Recipes

An empty tomb.Bruno van der Kraan, Unsplash A church leader suggested Latter-day Saints might consider adopting Christ-centered traditions into their Easter worship that recognize Palm Sunday and Good Friday During the 193rd Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints last week, Elder Gary E. Stevenson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles quoted celebrated New Testament scholar N.T. Wright, who said, “We should be taking steps to celebrate Easter in creative new ways: in art, literature, children’s games, poetry, music, dance, festivals. ... This is our greatest festival.” Wright, who shared those words in “Surprised...

Table at Third & Fairfax is a weekly dining column in 2023 where Food and Drink editor Patricia Kelly Yeo will eat her way through the Original Farmers Market. Each column will drop on Thursday for a week-by-week recap of her journey through the classic L.A. tourist attraction. Last week, Kelly tried Friends & Family Pizza Co, which just landed on this month's best new restaurant list. From the moment it opens, the lines never seem to stop at Pampas Grill (est. 2001), the cafeteria-style churrascaria at the Original Farmers Market. Many years ago, I visited their standalone location in...

If you get lost in the wilderness and are trying to survive or make your way out, one thing you do not want to do is to become prey for a hungry and wild – even if your name is Bear.  Over the years, Bear Grylls has had his fair share of encounters with dangerous animals. This has included wolves – which are found in wilderness and remote areas in North America and in more than 28 countries in Europe, as well as in Russia and Asia (they are endangered in some countries and in National Parks). Wolves live and...

Picture this: A Wyoming mountain lion spies an unsuspecting deer as it wanders through a dense patch of forest in Yellowstone National Park. This particular area is perfect for the cat’s preferred method of hunting: surprise attacks. When the deer is most vulnerable, this deadly feline leaps onto the deer’s back and delivers a lethal bite to the neck. Then, the cougar eats its fill. But it’s a solitary predator — it can’t consume an entire deer in one day. Much of the carcass ends up in the bellies of smaller predators, and the rest of the remains sink into the...

Arista is a Tuscan roast pork loin with the ribs attached. It refers to the dish and the cut of pork. The story goes that in 1439, Greek and Roman bishops and cardinals met in Florence to discuss differences between the churches. Of course they were served the classic roast pork loin seasoned with rosemary, salt, and pepper. The Greeks were so amazed by the flavor, that they began to exclaim, "Aristos, aristos!" Arista means "the best" in Greek, and the name stuck. Although, many believe the dish dates further back to the Renaissance.  If you've never made this cut...