2018’s best cookbooks and restaurant openings

Hosted by Evan Kleiman Dec. 15, 2018 Books

Ma'am Sir, a Filipino-inspired restaurant in Silver Lake, was Evan Kleiman's most frequented restaurant of 2018 Photo credit: Stan Lee/Fried Chicken Sandwich Studios

Holiday gift buying is in full swing, and so we’re looking back on a year of stellar cookbooks with Celia Sack of Omnivore Books. We’re also highlighting two great indie food zines you should know about. Plus: chef Anita Lo goes “Solo” and Zach Brooks and Evan Kleiman dissect their favorite restaurants of the year.

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2018’s best cookbooks with Omnivore Books’ Celia Sack

The holidays are here and gift shopping is in full effect. Evan Kleiman sits down with Celia Sack, the owner of Omnivore Books on Food in San Francisco, to discuss the...

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Whetstone Media champions local food and new voices

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Compound Butter magazine: merging food and art

Jessie and Jaya Nicely are the brains behind Compound Butter magazine, in which personal vignettes about food are often accompanied by wildly creative illustrations...

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Anita Lo goes “Solo” in new cookbook

Anita Lo is a first-generation Chinese-American chef who has cooked at some of the highest levels you can imagine. She held a Michelin star for nine years as chef of Anissa...

10 min

A look back at LA’s restaurant openings in 2018

2018 was a banner year for Los Angeles restaurants, with so many anticipated openings that it’s difficult to remember them all. Smorgasburg GM and avid eater Zach...

9 min