Better Booze
In an age of celebrity mixologists, it's daunting to host a party with cocktails. But it can be done, and more easily than you'd think! Serve eco-friendly, delicious drinks when you use these tips...
Healthy Tips
The Best Sprouting Kits for Beginners
Sprouting: It’s not just for hippies and raw foodists anymore. Growing your own sprouts is an easy sustainable way to enjoy these nutritional powerhouses. Here's how...
In the News
Weekly Round Up 5.11.12
Here are some of the best food stories we came across this week: New Locavore Index Rates Top States, Study Predicts 42% of Nation Will be Obese by 2030, and more. Read more »
Restaurant Review
This Border Grill is a meal on wheels serving breakfast burritos, gourmet tacos, cones, quesadillas, salads, and coffee. Full Review »
Healthy Tips
The Best of Spring's Super Greens
Farmers markets across the country are bursting with artichokes, asparagus, arugula, watercress and spring onions. These vegetables cleanse and prepare our bodies for warmer temperatures.
Where to Eat
M Cafè's Menu Gets a Makeover
At M Cafè, a popular European-style eatery serving macrobiotic cuisine, the hearty comfort foods of winter have been shed for a new detoxifying spring menu.
Restaurant Review
Part of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch Program, Border Grill only serves sustainable seafood, using lesser known fish like Arctic Char, Barramundi instead of swordfish and most species of tuna that release mercury into the environment. Full Review »
Things We Love
From Slaughterhouse to Sustainable Sanctuary: Chicago's The Plant
There are a few ways Chicago's The Plant describes itself: part vertical farm, part research and education space, part food business incubator. Also in its description? Former meatpacking plant.
In the News
Weekly Round Up, 5.4.12
Here are some of the best food stories we came across this week: Greenpeace Releases Its Fish Counter Scorecard, USDA Ending E. coli Testing for Produce, and more. Read more »
Restaurant Review
Compartes Chocolatier
This greenopia certified gourmet chocolatier has been serving Angelinos for over 60 years. Full Review »
Things to Do
Walk This Way: Vegan Food Tours for Everyone
Urban Food Crawl has been thriving as LA’s only vegan food tour, introducing tourists and locals to vegan-friendly fare. They chatted with Clean Plates about LA’s vegan scene and their one-of-a-kind crawl. Read more »
Things to Do
Post & Beam Restaurant Launches Community Gardening Club
For hungry Angelenos, there's a way to turn dreams of organic edible gardens into reality: Brush up on your gardening skills with chef Govind Armstrong and Master Gardener Geri Miller at Post & Beam.
Restaurant Review
We followed our hearts to Canoga Park for this unique market and vegetarian restaurant. Full Review »
Things We Love
Vigilant Eats Gets Vigilante with Oatmeal
Rise and shine! Whether it’s a healthy breakfast you’re in search of or just a wholesome snack, Vigilant Eats Superfood Oat-Based Cereal is fueling the food revolution in more ways than one. Read more »
In the News
It's Getting Real at the Whole Foods Fish Counter: No More Red-Label Seafood
In celebration of Earth Day, Whole Foods Market made a big change at the fish counter: The stores no longer sell seafood with red warning labels, as part of their commitment to ocean-friendly seafood. Read more »
Restaurant Review
Young 20-somethings fill this club-like lounge, dancing, drinking, and nibbling on lite bites of Asian-fusion fare like Dragon Rolls, Miso Bronzed Black Cod, Himachi Crudo with sliced jalapeno, citrus and truffle sauce. Full Review »
In the News
Weekly Round Up 4.27.12
Here are some of the best food stories we came across this week: Dow's GMO "Agent Orange Corn" Seeks USDA Approval, Mad Cow Disease Found in California Dairy Cow and more. Read more »
The People Behind the Food
Interview with Ann Gentry: This Vegan Chef Keeps it Real
Ann Gentry, founder of LA's iconic organic vegan restaurant, Real Food Daily, dishes about the decision to give up meat, the importance of sustainable farming and what it's like to be a vegan on the road.
Recipes
Positively Delicious Gluten-Free Carrot Cake
Contributor Nick Oddo shared his delicious Gluten-Free Carrot Cake recipe: Serve it simple and unadorned or with a quick vanilla whipped cream frosting. Either way, the greatest ingredients are love and positive energy.
Things to Do
Back to School: LA Cooking Classes
Whether you're looking to brush up on your knife skills or learn a new healthy dish, a cooking class is the perfect excuse. From gluten-free Indian feasts to grilled vegetable salads, here are some unique classes. Read more »
In the News
Weekly Round Up 4.20.12
Here are some of the best food stories we came across this week: Starbucks Vows to Stop Using Dye Made from Beetles, Returning Veterans Learn to be Organic Farmers and more. Read more »
Where to Eat
Delectable Earth Day Eats in Los Angeles
Here are some Clean Plates-approved eateries that stand out in their dedication to Mother Earth — from on-site gardens to composting kitchens, these restaurants give her the respect she deserves.
The People Behind the Food
Interview with Seasonal Chef Andrew Kirschner
Andrew Kirschner of Next Iron Chef fame finally built his dream restaurant, Tar & Roses, in Santa Monica. We chat with him about sustainable sourcing, his L.A. roots and recent obsession with wood-fired ovens.
Things to Do
Sotto's Nose-to-Tail Lamb Easter Dinner
Enjoy a Southern Italian Pasqua (Easter) feast at Sotto this Sunday, utilizing oft-neglected parts of the traditional lamb.
In the News
Farmscape Transforms City Spaces into Organic Gardens
Imagine the ultimate, local, organic tomatoes — the ones rich in lycopene and antioxidants, that taste like sunshine. Now imagine you picked those tomatoes in your own yard. Before you protest that gardening isn't your thing — let me tell … Read more »