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For a few weeks only, a rare culinary ingredient is sold at this K-town restaurant

Koreatown's Jook Hyang is currently serving a specific mushroom that's highly sought after in Korean cuisine

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Three fresh pine mushrooms with thick, cream-colored stems and mottled brown caps rest on a bed of long green pine needles, highlighting their earthy texture and seasonal rarity.

Heading to Solvang and Santa Ynez? Check out these great new eateries

Looking for a gastronomical getaway? The Santa Ynez Valley is chock-full of new restaurants to check out.

Two long rectangle pizzas, uncooked, lie on wooden boards; they're sprinkled with different meats and salamis, and vegetables and cheese

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.

Welcome, Blue Jays fans! Here’s a handy LA food and drink guide for the World Series

Off the field, we’re here for you.

A man in a white Dodgers baseball uniform pumping his fist.

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.

People talk with other people standing behind tables with boxes on top. Some tables are underneath green canopies, and they're all set up in front of a trailer truck with text that reads "Food Bank."

LA's most innovative cocktails are at a Japanese-inspired speakeasy behind a Mexican restaurant in Long Beach

Kevin Lee's Tokyo Noir has become one of the top spots for craft-inspired cocktails.

A pale, creamy cocktail topped with a carved ice cube and a small orange peel flower rests on a black-and-white marble bar.

The crunchy taco is the most underrated icon in LA — here’s where to find the best

Flauta, taquito, tacos dorados? Whatever they’re called, they’re golden, crispy and delicious.

A plate of rolled fried tacquitos with sour cream and salsa. Shredded cheese pours out of a cheese grater.

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