So it finally looks like the rumors were true: famed chef Thomas Keller will indeed be opening a branch of his restaurant Bouchon in Beverly Hills. We mentioned this earlier in the week, but the arrival of the true American top chef in the City of Angels warrants a closer look. The Los Angeles Times and EaterLA have both confirmed that this third incarnation of Bouchon (there is already one in Vegas and one......

There's no denying that this season has devolved into receiving much more than giving. Even if you are the one doing the shopping and giving, someone on the other end is receiving. A sweater. An iPod. A DVD. Yay. We're not saying there's anything wrong with that, but we are saying that if you feeling ever so give-y, then you can shop and do good at the same time. Head on over to the......

Next weekend brings two major foodie events to Los Angeles! Saturday September 24: 23rd Annual American Wine & Food Festival Wolfgang Puck and restaurant designer Barbara Lazaroff host this annual festival at the Universal Studios back-lot in Universal City. Some of the big-name participants include: Mario Batali of Babbo, Bobby Flay of Mesa Grill, Nobu Matsuhisa of Nobu and Sam Choy of Sam Choy, along with sixty vinters and their products. Admission to this......

We couldn’t help but notice mention of a couple local Cali institutions in Jane Levere’s NY Times piece about the remarkably unsophisticated daytime food tastes of contemporary culinary luminaries. Turns out famed New York-based chef Daniel Boulud recently visited the Apple Pan, while French Laundry and Per Se super star chef Thomas Keller relishes the In-N-Out burger—fries—shake—trifecta. It’s hard to take issue with these choices. The Apple Pan burger isn’t always the cat’s meow......

The Food Section.com has published a report on a book signing by Thomas Keller at LACMA by their chef-correspondent Kristin Franklin, a recent Los Angeles transplant. On Friday, November 12, 2004, Los Angeles Times food writer and author Russ Parsons interviewed superchef Thomas Keller, owner of The French Laundry and Bouchon restaurants, as a supplement at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's latest art exhibit "From Renoir to Matisse: The Eye of Duncan......