Sushi and Sashimi

Brazil, Japan, sumo and food, deliciously intertwined

2013-05-17 07:00:00

SAO PAULO, Brazil — Fernando Kuroda didn't like eating chankonabe at first, because he was forced to eat so much of the thick stew that he would get sick and could barely walk. "They would just fill me up and fill me up with food, or I wasn't...

Jonathan Gold | L.A. restaurant review: RivaBella makes ordinary Italian perfect

2013-05-11 00:00:00

Angelini Osteria is almost everyone's favorite Italian restaurant in midtown: an informal room with well-designed trattoria cooking, a place to settle into for a plate of bombolotti or a Sunday saltimbocca, where whatever diet you happen to be on at the...

Asia: What are the top 101 restaurants?

2013-05-16 07:46:00

It was a big job, but somebody had to do it, said editors at the Daily Meal. So they�set out to recognize Asia’s top 101 restaurants. The list, which took six months to compile, includes restaurants in 25 cities. China topped the charts with 28...

Radioactive tuna from Fukushima? Scientists eat it up

2013-05-08 16:24:00

Marine biologist Dan Madigan stood on a dock in San Diego and considered some freshly caught Pacific bluefin tuna. The fish had managed to swim 5,000 miles from their spawning grounds near Japan to California's shores, only to end up the catch of local...

Jonathan Gold | Restaurant review: On the M.A.K.E. for raw vegan cuisine

2013-04-13 00:00:00

If you are the kind of diner who gets hung up on first impressions, M.A.K.E., Matthew Kenney's raw-vegan restaurant in Santa Monica Place, may not be for you. It is not just on the dining deck but actually in the mall's food court, so to get to it you...

Think that's snapper? Rampant seafood mislabeling in U.S., study says

2013-02-21 11:05:00

A two-year study of more than 1,200 seafood samples by Oceana, an environmental advocacy group, found that a third of seafood sold in grocery stores and restaurants is mislabeled, the group announced Thursday. DNA testing of seafood samples between 2010...

The food can be as heavy as the music

2013-04-06 05:00:00

Eating at Coachella is one of my favorite things to do, and not because the food is stellar. It could be from the exhaustion of running tirelessly over the fields from stage to stage, or the heat, but each year I drop all semblance of a sensible diet...

Weekend project: Homemade onigiri

2013-03-22 07:00:00

Ever made -- or heard of -- onigiri? A couple of years ago, food writer Sonoko Sakai did a great piece on onigiri for Food. She wrote: "Onigiri is a quick and satisfying Japanese fast food made with rice. You might find some resemblance to those sushi...

Urasawa, home of $1,111 sushi bill, faces labor-violation fines

2013-03-14 13:25:00

Urasawa, the rave-inspiring Beverly Hills sushi restaurant where the average check is $1,111, is being fined many times that amount over labor violations. California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su wrote in a citation that the eatery will face a $65,...

New Patina chef, Hyperion Public, Paiche's spring opening

2013-03-06 15:54:00

New head chef at Patina: Joachim Splichal, founder of Patina Restaurant Group, names Charles Olalia executive chef of Patina, his landmark restaurant at the Walt Disney Concert Hall downtown. Olalia, 29, was formerly chef de cuisine and started at the...

Critic's Choice: Cool, creative ceviche

2013-03-02 00:00:00

Is ceviche poised to become as popular as sushi or sashimi in L.A.? It could happen. I'm thinking Ricardo Zarate is onto something as the Peruvian chef (Mo-Chica, Picca) gets ready to open a ceviche concept called Paiche. Raw seafood marinated in lime...

UCLA freshman Shabazz Muhammad gets his eating orders

2013-02-05 16:24:00

UCLA couldn’t get its last high-profile basketball player to eat less. The Bruins are trying to get their latest freshman star to eat more. Forward Shabazz Muhammad sat out practice Tuesday and said he was still feeling the effects of the flu...

A conveyor belt of sushi makes for speedy service at the new Sushigami at Sawgrass Mills mall in Sunrise.

2013-05-13 00:00:00

California roll and assorted sashimi at Sushi Doraku (now closed).

2013-04-29 08:47:00

Panko Onion maki: Vegetarian sushi belongs in the same place as vegetarian hot dogs and vegetarian cheeseburgers -- the garbage can, as far as I'm concerned. Why bother?

2013-04-18 11:55:12