Betty Hallock

Los Angeles

Writer & editor. Cookbook co-author: Bäco: Vivid Recipes from the Heart of Los Angeles, Baking at République, Sqirl Book of Jams, Amá

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Articles

These are the closed historic L.A. restaurants that we miss the most

1 week ago | latimes.com | Danielle Dorsey |Jenn Harris |Stephanie Breijo |Betty Hallock |Daniel Hernandez

In their soul, everyone has a historic restaurant they miss dearly in Los Angeles. Some fell victim to the mounting challenges that restaurants face in L.A.: gentrification, rising retail rental costs, and a prolonged financial fallout following pandemic closures, Hollywood industry strikes and . Despite their untimely end, the city’s most iconic restaurants have not faded from our collective memory.
Our favorite L.A. restaurants: Gone, but not forgotten

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Danielle Dorsey |Jenn Harris |Stephanie Breijo |Betty Hallock |Daniel Eduardo Hernandez |Daniel Hernández

In their soul, everyone has a historic restaurant they miss dearly in Los Angeles. Some fell victim to the mounting challenges that restaurants face in L.A.: gentrification, rising retail rental costs, and a prolonged financial fallout following pandemic closures, Hollywood industry strikes and the devastating January wildfires. Despite their untimely end, the city's most iconic restaurants have not faded from our collective memory.
19 must-try diners and restaurants for your next California road trip

3 weeks ago | latimes.com | Bill Addison |Jenn Harris |Stephanie Breijo |Laurie Ochoa |Daniel Hernandez |Betty Hallock

The Marshall Store Marin County Seafood $ Betty Hallock The oysters from Tomales Bay Oyster Co. in Marin County are highly coveted by shellfish lovers across California (and beyond). The oysters are hard to come by outside of the Bay Area, but if you’re anywhere in the vicinity of the Marshall Store, owned by the same family — located a few miles north of their oyster farm on Highway 1 — it is a must-stop destination.
8 favorite birria and barbacoa tacos to try from the 101 Best Tacos guide

4 weeks ago | latimes.com | Bill Addison |Stephanie Breijo |Danielle Dorsey |Betty Hallock |Jenn Harris |Daniel Hernandez

Birria queso taco at Saucy Chick Goat Mafia East Pasadena Goat birria Dine In $ Juan Garcia and his family have origins in Jalisco, the birthplace of birria. There, making the long-simmered dish with goat is all but law.
Best restaurants for weekend brunch in Los Angeles

1 month ago | latimes.com | Stephanie Breijo |Danielle Dorsey |Jenn Harris |Betty Hallock |Daniel Hernandez |Laurie Ochoa

32 of the best weekend brunch spots in L.A.Brunch is a no-holds-barred meal for maximalists. Mimosas aren’t just customary, they’re poured endlessly. Bloody Marys and micheladas serve as appetizers, garnished with celery stalks, bacon, stuffed olives or shrimp. French toast, frittatas and benedicts share menu space with seafood towers, stacked sandwiches and caviar service.
The best cookbooks of spring 2025, according to L.A. Times food writers

1 month ago | latimes.com | Jenn Harris |Betty Hallock |Danielle Dorsey |Stephanie Breijo |Bill Addison

New cookbooks are a bright spot in spring, and this year’s crop is a bumper one. One emerging theme is: Go easy on yourself. Among this season’s favorite books, Los Angeles writers and chefs especially — including Nicole Rucker of Fat + Flour, Ari Kolender of Found Oyster and Queen St. Raw Bar & Grill, Kogi’s Roy Choi and Becca Millstein of tinned fish company Fishwife — set out to make things a little simpler, boosting our kitchen confidence along the way.
The chef who wooed L.A. with a million oysters perfects laid-back seafood

1 month ago | latimes.com | Betty Hallock

Ari Kolender, the chef behind Found Oyster and Queen St., has a new cookbook: “How to Cook the Finest Things in the Sea.”Try three easy recipes from his book. You’ll be making scallop tostadas and mackerel tartare all summer long. Ari Kolender, chef and co-owner of two of L.A.’s most popular seafood restaurants, didn’t grow up in a household that cooked a lot of fish or shellfish because his grandfather kept kosher.
Best carne asada tacos in Los Angeles from 101 Best Tacos guide

1 month ago | latimes.com | Bill Addison |Cindy Carcamo |Danielle Dorsey |Betty Hallock |Sarah Mosqueda

11 carne asada tacos to try from the 101 Best Tacos guideLos Angeles is the land of tacos. We grab them from copper cazos as the sun rises, duck out for lunch breaks to stand in line at taco trucks and end our nights at sidewalk taquerias. It’s why the Food team spent several months rounding up 101 of the best tacos across the region last year. Everyone has a go-to taco order, whether it’s spit-shaved al pastor, juicy carnitas or fried shrimp tacos.
Want to bake without eggs? All you might need is a banana

2 months ago | latimes.com | Betty Hallock

Following egg news this week has been a roller coaster. Because of persistent high prices, a third of Americans aren’t buying eggs, according to one marketing study. And even though avian flu cases might have decreased, any effect (like lower prices) isn’t yet reflected at stores or could be wiped out by tariffs. Egg prices hit a 10-year high in February, but President Trump claimed they’re coming down, while others say they’re about to go even higher. Why are we obsessed with the price of eggs?
Cafe 2001's Japanese potato salad goes green with spring peas

2 months ago | latimes.com | Betty Hallock

Yoshoku — the category of Japanese versions of American and European dishes — has its roots in 19th century Tokyo, when internationalism was the cultural currency of the Meiji era. By 1900, tonkatsu pork cutlet (progenitor of the katsu sando) had been invented at a restaurant called Rengatei in the ultra-modern Ginza district, which also gave rise to omurice (a phonetic portmanteau of omelet and rice).