Providence

Providence's Michael Cimarusti to open his seafood heaven Connie & Ted's by end of May

2013-04-30 14:07:00

More than 4,000 oyster tags cover two walls at Connie & Ted's, the soon-to-open West Hollywood seafood restaurant from Providence chef-owner Michael Cimarusti. Many of them are ones Cimarusti has collected over several years, Cryovac-ing them in plastic...

Ludo Lefebvre, Vinny Dotolo and Jon Shook give first look at Trois Mec

2013-03-27 22:55:00

The amount of secrecy surrounding Trois Mec, the new restaurant by Vinny Dotolo and Jon Shook (Animal and Son of a Gun) and Ludo Lefebvre ("The Taste" and Ludo Bites)�would rival a top-secret CIA mission. The�restaurant is hidden away at the back of a...

The grape obsession in Jeff Fischer's life yields Habit wines

2013-03-09 00:00:00

Jeff Fischer doesn't have a vineyard or a winery. He has no formal training and zero employees. Yet in a short time he's managed to land his small-batch Habit wines in nearly 50 of L.A.'s top restaurants, including the Chateau Marmont, Spago, AOC, Ink,...

L.A.-area chef K.C. Ma killed in accident

2012-11-28 08:55:00

Popular local chef K.C. Ma was killed Wednesday in a motorcycle crash in the Central Valley, according to friends and family on his Facebook page. His wife Ivy was also reported to be injured but recovering. Ma had worked in the L.A. area at Providence,...

Counter Intelligence: An E-ticket meal at n/naka

2012-06-15 14:25:00

The first time you come to n/naka, a kaiseki restaurant a bit north of Sony studios in the Palms area of Los Angeles, you will inevitably soar right by the place, a low, featureless building in a strip of dry cleaners and tarot-card readers surrounded...

Miles Thompson shows taste beyond his years

2012-07-21 00:00:00

The first dish served on Miles Thompson's five-course tasting menu during the Vagrancy Project's residency at Allston Yacht Club on a recent Monday was called "Oyster." But it was so much more. The 24-year-old chef had encased a raw oyster inside a...

Master Class: Michael Cimarusti on brined halibut

2012-08-11 00:00:00

The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea.� —Isak Dinesen Salt is the one ingredient that every person has in his or her cupboard. If you are like me, you might have several varieties from various far-flung sources. I've got...

With foie gras ban, chefs say state is force-feeding morality

2012-06-27 13:56:00

If you want to eat foie gras in California before July 1, especially at a feast dedicated to the smooth, super-fatted duck liver, your p�t� may be seasoned with a grain or two of political theater. Outside Santa Monica's M�lisse earlier this month, there...

Bartenders get a showcase outside the bar

2012-06-15 00:00:00

Justin Pike, the talented bartender at the Tasting Kitchen in Venice, draws detailed pictures of the artisanal ingredients and specialty liqueurs he uses in his cocktails on the restaurant's large chalkboards. Pike, who studied illustration at...

The Review: Water Grill gets back to the seafood basics

2012-05-19 00:00:00

At Water Grill, the raw bar rules. Always has. And in downtown Los Angeles, Water Grill is an institution on the order of Tadich Grill in San Francisco (though not nearly as old). I don't know what it is about being away from home, but it seems to bring...

Construction to start soon on Connie & Ted's

2012-05-03 16:33:57

Chefs fight foie gras ban, plan simultaneous blow-out dinners

2012-04-30 16:33:08

Chef Michael Cimarusti shucks cherry stone clams to make three clam chowders: Rhode Island Clam Chowder clear, Rhode Island Clam Chowder cream and New England Clam Chowder at Providence restaurant.

2013-01-19 00:00:00

Michael Cimarusti, chef at Providence, says the right knife is step one.

2012-07-26 00:00:00