The Röckenwagners and Josiah Citrin will offer throwback vibes, lots of seafood, and views of the ocean at the forthcoming Dear Jane’s A wide look at Marina del Rey. Score one for Marina del Rey’s waterfront dining district. The star culinary team behind Dear John’s has quietly taken over the former Chart House location at the end of Panay Way in the Westside neighborhood, with plans to rehab the seaside spot in time for an opening later this year.

A cultural advocacy group promoting Asian American and Pacific Islander chefs, makers, creatives and businesses is bringing a one-day-only pop-up market to the Arts District on Sunday. In celebration of AAPI Heritage Month, AAPI LA curated nearly two dozen food and beverage vendors who’ll appear at Smorgasburg, the weekly food festival held within Row DTLA.

A pallet of Similac infant formula is seen at a drive-thru food distribution organized by the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, as the US Senate grapples with whether to increase payments to Americans reeling from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in West Covina, California, US December 29, 2020.

Villas Tacos owner Victor Villa recently won a $100,000 grant that will take his popular Highland Park pop-up to its first eventual brick and mortar restaurant location. The hefty sum comes from Estrella Jalisco beer, and will help Villa to hopefully stay in the neighborhood, reports the Los Angeles Times.

I am not a chef. I’m not a cook. I’m barely a functioning male adult, but I wanted an air fryer. Not because I live on chicken fingers and fries but because there’s no quicker way for me to make crispy gyoza from frozen, to make relatively healthy (not-quite) fried chicken and douse it in fiery Korean sauces and sesame seeds.

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