Cat Vasko
Professional word nerd, amateur francophile, home cook, carbohydrate enthusiast and person who is obnoxious about yoga.
They say food trends are cyclical. Think any of the dishes below are likely to become popular again?
In these photos, the city's farmers' markets can be seen evolving over the past century, with many growing from small clusters of trucks or buildings into the grand enterprises they are today.
In the movie "Swingers," Jon Favreau's character famously observes that all the cool places in L.A. don't have signs, so that telling someone you've been to one is like bragging that you were able to find it. But that wasn't always the case.
In 1939, Fortune magazine asked Ansel Adams to get some photos of the burgeoning aviation industry in L.A. Like any good photographer, however, Adams found his attention wandering,
L.A.'s dining and nightlife have always attracted the fashionable set, though the fashions have changed considerably over the years.
Bringing the flavors of Mexico's varied regions to American palates was something of a challenge in the twentieth century,
L.A. has never had any shortage of venues for the art of cooking--and, if the number of pictures taken of kitchen interiors over the years are any indication, fascination with the culinary arts is nothing new to us.
From strikes by supermarket workers to Cesar Chavez and the UFW, here are eight photos depicting L.A. food protests over the decades.
These snapshots of grocery stores in the last century are a great look into Southern California history.
Are chia seeds the cure-all we seem to think they are? And where do they come from?
L.A.'s always boasted a unique dining scene, but novelty restaurants were once a particular specialty of our fair city.
These photos from L.A. over the years show restaurant workers sporting some serious finery -- the headgear tends to be particularly amazing.