Food

Why this Brit loves Thanksgiving (ever since her first taste of cranberry sauce)

LAist Senior Editor Suzanne Levy remembers her first Thanksgiving, newly arrived from the U.K.

A group of light skinned people sit around a table covered with Thanksgiving dishes of different colors. A woman wearing glasses is standing up and looking at the food while two young women and one young man are serving themselves from the dishes.

Where to pick up a Thanksgiving spread in LA for less than $200

Less stress, less mess — less cash! How to pick up a meal for family or friends without taking out a mortgage

A person with light skin tone holds a knife to a roasted turkey on a wooden butcher block.

The LAist guide to picking your turkey

With so many choices, how can you choose one that best suits your needs?

A white over with a retro design and its door open, containing a large cooked turkey, sits inside, ends of its legs covered with crumbled aluminum. The turkey is light brown on its outside and sits on a metal baking sheet on a lower rack in the oven. Below are the illuminated heating coils.

Vacation rental kitchens are often bare bones. Here's what to bring to cook a stellar meal

Many of us will be heading out of town for the holidays, but our vacation-rental kitchens are often low on essentials

different ladels and spoons in different colors, blue, white, red with white splashes, hang on a brick tiled wall

Why I think this ghost kitchen is poised to be the next best LA restaurant

III Mas doesn't have a fancy restaurant right now, but its food is making waves.

A hand holds a pita sandwich filled with pink brisket, white melted cheese, and green pickles.

Alone in the city for Thanksgiving? Try these welcoming Friendsgiving events

Flying solo and want to celebrate the holiday? Toss social anxiety out the window, we’ve got a round-up of “Friendsgiving” events you can go to alone.

a light skinned hand cuts into a brown succulent turkey

Taco crawl? How about a sandwich crawl? Come with us to Highland Park

So many sandwiches, so little time. From a vegan Milanesa to lox bagels with crisp salmon skin and beet cream cheese to a perfectly restrained Italian sandwich, Highland Park hits the spot.

A light-skinned hand holds two halves of a sandwich stacked on top of each other. The sandwich contains ground brown meat mixed with cooked potatoes, shredded pale green lettuce, and crumbled white cheese, all inside a round bun. In the background, there is a large green succulent plant.

These Mexicali-style, aluminum foil-wrapped burritos are for ‘lonches', not influencers

These burritos, sold out of a cooler, are popular in the borderlands that stretch from Juarez to Mexicalii. They're satisfying in the simplest way possible.

A medium-skin-toned hand holds a small burrito wrapped in a white tortilla between two fingers, revealing its contents as if it's been already bitten into. The inside of the burrito shows various bits of cooked reddish-brown meat along with a small amount of white cooked potato.

LA wines are having a moment

Once a vibrant wine-making region, L.A. is back to reclaim its crown.

A person stands among closely planted rows of grapevines. The leaves are a healthy shade of green. In the background, small rolling hills are present beneath vast white clouds that mostly cover the blue sky.

A new copyright rule lets McDonald's fix its own broken ice cream machines

What would a McDonald’s be without its temperamental McFlurry machines? We may be closer to finding out.

It’s all in the filling! How one LA restaurant keeps artisanal tortellini alive year-round

With the help of an engineer and a machine he built, a family-run restaurant serves the traditional, handcrafted holiday meal for guests throughout the year

A large white bowl is filled with cooked tortellini.

At this Boyle Heights shop, a little bit of community is baked into every pan de muerto

Instead of the traditional orange flavor, La Sureñita Bakery uses guava and cinnamon, from a recipe offered by a long-time resident.

A man with medium-dark skin and black hair, streaked with gray, is wearing a black short-sleeved polo shirt and a white apron inside a stainless steel bakery. He is holding a large metal baking tray filled with unbaked bun pastries that are a pale dark brown color, featuring an 'X' design on top and sprinkled with tiny white sesame seeds. The tray is partially resting on a wooden baker's bench. In the background, there is a metal baker's rack.

Hey, LA listener!

Support local food coverage