more ›

We've (finally) had enough of Thai Food: this month, we are checking out all sorts of late-night dining options, from the Valley to Hollywood to Culver City to Venice: Mao's Kitchen, Nak Won House, El Gran Burrito, Little Toni's, Gaby's Mediterranean, Nova Express Cafe, Greco's New York Pizzeria, Cinco de Mayo. Psst! Hey, hey, Mr. Gold? Ix-nay on the owards-hay. Nobody's supposed to know about it. You hearing me? Capisce? Otherwise, feel free to... more ›

LAist is going on a delicious spree from A to Z, and we've been frolicking this Spring through H. This week, The Hungry Cat in Hollywood is the cat's meow. And don't worry, we have a whole litterbox of cliche-kitty-isms.... more ›

The James Beard Foundation award nominations (the Nobel Prizes of food) are out today. And two out of three nominated cookbooks "From a Professional Point of View" are from chefs who've made their names in Los Angeles: Nobu Now from Nobu Matsuhisa and Sunday Suppers at Lucques by softspoken Suzanne Goin. Together the books total just about $50, which is less than you'd pay to eat in either place. more ›

East Coast seafood dishes -- albeit with a definite dash of West Coast flava -- have finally made it to Hollywood. Surprisingly, though the heart of Tinseltown is only 10 miles from the ocean and is home to great number of sushi spots, the area doesn't have a lot of restaurants that specialize in seafood and raw bar items, except maybe for the local Red Lobster. more ›