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The dining room at Caldo Verde, designed by Kelly Wearstler. (Photo courtesy of the restaurant) After years of wandering in the French culinary landscape, Suzanne Goin and Caroline Styne have ventured south with Caldo Verde, their new project in the Downtown L.A. Proper Hotel. Laid-back and light-filled, the restaurant channels an Iberian vibe with a curvaceous Deco
Jared Hooper left Los Angeles at the start of the pandemic after serving as wine director at Faith and Flower for many years (and briefly as an editor-at-large for this magazine). He went north to Sonoma County and dabbled in many different roles, helping Evan Goldstein with his Master the World courses, slinging bottles at
Anthologies are, by their nature, a heterogeneous lot, taking on a multiplicity of angles, topics, tones, voices. A strong editor will keep a tight rein on the more far-flung efforts. Sometimes, the topic itself has enough gravitational pull to make the parts cohere. No one would question the force California exerts on the winescape, as
Return to Archives Departments Editor's NoteDinner with the Tribe Fined & FilteredIndia Mandelkern pops the top on your canned Vinho Verde. Our staff peruse five new additions to the wine world's bookshelves: To Fall in Love Drink This, Vino: The Essential Guide to Real Italian Wine, South of Somewhere: Wine, Food and the Soul of
Courtesy of Dan Fredman Winemaker Sean Thackrey died over the Memorial Day weekend after a long bout with cancer. He was in every sense a renaissance man, amateur historian, writer, artist, curator and gallerist, a dabbler in arts high and low and, especially, vinous. His singular creations, made for his self-named brand, included blends like