Krista Simmons

Tomorrow, the Bob Barker Building in Echo Park will turn into a pet adoption, and we're not talking pooches. PETA rescued 78 chooks from an abandoned egg farm outside Turlock, Calif., where an estimated 50,000 chickens were left in battery cages for two weeks without food or water.

The next anti-foie gras protest organized by PETA will take place on Tuesday, June 26 outside Animal on Fairfax. But is disturbing customers and the restaurant really necessary considering the ban will go through on July 1?

A man who has dined in over 6,000 Chinese restaurants listed the best ten in the United States. L.A. is home to seven.

Are you a bonafide beer geek? Well then, we have some news for you: The third annual L.A. Craft Beer Crawl is coming back to Downtown L.A. Saturday, August 18th. Over 50 craft beers will be poured.

From plumping chickens with animal waste to being sold to pink-dyed salmon that's never swam an inch upstream, here's a gallery of the most disturbing realities of our food system.

A motion to ban the sale of soda from city park and library vending machines was brought to today's Los Angeles City Council meeting. Could eliminating these sugar-laden calorie bombs from public spaces help lower childhood obesity rates?

Even at some Hollywood hotspots, the best sellers aren't salads. Here's a list of the most eaten items on various L.A. menus.

In a move not dissimilar to that of Grant Achatz's Aviary in Chicago, Mezze will pull on the culinary knowledge of their kitchen staff to fuel the bar program. The bar space itself has also gotten a face lift.

Michael Voltaggio, best known for his win on season 6 of Top Chef and his West Hollywood restaurant Ink, but he'll now be taking on the role of film curator at this week's L.A. Film Festival. He has selected "Dinner Rush" by director Bob Giraldi to screen at this Wednesday's event.

It seems a bit odd that a Monday would be deemed National Picnic Day, but who are we to argue with the almighty food holiday calendar? Oh well. Here are our 7 favorite spots for picnicking outdoors.