How Taylor Swift reinvented pop music
Welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter.Hello, fellow readers. I’m culture critic and fervent bookworm Chris Vognar. This week we speak with Rolling Stone…
Hanif Abdurraqib’s new book shows basketball can be poetry
Welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter.Hello, fellow readers. I’m culture critic, fervent bookworm and hoops head Chris Vognar.This week we speak with poet…
Top chef trained by Gordon Ramsay closes down his Michelin-starred restaurant after 17 YEARS
A GORDON Ramsay trained chef has closed his top Michelin Star restaurant in Birmingham.The Cornwall Street restaurant closed its doors for the final time on…
How a new book honors Emmett Till
Welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter.Hello, fellow readers. I’m culture critic and fervent bookworm Chris Vognar.This week I spoke with Wright Thompson, a…
‘Chicago Med’ boss on how medical TV has changed since ‘ER’
Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone who never tires of a good, solid medical procedural. Diagnosing and treating (sometimes gnarly) ailments has always…
How L.A. drives Rachel Kushner, author of ‘Creation Lake’
Welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter.Hello, fellow readers. I’m culture critic and fervent bookworm Chris Vognar.This week we speak with novelist and Los…
Young chef Renad inspires Gaza with viral cooking videos | Infographic News
Ten-year-old Renad Ataullah from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza has more than 450,000 followers on Instagram from all around the world. Her cookery posts have…
Mother, top chef dead after separate attacks during carnival in London
1 of 2 | Cher Maximen, 32, was with her 3-year-old daughter when she was stabbed at the Notting Hill Carnival in London on Sunday…
Three new restaurants to check out over Labor Day weekend
We have just over three weeks until the autumn equinox arrives, but for many of us, me included, summer feels like it’s over after Labor…
Thai court sentences Spanish YouTube chef to life in jail for murder | Crime News
Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, son of Spanish actor, convicted of murdering and dismembering Colombian plastic surgeon.A court in Thailand has sentenced a Spanish chef to life…
Best and coolest supper clubs to book in L.A. right now
In Los Angeles, dining out can sometimes feel like a spectator sport. But in recent years, supper clubs have been proliferating as a refreshing antidote…
Robot chef shows off its cooking skills by preparing vegetables for humans to eat at World Robot Conference in Beijing
WANNABE Gordon Ramsay robot tries to emulate the fiery chef’s cooking skills by preparing vegetables for humans to eat.Meanwhile, a robo-woman winks for the camera…
‘Chef That!’ Or how chefs cook different than the rest of us
How chefs think different. Also, a “Mean Girls” food crawl, Koo Koo Roo’s return, micheladas and nachos at the new Sonoratown Cantina, great recommendations for…
Recovered body believed to be chef Recaldo Thomas
FacebookCanadian-Antiguan national Recaldo Thomas was working on the Bayesian as a chefA body recovered near the luxury yacht which sank off the coast of Sicily…
Why Comic-Con hasn’t outgrown its comic book origins
Good morning and welcome back to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter!I’m novelist and punk historian Jim Ruland, and some of my earliest obsessions with…
Body of ‘Top Chef’ alum Naomi Pomeroy found, sheriff says
The body of celebrity chef and “Top Chef” alum Naomi Pomeroy has been recovered from a river in western Oregon, authorities confirmed Wednesday. The Benton…
A Clayton Kershaw biography and more baseball book recommendations
Good morning and welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. I’m novelist and punk historian Jim Ruland, and this week we’re celebrating America’s pastime.…
Taming ‘The Bear’: What Alice Waters could teach chef Carmy
Announcing this year’s Restaurant of the Year and Gold Award, plus this weekend’s Mr. Beef pop-up and more Chicago eating, how climate change is moving…
Meet the writer translating Alejandro Zambra, José Donoso and more
Good morning and welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. I’m Jim Ruland, a novelist and punk historian, and although I’m currently on vacation…
World’s No. 3 restaurant chef speaks out
A 21st century French chef, L.A. Taco’s Taco Madness, a Juneteenth bake sale, yakitori in Vegas, ube everywhere and Steph Curry’s favorite popcorn. I’m Laurie…