Tell Us Lehrhaus chef Noah Clickstein shared a vegan twist on a beloved family recipe. Executive chef Noah Clickstein of Lehrhaus, a Somerville tavern serving Jewish cuisine, shared his favorite family holiday recipe with us: chopped liver. (Photo courtesy of Noah Clickstein) If part of your holiday celebrations will involve cooking a meal to share … Read more
Underneath a freeway overpass in San Pedro, where the rumble of cars and semi-trucks echoes from above, there is a hidden skate park. It’s both gritty and mesmerizing, made by a jumble of volunteer hands that have poured concrete, scooped out rain from the storms and artfully assembled every shiny tile of the decorative mosaics … Read more
Restaurants Using a mix of regional fish and sustainable ingredients, Rosella joins very few restaurants in serving up more sustainable sushi. Now, they have a second location even closer to Boston. Rosella opened its second location in Kennebunkport, Maine, offering mostly locally-sourced seafood on its sushi menu. Courtesy of Heidi Kirn When Chef Jeffrey Miller … Read more
Think back to your earliest fond memories of the holidays. Chances are they involve nippy weather and some kind of sparkly lights. We don’t have much snow in Southern California to ring in the holidays, but we have plenty of nighttime light shows. This year you can experience the sparkle at festive neighborhood displays, elaborately … Read more
My husband and I have both lost our parents, who were the glue that held each of our families together. Since their deaths, our siblings and in-laws don’t feel close enough to have holiday get-togethers in each others’ homes. Old resentments surface, and it’s just uncomfortable. Our extended family now meets in a crowded public … Read more
(aliana mt / For The Times) A vast nothingness awaits you on the horizon. Rolling hills, scattered brush and a field of idle windmills. A car speeds up on your right, then screams across into your lane. You flinch, not knowing if the driver is an unhinged marauder or just late for his hotel check-in. … Read more
Food News Owner Chris Wilcox said the restaurant never fully recovered from the shutdown, and they weren’t busy enough. Judy Gibson, an acclaimed restaurant in South Portland that opened just days before the COVID-19 shutdown of restaurants, will close Nov. 19. Courtesy of Judy Gibson Judy Gibson faced a difficult start when the acclaimed restaurant … Read more
Photographer Paul Yem illustrates what he calls “manufactured happiness” — how we’ve turned to our houses to give us what we think happiness should look like. (Paul Yem / For The Times) On a visit to Los Angeles, the photographer Paul Yem recalls driving through the city and feeling his “photo eyes wake up.” He … Read more
I packed up my life in New York for Los Angeles, certain love was waiting for me on the other side of Los Angeles International Airport’s highly inconvenient Uber lot. Within 72 hours of being in L.A., I found a boyfriend who was handsome, successful and serious about us — and me. I had moved … Read more
In a story with outrageous, less-than-savory personalities, one character stands apart: the stage. Or, in this case, the 13th-story penthouse of the Oviatt, which is the setting for a new immersive theater production running this month in downtown. “Castle in the Sky” aims to tell a slice of a mostly forgotten Los Angeles tale: the … Read more
