Becoming a food historian, peaches and retiring to the bakery

'My Soul Looks Back'

Culinary historian Jessica Harris has cooked with Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison and James Baldwin. Harris recounts the conversations, the food and the records they played in...

15 min

Malaysian food 101

Christina Arokiasamy grew up going to her mother’s spice stall in Kuala Lumpur. In her latest book, “ The Malaysian Kitchen ,” we move from the market to Arokiasamy’s...

11 min

Jonathan Gold reviews Cosa Buona

This week, LA Times food critic Jonathan Gold dines at Zach Pollack ’s reinvention of Pizza Buona in Echo Park. The corner pizzeria on Sunset and Alvarado is now home to...

5 min

Retiring to the bakery

In May, Mark Furstenberg won the James Beard Award for Outstanding Baker. Accepting the award, he thanked his sons for dealing with a father who decided to open a bakery...

10 min

'Candy is Magic'

Next let’s travel to Portland, Oregon to talk with Jami Curl , who pivoted from baked goods to candy at her company, QUIN . Curl started making caramels by hand, then...

8 min

The Market Report: Peaches

Stone fruit is in season now at Southern California markets. Justin Hilbert, the executive chef at Maude in Beverly Hills, and farmer John Tenerelli of Tenerelli Orchards...

8 min

Becoming a food historian, peaches and retiring to the bakery

'My Soul Looks Back'

Malaysian food 101

Jonathan Gold reviews Cosa Buona

Retiring to the bakery

'Candy is Magic'

The Market Report: Peaches

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