Laurie Ochoa

The L.A. churro at Santa Canela is just the start of what makes Ellen Ramos a great Los Angeles baker. Also, Dodger-blue food and drink for the World Series, the new Hollywood Distillery in a former mortuary plus more in Tasting Notes.

Maydan Market, a food hall centered on live-fire cooking, is an essential new place to show off Los Angeles' cross-cultural dining. Plus, $50 dinners, a cookbook of gravestone recipes, allegations of racial discrimination at a popular L.A. cafe and Diane Keaton's favorite wine in Tasting Notes.

Women chefs, cookbook authors and more food pros gathered in L.A. last week

Hong Kong's great texture foods

One of the world's most enchanting restaurants is in a forest in Puglia. And cheese is the star of the menu. Plus fish sauce caramel, 6-to-1 grocery shopping and more in this week's Tasting Notes.

Its fried chicken is famous but a redevelopment deal has put Dulan's on Crenshaw at risk. Plus, Jenn Harris' immersion into Nobu Los Angeles vibes, a new restaurant with no-tip, no-fee, no-surprises pricing and more in Tasting Notes.

With the feel of an Italian festa, Good Neighbor Bar and West Altadena Wine host a summer series of pop-ups with pizza, tacos, oysters and more on the menu. Plus more in Tasting Notes.

How cookbook author Molly Baz and novelist-food writer Michelle Huneven found solace in people and cooking after their homes were destroyed. Plus, our summer cook-along with "Chef That!" And Day 1 at the Tesla Diner. All in this week's Tasting Notes.

Massimo Giavannini, chef and proprietor of Osteria La Vecchia Rota in Italy's Tuscan town of Marciano della Chiana, charms his customers with history and the most local ingredients. Plus L.A.'s best new Armenian restaurant, the chicken Caesar wrap comeback and wedding gifts for restaurant lovers in…

Why would an Angeleno with access to excellent tacos head straight to a Mexican restaurant in Copenhagen? Because Rosio Sanchez is making some of the world's most interesting Mexican food.