A list of currently available produce from local farmers.

Meatloaf takes inspiration from bistro steaks with a simple compound butter flavored with garlic, shallots and parsley.

Just a few simple tweaks are all it takes to make a classic meatloaf more appealing than its name gives it credit for.

Nine Los Angeles restaurants and chefs, including Jessica Koslow and Jeremy Fox, are on James Beard Foundation's list.

During the coronavirus crisis, food producers, distributors and retailers in California, producer of much of the U.S. food supply, scramble to adapt.

One opinion on the best (and worst) Ben & Jerry's flavors

This classic Caesar salad recipe includes whole romaine leaves, homemade croutons and a coddled egg, but with an option to use mayonnaise instead.

Make these dishes for your mom at home or pack and ship treats to wherever she's quarantining.

Kale, lots of crunchy vegetables and an assertive dressing make pasta salad worth eating again.

Lots of crunchy vegetables and an assertively seasoned vinaigrette breathe new life into pasta salad.

San Pedro's historic waterfront market is offering discounted shrimp trays to draw in customers

Now that sourdough baking has become a shutdown trend, here are some suggestions for what to do with extra starter.

Newton Nguyen (aka @milktpapi) talks Spam musubi, overnight virality and Los Angeles cuisine.

This buttery, silky scrambled egg recipe comes together in five minutes and uses chopsticks to make cooking easy.

Los Angeles magazine called it 'aggressively mediocre,' but its simple food and family-style seating reminded me of my Queens childhood.

This weekend we're excited to launch a new cooking newsletter to help you keep up with all the great stuff coming from our kitchen team, led by Genevieve Ko and Ben Mims.

With plenty of chilled champagne and fresh orange juice on hand, you can mix mimosas easily. For a more potent cocktail, add a splash of liqueur.

Bill Addison names his favorite places for Vietnamese sandwiches.

This easy mimosa recipe with Champage, orange juice and liqueur is the best cocktail for a Mother's Day brunch at home.

Revolutionario North African Tacos has become a food bank feeding Asian American and African American seniors and L.A.'s skid row.

Jenn attempts to make the rice pudding from Pasjoli in Santa Monica.

Brown butter and a generous dose of fresh cinnamon turn up the volume on crumb cake.

Brown butter warms up a generous amount of ground cinnamon for the crunchy topping in this spin on a classic crumb cake.

These cleaning tips will help you wash dishes efficiently and get them extra clean. Plus, they may help you find the joy of cleaning up.

Andrea Bartz's novel, "The Herd," is a mystery wrapped around a parody of The Wing

In a coronavirus quarantine diary, 'The Other Americans' author Laila reads 'The Bell Jar,' recommends Kiese Laymon's 'Heavy' and watches 'Devs.'

Los Angeles Times sportswriters and editors pick their favorite sports books.

Portland's beloved indie bookstore Powell's Books rehired more than 100 employees after seeing a surge in online orders.

Steph Cha doesn't expect much in the way of good crime fiction to spring from the coronavirus outbreak.

A after visiting every U.S. county in the lower 48, William Least Heat-Moon is the master of the topographical journey. Now 80, he takes another trip through his new novel — into the imperfect history of American democracy.

As are bread and milk, gas and aspirin, alcohol and marijuana, books should be available, with safety precautions in place, at the usual places we buy them in our neighborhoods.

Eric Nusbaum's "Stealing Home" follows a family displaced from Chavez Ravine, where Dodger Stadium was built.

In his new book, Colton Underwood — who was recently diagnosed with coronavirus — talks about being manipulated by producers on "The Bachelor."

In our latest quarantine diary, Charles Finch contemplates Kierkegaard, watches "Love Is Blind," gets the Led out and develops a candle habit.

DePaola wrote or illustrated more than 270 children's books, sold nearly 25 million copies and had his books translated into more than 20 languages.

César Aira's latest novel, "Artforum," is about the art magazine and also the universe

Authors Steph Cha and Joe Ide swapped crimes stories and favorite books during the L.A. Times Book Club's first virtual event.

"Harry Potter" mastermind J.K. Rowling has launched a new website called "Harry Potter at Home" to help distract families from the coronavirus crisis.

In the second installment of the United We Read project, a homebound writer travels a quarantined country through books.

"Apropos of Nothing" is a mixed bag of rich memories, harsh defenses and tone-deaf reveries.

Author James Patterson is donating $500,000 to help indie bookstores across the country. For many L.A. booksellers, that could be a life saver.

In quarantine, mystery poet Rigoberto González

Kathy Valentine's hair-raising memoir recounts life before, during and shortly after the Go-Go's ascended to become the darlings of the MTV generation.

Julia Alvarez's "Afterlife" is her first novel for adults in 15 years. She talks about loss, fragmentation and "American Dirt."

Marie Mutsuki Mockett's 'American Harvest' looks at the divide between the heartland and those who seldom think about where our food comes from.

A union statement is "disappointed" with how Powell's Books has been informing the public about staffing after laying off most of its employees.

Patricia Bosworth, an actor who went on to chronicle lives including Jane Fonda's, Marlon Brando's and her own, died from coronavirus. She was 86.

A tribute to Patricia Bosworth, who died of complications from COVID-19. The actress and biographer of Jane Fonda and Marlon Brando was 86.

Chelsea Bieker's 'Godshot,' a surreal debut novel set in the parched Central Valley, depicts a fundamentalist rain cult and sex worker resisters.

Books about nature to read while avoiding the coronavirus — from classics by John McPhee and Annie Dillard to the upcoming "Book of Eels."