Osteria Mozza

Angelini Osteria is almost everyone's favorite Italian restaurant in midtown: an informal room with well-designed trattoria cooking, a place to settle into for a plate of bombolotti or a Sunday saltimbocca, where whatever diet you happen to be on at the...

The James Beard Foundation Awards -- the Academy Awards of the food world -- were distributed Monday night in New York, and it was a victory for women but a shutout for Southern California. The winner for outstanding chef, the last award in a long,...

Chef Yoshihiro Narisawa's Tokyo establishment Narisawa sits at the top spot in the inaugural list of Asia's 50 Best Restaurants, announced recently in Singapore. The World's 50 Best Asia is published by the World's 50 Best Restaurants awards. Nihonryori...

Are weeks gray without a sliver of Tuscan lardo? Do you crave coppa made from Cinta Senese pigs? Have you ever considered attaching a gold chain to a whole prosciutto in an attempt to persuade a customs inspector that it was a kicky Fendi bag? You may...

Call me old-fashioned, but I am not a fan of the current trend wherein bacon, avocado and other ingredients normally considered staples of savory cooking are used to make desserts, instead of, say, a BLT. The only exception to this rule, and it's an...

The first time you visit Chi Spacca, you are probably going to want the bistecca fiorentina, a sizzling cliff of meat that weighs in at a stunning 42 ounces, all salt and char and dripping red flesh, rising from the plate in a spectacle that seems...

Via Nowness.com, I came across a beautiful little (three-minute-plus) film about Chi Spacca, ("cleaver") the new Mario Batali et al restaurant next door to Osteria Mozza on Melrose Avenue. If you haven't been, go. This is a restaurant where Chad Colby,...

David Rosoff has held the position of general manager at Osteria Mozza since the Los Angeles restaurant opened seven years ago. It doesn’t seem like it could possibly be that long, does it? I'm sure it feels like it to Rosoff. But he isn’t...

Some people despise Los Angeles. Others have a love-hate relationship. And then there's Justin Chart, 53, who loves his native city with all his aching heart. Nearly a year ago, Chart took his daughter to the Griffith Observatory, and they enjoyed a...

The inimitable Zagat has just released its 2013 "30 Under 30" awards, honoring the top young culinary talents in the Los Angeles area.  The 30 honorees were feted Monday night at a cocktail party at the Emerson Theatre with Zagat founders Tim and Nina...

The other day, after a marathon amaro tasting at Osteria Mozza, I stepped over to the new Chi Spacca (6610 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, (323) 297-1133, www.chispacca.com) next door in Mozza’s old Scuola di Pizza space for dinner. That’s the same...

I remember my first encounter with amaro, the Italian bitter liqueur. It was the first time I went to Italy and had overindulged the night before. "Drink it. You'll feel better," my Italian friends urged, handing me a glass of Fernet Branca for its...