Category: Home Kitchen

“These are likely the last tamales I will ever make,” my aunt and godmother Vicky says as she hands me…

Making chocolate is a sacred process, particularly for descendants of the ancient Mesoamerica, and for those looking to reconnect with…

Use caution when attempting to make the aptly named Red Alert nonalcoholic cocktail from Danny Trejo’s latest cookbook. The first…

Royal Lobster A restored 1940s Texaco gas station is serving plump Maine-caught lobster rolls and lobster salads in Koreatown. Royal…

Cognitive dissonance, SoCal style: The calendar says it’s November, but the sky swears it’s April, maybe even July. It’s Thanksgiving.…

Is L.A. a biscuit town? We’re quickly becoming a pizza town. It’s definitely a bagels town, too. One could successfully…

Last November, one of L.A.’s most eagerly anticipated pizzerias opened its doors on a prime patch of West Hollywood real…

Café Tropical, which has been a staple in the Silver Lake community and served traditional Cuban cafecitos and pasteles for…

Anthony Bourdain didn’t mince words when it came to Henry Kissinger. “Henry Kissinger walks into a bar. Would it displease…

Quite possibly the MVP of the Italian bakery, pignoli are the nutty, soft, textured cookies found in any Italian cookie…

Cuccidati are classic Sicilian cookies that are like grown-up Fig Newtons and make an appearance around Christmastime. Flaky dough is…

Thick, nostalgic and filling, this family recipe from Garibaldina member Amanda Lanza — who also is the chef-founder of the…

One of an Italian bakery’s most beloved creations, this tricolor treat stacks three layers of red, green and white (or…

Sticky and chewy with crags of crispiness, these cookies are Christmastime must-haves across Puglia and beyond. Garibaldina member Michelangela “Lina”…

The stereotype of the Italian nonna, or grandmother, attempting to feed you until you burst holds true — especially at…

Wrapped inside a fresh or dried corn husk is a soft maíz cake known intimately across the Americas as tamales.…

Crisp and light as air or chewy and sturdy, the consistency of the iconic pizzella depends on preference and pizzelle…

A Southern California poultry processor illegally employed children as young as 14 to debone meat with sharp knives and move…

In his experience as a restaurant worker, Jhobani Hernandez said it isn’t out of the ordinary to see perhaps a…

In front of Café Tropical on Thursday, as the sun was setting and staff were saying goodbye one last time,…

I’m standing in front of a Din Tai Fung located inside a shopping mall in Taipei watching a team of…

Restaurant workers wiped tables and prepped menus at L.A. Live on Friday morning, readying for the typical weekend rush of…

For nearly 50 years, Café Tropical has served as a gathering place for morning cafecitos, afternoon lunch meetings and endless…

The closure this week of Café Tropical — a nearly 50-year-old Cuban restaurant in Silver Lake — had less to…

It is a date that should be known by lovers of messy and meaty cheeseburgers everywhere, and especially in Los…