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Good Food

Everything you wanted to know about good cooking and good eating from LA chef, author, radio host and restaurateur Evan Kleiman.

From timbale and eggplant caviar wraps to ratatouille and caponata, we have a bunch of great recipes for how to use this versatile veggie.

15 exquisite eggplant recipes

From timbale and eggplant caviar wraps to ratatouille and caponata, we have a bunch of great recipes for how to use this versatile veggie.

On the 20th anniversary of Sideways, Hitching Post owner Frank Ostini reflects on the Santa Ynez Valley.

How "Sideways" changed the Santa Ynez Valley

On the 20th anniversary of Sideways, Hitching Post owner Frank Ostini reflects on the Santa Ynez Valley.

Growing up in Northern California with a Kenyan mother and Nigerian father, Kiano Moju celebrates her family's AfriCali cuisine.

Kiano Moju blends African flavors and California vibes in a new cookbook

Growing up in Northern California with a Kenyan mother and Nigerian father, Kiano Moju celebrates her family's AfriCali cuisine.

Filmmaker Jason Wise joins Vahe Keushguerian in a conversation about making wine from Iranian grapes for the first time in half a century.

Smuggling grapes out of Iran to make forbidden wine

Filmmaker Jason Wise joins Vahe Keushguerian in a conversation about making wine from Iranian grapes for the first time in half a century.

At the farmers market, chef Dan Barber visits with Alex Weiser who is growing a new allium — garleek.

Garleek, the impossible allium, has chefs and farmers singing its praises

At the farmers market, chef Dan Barber visits with Alex Weiser who is growing a new allium — garleek.

Maanvi Singh reports on corporations buying up water rights, often in drought-stricken areas, and selling them to other communities, sometimes hundreds of miles away.

Private companies are profiting from water sales in Arizona, where H2O is worth more than oil

Maanvi Singh reports on corporations buying up water rights, often in drought-stricken areas, and selling them to other communities, sometimes hundreds of miles away.

LA Times restaurant critic Bill Addison visits Perilla in Echo Park for Korean banchan and dosirak.

Bill Addison samples the banchan at Perilla

LA Times restaurant critic Bill Addison visits Perilla in Echo Park for Korean banchan and dosirak.

Politics professor Aaron Bobrow-Strain looks at the history of white bread in America and how it became so popular and industrialized.

A brief social history of white bread

Politics professor Aaron Bobrow-Strain looks at the history of white bread in America and how it became so popular and industrialized.

Kristyn Leach and a network of farmers work to preserve cultural heritage through seed saving.

Kristyn Leach on building community through Second Generation Seeds

Kristyn Leach and a network of farmers work to preserve cultural heritage through seed saving.

Photographer Lucy Schaeffer captures the nostalgia and personal memories behind school lunch.

Photographer Lucy Schaeffer unpacks school lunch nostalgia via new book

Photographer Lucy Schaeffer captures the nostalgia and personal memories behind school lunch.

Wax Paper in LA pays homage to NPR personalities with their sandwiches, and co-owner Peter Lemos explains what goes into an “Ira Glass.”

What goes into an ‘Ira Glass’ sandwich at LA’s Wax Paper?

Wax Paper in LA pays homage to NPR personalities with their sandwiches, and co-owner Peter Lemos explains what goes into an “Ira Glass.”

Peter Miller pens an ode to the midday meal.

Peter Miller on the art of a communal work lunch

Peter Miller pens an ode to the midday meal.

The owners of Koda Farms, who grow beloved rice in Merced County, decide to retire their grandfather's legacy.

Market Report: Koda Farms writes a new chapter in a 97-year legacy

The owners of Koda Farms, who grow beloved rice in Merced County, decide to retire their grandfather's legacy.

Rosa Jackson goes beyond Salad Niçoise to embrace the rustic cuisine of France's fifth largest city.

The food of Nice, often upstaged by Parisian cuisine, gets its place in the sun

Rosa Jackson goes beyond Salad Niçoise to embrace the rustic cuisine of France's fifth largest city.

Amber Guinness entices the palate with coastal Italian snacks and seaside refreshments.

Visit Italy's volcanic west coast with a transportive new cookbook

Amber Guinness entices the palate with coastal Italian snacks and seaside refreshments.

Georgina Hayden makes her Greek-Cypriot family recipes more achievable.

Simplified Greek recipes for spanakopita and pastitsio

Georgina Hayden makes her Greek-Cypriot family recipes more achievable.

Inspired by her family's beloved bundt cake recipe, Daphane DeLone is whipping up whoopie pies at Connie & Ted's.

Whoopie pies aren't cakes or cookies but they are a singular treat

Inspired by her family's beloved bundt cake recipe, Daphane DeLone is whipping up whoopie pies at Connie & Ted's.

Whether it's classic hot dogs, vegan brats, or exotic meats, we know where to find 50 of the best sausages for your brat summer.

Endless brat summer: LA's best sausages and hot dogs

Whether it's classic hot dogs, vegan brats, or exotic meats, we know where to find 50 of the best sausages for your brat summer.

Stephanie Breijo spent months talking to chefs and restaurateurs about operating in crisis mode.

Why Los Angeles restaurants are still struggling to dig themselves out of a hole

Stephanie Breijo spent months talking to chefs and restaurateurs about operating in crisis mode.

Daniel Hernandez and the Food section team at the LA Times canvassed the city to find its best tacos.

The LA Times chases down the city's 101 best tacos

Daniel Hernandez and the Food section team at the LA Times canvassed the city to find its best tacos.