Just four months into the job, and just days after he took that no-no Mother’s Day dip into contaminated Rock Creek Park, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke before Congress for the first time on Wednesday, May 14. During his testimony on the White House’s budget request, he was grilled from…
A kitchen fire ripped through the Herbivorous Butcher on Tuesday night, and the nation’s first vegan butcher shop sustained serious damage. No injuries were reported as firefighters arrived around 9 p.m. on Tuesday, May 13. The restaurant has closed as ownership assesses the damage with the intent of temporarily moving some production to St. Paul…
Casa Dani from chef Dani García is on track to finally debut inside the Westfield Century City in June 2025 after a three-year build. Originally opened inside New York City’s Citizens food hall in Midtown West in December 2021, Casa Dani earned a Michelin star but quietly closed earlier this year. The closure came due…
Smell that? It’s a flight of hot dogs sizzling on the grill — some Portillo’s brats, straight out of Vatican City (one can only pray). As far as Eater’s East Coast team is concerned, we’re in that fickle yet enchanting window where the weather wavers between balmy, bashful spring drizzles and the scorching, haul-out-the-grill-temps of…
Yesterday, Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen was among the protesters taken into police custody at a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing at which Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. answered questions about HHS spending, layoffs, and other changes. Video shows protesters leaping up from the benches with signs…
There’s no underselling how important olive trees are to Palestinian culture, nor the symbolism they hold as Israel continues to bombard Gaza and subject its people to famine. Olive trees “perform a pivotal role in the Zionist and the Palestinian national narratives,” wrote scholar Irus Braverman in 2009, with there being “strong identification between the…
In advance of the California Michelin Guide ceremony on June 25, 2025, the tire brand and culinary awards organization just added seven new Southern California restaurants to its guide, including three in Los Angeles. These new additions are eligible to receive a Michelin star or a Bib Gourmand designation at the Michelin Guide California ceremony…
In advance of the California Michelin Guide ceremony on June 25, 2025, in Sacramento, the tire brand and culinary awards organization just added seven new Southern California restaurants to its guide, including four in San Diego. These new additions are eligible to receive a Michelin star at the Michelin Guide California ceremony this summer or…
In the lead-up to the California Michelin Guide ceremony on Wednesday, June 25, the tire brand dropped its latest update to the guide, adding 13 new restaurants — including six Northern California establishments — to its list of esteemed places to eat. Among the local restaurants added: Korean restaurant Sungho in San Francisco; Ethel’s Fancy…
Your precious desserts deserve not just a plate, but a pedestal. I mean, are you really going to toil over the 22 steps it takes to make a prinsesstårta from scratch, only to place your marzipan masterpiece on an (often) unaccommodating, slightly curved plate? It wouldn’t be the end of the world, nor do I…
