While out to dinner with my colleague and L.A. Times restaurant critic Bill Addison, we ordered an old-fashioned pear and blue cheese salad served over tender greens, which had just returned to the ...

Sometimes, even on a weeknight, you crave a little dessert. But making dessert takes time, and you already are spending time cooking up the main event, namely dinner. That's where this recipe comes to ...

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With Thanksgiving just a week away, many of us are considering our dinner plans. Of course, there are the standard go-to’s that people expect each year. But it’s also nice to branch out, try something ...

According to Raymond Sokolov’s book, Why We Eat What We Eat, “Before Columbus, there were no apples in the Americas. Settlers brought seeds and grafts, hoping to recreate their old way of life.” Any ...

One of the nice things about being a food writer is that people give me food, almost, I think, as a challenge. “See what you can make out of this load of stuff!” my benefactors seem to be saying. In ...

To make sure the flour tortilla crust is crisp and caramelized on the bottom, butter and sugar the underside before the pears are added to the top. The pears should be firm but ripe. Some of the ...