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Until last week, I didn't have a Christmas tree in my house. The old shoe boxes with decorations were still in the garage, and there were no stockings hanging on the fireplace. Presents were still unwrapped. I'm caring for my mother, who turns 89 two days after Christmas, and after a few days in the…

As the utter garbage fire that is 2023 comes to an end, I feel compelled to highlight the unique items and trends in the food world that I hope to never see again. Here’s to a brighter and more delicious 2024. Awkward immersion People chew with their mouths open, the word “moist” and scratch nails…

When I was a tender adolescent, perhaps 11 years old, I spent the night with my friend Jane. Jane's older brother Mark also had friends over. We thought one boy was particularly cute, so we decided to mix him a drink. We poured Coke into a glass, then added some Worcestershire sauce, some Tabasco, a…

Nearly a decade after migrating from Mexico, Ruben Ramirez Sr. and his wife Alicia had opened the business that would support their family for years to come. It was the 70s and they started small. First came a shop that sold Mexican products. Later they expanded into one Carniceria — a meat market — and…

In her family's kitchen in the Granada Hills, Kristine Jingozian, one of the founders of Rose & Rye Bakery, pulls out of the oven a tray of fresh Nazook – the flaky, rolled, traditional Armenian pastry with a fragrant butter-sugar filling with vanilla and burnished gold on top. In preparation for the Armenian Christmas weekend,…

I'm often asked where to get the best Peking duck. This question comes up all year round, but more often during the holidays. And especially now, with Lunar New Year celebrations on the horizon in February. Strangers flood into my DMs, demanding to know which restaurants prepare the duck and whether it's served with pancake…

One of California's most famous roadside destinations suddenly closed this week, although diners looking for a bowl of pea soup may one day find it again in Buellton. The century-old restaurant Pea Soup Andersen's — popular for its namesake soup, quaint windmill and Scandinavian-style dining options — has closed one of its two remaining locations,…

Lynn Yamada Davis, a social media star known for her fast-paced and kooky “Cooking With Lynja” online tutorials, has died. Hannah Shofet, Davis' eldest daughter, confirmed Friday to The Times that her mother died Jan. 1 at Riverview Medical Center in New Jersey from esophageal cancer. She was 67. In a phone interview, Shofet celebrated…