Food

Scenes from a food bank in LA this weekend as SNAP benefits lapse

Volunteers expect dozens of people to show up this Saturday to get food products as federal food assistance lapses.

A line of people lining up along a driveway next to a peach color building.

How to make one LAist reporter’s favorite ‘rice puller’

LAist reporter Yusra Farzan is of Sri Lankan descent and loves a pineapple chutney with her rice and curry.

Here are SoCal restaurants offering free food for SNAP recipients

We've updated this list with additional restaurants and organizations that have stepped forward to help.

The exterior of Bar Becky, a modern gray brick building with black lamps, string lights, and a clear blue sky above.

Grunge royalty at Erewhon? We tried The Smashing Pumpkins OG Goth smoothie

It's spooky season, and the upscale health influencer grocery store has a new smoothie.

A plastic cup contains a drink which has dark brown and purple swirls with a blue and white mixture on the top. It's sitting on a table in front of windows

Headed to Dodger Stadium for the World Series? Here are the best places to eat and drink nearby

If you were lucky enough to score tickets to this year's World Series, chances are you're looking to grab some tasty food and drink before the game starts.

A round pizza with four different kinds of slices: one is cheesy with round pepperoni, next to it a slice with chunks of white burrata and green basil leaves, then a pizza with red sauce, and another cheese slice with a green pesto-looking sauce. The pizza is on a top of an open pizza box which sits on a bright round yellow table atop asphalt of a parking lot. Two hands hold the pepperoni slice and split it up so the melted cheese is the only thing adjoining them.

Want to skip the chain lattes? Try these fall drinks from Eastside cafes instead

From calabaza lattes to pumpkin horchata, here are a few Eastside spots with seasonal drinks worth checking out.

Two drinks, one that is green on top and purple on the bottom, and another that is brown on top and an off-white on the bottom.

LA food bank braces for surge as CalFresh benefits set to lapse

The Los Angeles Regional Food Bank says it’s treating the prolonged government shutdown as it would a “natural disaster” and purchasing extra food to prepare for an increase in demand.