Laurie Ochoa

Looking forward to meeting ⁦@hedleybennett⁩’s Ellen Marie Bennett (yes, I own 1 of her aprons), who is signing her book Dreams First Details Later fm 11 to 1 at our ⁦@latimesfood⁩ x #NowServing booth No. 410 at ⁦@latimesfob⁩ inside USC. https://t.co/NaQoOpujWv

What is the value of a cookbook now? “A cookbook is like a love story,” @moustacheyogurt #Yogurt&Whey’s Homa Dashtaki at @latimesfood x @nowservingla@latimesfob booth. “People have been writing love stories since the beginning of time but we still crave them, we still want them.” https://t.co/vFEgwOtuYX

Come by our ⁦@latimesfood⁩ x #nowservingla booth at ⁦@latimesfob⁩! Catherine McCord (⁦@weelicious⁩) is here signing Magic Meal Prep. More info: https://t.co/eotBf4efPy https://t.co/pGDnMWZBFf

“Her fine clothes are disheveled, suggesting that her overindulgence has jeopardized her virtue...” Maggie Bell, @NortonSimon asst curator on #JanSteen's Wine Is a Mocker at preview of new "All Consuming" exhibition. https://t.co/0hPyqX4CGh

“Wiggle-woggle” ... the proper term for doneness when making @juliaturner's family potato dumplings, aka kartoffelklösse.

Julia Turner @juliaturner

Every year we make potato balls. And every year, we fight about it. Thanks to @Laurie_Ochoa for asking me to write about my favorite holiday tradition, and to @latimesfood for testing the recipe so you can try these arduous but excellent delights. https://t.co/N3A3ryEPcA

I was one of those #WhiteLotus viewers yelling at the screen every time a character had yet another meal at the same hotel restaurant. Then I saw the menu for the real #Michelin-starred hotel restaurant where the show was made ... https://t.co/mikkkCOaqJ

The @latimes #101best restaurants list began 10 years ago. It was unranked just 3 times: 2018, the year Jonathan Gold died & pandemic 2020 & '21. With restaurants still in recovery but serving incredible food, rankings are back. Big thanks to @BillAddison https://t.co/jThQZhZCyw

"My enslaved ancestors, before they were brought here...cooked what they grew...cooked what was around them...cooked what they caught, they cooked what was in season." I talked w/Alta Adams chef Keith Corbin about why California Soul cuisine makes sense https://t.co/qzwM7Xrpa1

RT @meridak: Raise your hands in the air for this dude. @longdrivesouth wins first-ever cultural criticism award @PressClubDC and now is le…

"He had no previous professional cooking experience, but...tapped into an immediate audience [w/] pliable crusts, over which tomato sauce...mozzarella and pecorino Romano baked into a beautiful mottle." @BillAddison on his No. 1 of LA's 10 best new pizzas. https://t.co/qM7yOo5vUb

An @latimes taste-off between Trader Joe's Jamaican patties and the ones at @SWholesomeLA, which has been serving the pies since the 1980s. @Jenn_Harris_ has the details: https://t.co/qVNqw6B7S4

Congrats @YCabreraOC!

Yvette Cabrera @YCabreraOC

So grateful to have learned from some of the greats at @LatinoJournosCA, including the late Frank del Olmo & George Ramos, as well as @Luz_producer @Laurie_Ochoa, Frank Cruz, @abc7sid & @Island34EH 🙏🏼 They’ve helped shape the leader I am today 💗#MoreLatinosInNews

"We only made up for $800 worth of the $3,000 of normal market take.” Bub and Grandma's Andy Kadin on what the bakery lost after a guy with a gun and defenestration issues caused @TheHFM to shut down last week. @breijOR_THEY's @latimes report: https://t.co/cX668rvVU0

I know @YCabreraOC will be a huge asset to @NAHJ as its president. She was a potent force as president and board member of @LatinoJournosCA and has an ambitious vision for advancing the visibility of Latino journalists while paving the way for the next generation.

Yvette Cabrera @YCabreraOC

📢 @NAHJ nation: I'm running to serve as your next president & I'm going to give it my all. W/our new strategic plan as the guide for my presidency, I'll tackle the goals we've set: increasing member engagement, building a leadership pipeline & advocating more vociferously 4 U https://t.co/j36r2HCNRg

Was this tamale standoff an example of a white lady trying to tell Mexicans how to cook their own food? Or were the young male cooks too dismissive of a woman who spent years traveling Mexico's regions & knew there was more than 1 way to make a tamale? https://t.co/tHZLo2DFGU

“I always say, ‘Man created the recipe for Ethiopian food,’ because no woman would cook all these days for one dish.” Genet Agonafer on her uncompromising process for doro wat. Just one reason she is this year's @latimes / @lafoodbowl #GoldAward winner. https://t.co/zCl4FgjHgZ

I've been in Italy. Not surprisingly, I ate very well. 2 highlights in today's @latimesfood cooking newsletter: a generous un-recipe dinner at author Faith Willinger's Florence home, plus giant garlic confit by @OsteriaMozza's Liz Hong & Nancy Silverton. https://t.co/kV7R7k9G0V