holiday season

Creative Director: Amy King

Entertainment and Features Editor: Brittany Levine Beckman

Lead Gift Guide editor: Marques Harper

Project editor: Betty Hallock (food)

Writers: Lisa Boone, Stephanie Breijo, Kailyn Brown, Jaclyn Cosgrove, Danielle Dorsey, Marah Eakin, Betty Hallock, Jenn Harris, Jeanette Marantos, Todd Martens, Deborah Netburn, Christopher Reynolds, Lindzi Scharf, Deborah Vankin

Senior deputy design directors: Jim Cooke, Faith Stafford

Lead Gift Guide art director: Nicole Vas

Art director: Judy Pryor

3D illustrations and lead animation: Daniel Jurman

Executive director of photography: Kim Chapin

Photo editors: Taylor Arthur, Raul Roa

Copy editors: Blake Hennon, Ruthanne Salido

Digital production: Nicole Vas

Fact checking: Michael Darling

Audience engagement: Defne Karabatur, David Viramontes

Editor’s note: Prices and availability of items and experiences in the Gift Guide and on latimes.com are subject to change.

After years of cooking at the Spanish restaurants of humanitarian-chef José Andrés in L.A. and D.C., including Minibar, the Bazaar, Café Atlántico and Zaytinya, chef-owner Joshua Whigham has opened Casa Leo, a sun-drenched restaurant in Los Feliz dedicated to celebrating Iberian cuisine with gambas al ajillo, seasonal gazpacho, boquerones with potato chips and pan con manchego. Weekend brunch brings Catalan flatbreads topped with tuna conserva and fire-roasted eggplant, along with scones and a Spanish tortilla.