At some point this holiday weekend--and this summer--you will be around a grill, and a burger will be thrust at you. So why not make things a little interesting: Try a lamb burger.
An ingredient in the Beer and a Ball, one of my favorite cocktails at John Sedlar's new Beverly Boulevard restaurant Playa, is listed as "Hops Infused Champagne" on the menu, but it's actually the Champagne of Beers, Miller High Life. Who knew?
Most people heard of Red Medicine in Beverly Hills because of a very public kerfuffle with the L.A. Times restaurant critic. That incident shouldn't overshadow the restaurant's innovative Vietnamese-inspired cuisine and awe-inspiring presentation. But...
You could say that people flock to Hollywood mixologist Matthew Biancaniello's drinks like bees to honey, but he's the one going to the bees for honey--literally.
It's really not surprising that Michael McCarty wanted to start a farm-to-glass cocktail program at his eponymous Santa Monica restaurant. After all, he was instrumental in starting the farm-to-table movement here when it opened in 1979.