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Print Reem Kassis thought for sure she was a one-and-done cookbook author. In 2017 Phaidon published “The Palestinian Table,” written so Kassis could codify her family recipes and help preserve — or “safeguard,” a word she uses often — an everyday aspect of her cultural heritage. Newsletter Get our weekly Tasting Notes newsletter for reviews, news and more. Enter email address You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. The questions posed to...

Print The 6-inch cake that pastry chef Casey Shea delivered was a barrel-shaped whirl of salted vanilla buttercream, sequined with sliced berries and candied kumquats. On an early March menu, Shea had presented her customers, who ordered via Instagram, with four cake options: coconut chocolate, banana hazelnut, blood orange with lemon whip and blackberry and a surprise chef’s choice based on what she found at the farmers markets. A good kind of surprise could be uplifting right now, I thought...

Print It seems likely that most of us haven’t been barhopping in the last 14 months. It’s possible that we’ve been yearning for an opportunity to meet up with a few friends and catch up over a glass of wine or a beer and some salty snacks. But we’ve sublimated those yearnings; we’ve been cautious and hunkered down, concerned about our well-being and the health of others. But now that California is loosening pandemic restrictions, you may be reconsidering your options as more bars are ...

This roving trailer serves perfect flautas Los Dorados L.A. owner Steven Orozco Torres, center, and his crew members Dru Barrera, bottom, and Pablo Perez. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times) April 3, 2021 6:30 AM PT The flautas that pass through the window from the trailer of Los Dorados L.A. come two to an order. Long, thin and fried to shattering, they are filled with your choice of four fillings: lamb barbacoa, chicken tinga, seasoned potato or homemade chorizo. Owner Steven Orozco...

Print It’s been more than eight months — July 1, 2020, to be exact — since restaurant dining rooms in Los Angeles County have been open to customers. But yesterday afternoon, county officials gave the green light for restaurants, starting Monday, to serve indoors at 25% capacity, which is in line with the “red tier” level of opening that L.A. County and 13 other counties meet, as prescribed by the California Department of Public Health. Enjoying this newsletter? Consider subscribing ...

Prohibition Distillery Rebrands to Do Good Spirits 0 Shares Award-winning craft spirits producer Prohibition Distillery announces its rebrand to Do Good Spirits. Located in Roscoe, NY, Prohibition was established in 2009 as an ode to America’s bootlegging heritage. The new name encapsulates the distillery’s simple, yet powerful, core mission and ethos: “Do Good.” Brian Facquet, Do Good Spirits Founder, Head Distiller and Navy Veteran explains the rename further: “My friend Brian was a...

This newsletter turns 1 year old today. Welcome to our birthday party! We’ve passed this newsletter through several writers as we’ve progressed through different stages of the pandemic. Along the way, we‘ve tracked the ebbs and flows of life as coronavirus conditions and government guidelines changed. Advertisement At first, masks were recommended only for medical workers and those showing symptoms. Soon everyone needed one. Now we’re supposed to wear two. There‘s been a lot of frus...

The secret ingredient to a lavish Bedouin feast Mansaf, a feast of lamb in yogurt sauce over rice and flatbread that is often called the national dish of Jordan. (Bill Addison / Los Angeles Times) Feb. 27, 2021 6 AM PT Earlier this month a video clip circulated on the Insta feeds of some friends: Its title is “Arab grandmas try Trader Joe’s za’atar.” You can probably guess these women’s reactions — a lot of confused, sour expressions. “La,” they mutter and exclaim (the...

By Dr. Christine Ritchie’s estimate, about 2 million people in the United States are homebound, and an additional 5 million have trouble leaving home or need help doing so. Yet those millions of people “tend to be sort of invisible to society,” said Ritchie, a professor at Harvard Medical School. Advertisement They can’t drive through mass vaccination sites or stand in line outside clinics. Even if they secure a coveted appointment spot, they can’t leave their house to get there. N...