Category: Food

She's even modifying some recipes for favorite Caribbean dishes, using less salt and fat; bonus discovered when she learns her new routine can help cut cancer risks.

Fil-Am priest sees cooking as a way to keep families together; he sees his cookbooks and web show as a movement.

The food they bring makes big difference in the lives of woman who line up for care packages.

Quesillo is popular and unpasteurized — and that's wreaking havoc for store owners and restaurateurs in the immigration community.

Ayala Foundation's 2nd Annual 'Dining With the Chefs' will give attendees the 5-star treatment, spotlight Fil-Am talent in the kitchen, and raise funds for underprivileged children in the Philippines.

Immigration opponents might want to seal the border, but a recent promotion by a co-op of family owned dairy farms in New England shows that they'll have a hard time taking tortillas off the table.

A mixture of deli, supermarket, pastry shop and restaurant, Mercado Buenos Aires transforms Van Nuys into a barrio of Argentina's capital, where customers can find good food, pastries, cold cuts and yerba maté for reasonable prices.

Chef Cecilia de Castro is a kitchen sage who has been a key member of Wolfgang Puck's team for 30 years.

A wave of Baby Boomers are nearing retirement and the Medicare system, including the added troubles that come with extra weight.

Moles la Tía Restaurant from East Los Angeles competed against the best Oaxacan restaurants in the area.

Jean-Marie Monfort Hebert Georges Fils Laguerre — also known as Tigeorges — says the beans he imports from Haiti make the "best coffee in the world." He's willing to give customers at his Glendale Boulevard restaurant a free sample from a barrel of the beans to prove his point, one of the many ways he blends Haitian culture into his business.

The Manila-born entrepreneur still had to take a leap of faith to become a phenomenon of viral marketing.

Students at the non-profit's inner-city charter school decide to make a difference by combining president's "Call to Service" with science lessons and their own observations on homelessness.

There are still plenty of options for three square meals a day in one of the America's hardest-pressed neighborhoods.

Islanders add their spicy culinary heritage to the melting pot in South Los Angeles.

Study indicates links to esophageal cancer; researcher says healthcare professional on college campuses should be aware.

Small restaurants at Mercado La Paloma are exempt from state law requiring nutritional data for menu items, but they volunteer as part of development's community focus.

Continual rise in tortilla sales over sandwich breads is signaling a change in our country.

Diners can capitalize on freebies and 'twofers' as restaurants battle recession.

Traditional culinary favorites among ethnic communities like tilapia and catfish are healthy foods that help prevent heart disease.

Achiote seeds are one of many ingredients in the marinade, just to give you an idea about how Rosalie's Caribbean Cuisines plans to hold its ground in Inglewood.

A Oaxacan restaurant in South Los Angeles gets ahead of state laws and gives customers traditional dishes with a healthful twist.

Jeff Henderson has hit it big as a celebrity chef, a long way from his time as a drug dealer. He keeps in touch with his roots through a new show on the Food Network, where he teaches at-risk kids what it takes to make a living without risking jail.

It's hard to believe that this happened just a few months ago--and in Echo Park. Yet that's where rows of grape vines curved around a sunny slope as pickers wearing wide-brimmed hats carefully plucked bunches of the dark, juicy fruit.

Santa tunes to a more upbeat reggae-Christmas carol by the time he and his reindeers have reached the West Indies. Many Caribbean Americans in Los Angeles reminisce their Christmas in the tropics by sharing the traditional fares such as Sorrel drinks and fruitcakes.