Krista Simmons

The event will feature 25 highly acclaimed chefs from around the globe from March 21-23, and will include a 250-person “French Masters” five course dinner in the "restaurant stadium" setting.

There's no estimate on how long it will take for the new labels will be released, but the FDA has sent guidelines for the new format to the White House, which is a start. The FDA has been working on the issue for a decade.

Restaurants now have to treat those automatically added tips like regular wages, and they are now factored into the servers' paychecks. Customers might rejoice in this fact, but it ends up being a bum deal in some servers' opinions.

Bludso's La Brea location is hosting an all-you-can-drink Super Bowl Sunday party, offering unlimited beer for $20 during the game.

A new study suggests that tobacco ringspot virus, a pollen-borne pathogen that causes blight in soy crops, could be the culprit.

Participating establishments range from the old faithfuls like Bouchon Bistro and Drago Centro to the newbies participators like Wolfgang Puck's Spago, Josiah Citrin's Melisse, and Cliff's Edge in Silverlake.

A new location of Adam Fleischman's wood fired pizzeria, 800 Degrees, is opening in Santa Monica today. And to toast the occasion, they're offering a free pizza and soda to anyone that comes by.

The owners are pretty tight-lipped about how chocolate might come into play, but we imagine there will be cocoa powder in the batter for the fried chicken. There could even be cocoa nibs in the dredging. Or even some sort of chocolate chipotle dipping sauce. The possibilities for a stoner's delight are endless.

The restaurant, which will be located at 8905 Melrose Avenue, just west of Robertson Blvd. Chef Chandra Gilbert will be overseeing the kitchen, and there'll also be an extensive bar program crafted by Beverage Director Jason Eisner, formerly of Drago Centro.

Between this recall and the recent news at Foster Farms, we're seriously considering our hot wings tray for the Super Bowl.

It has the hallmarks of a few of our favorite drinks -- the tartness and acidity of a margarita, and the heat and celery salted rim of a bloody mary.

Champion competitive eater Jamie "The Bear" McDonald took home the glorious prize of $1000 in Dog Haus credits, which is sort of unfortunate considering McDonald owns a barbecue in Connecticut, and flew all the way out to sunny SoCal to compete in the challenge.