Deep End Dining

07/28/2026

Ted's BACK, baby!

From executive producers Bill Lawrence and Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lass...

07/27/2026

Enchirito during the Taco Bell lettuce scare is Deep End Dining!

07/24/2026

Oxtail was once considered trash food that fed slaves and the poor. Today it can cost upwards of $20 a pound. And most of that is BONE! Oxtail is tough meat wrapped around bone and cartilage. Braising is the main method of cooking. This tenderizes the meat and softens the cartilage. Assertive seasonings flavor the oxtail. The braising sauce is thickened by the cartilage creating a luscious texture. The best tail you’ll ever taste.

07/24/2026

The popcorn bucket craze is getting crazy lucrative

Once, a tub of popcorn was just a tub of popcorn. Now, ‘collectible concession vessels’ could make one chain more than $100 million.

07/09/2026

My dinner at ALTO in Studio City was truly unique. The rustic atmosphere belies the elevated cuisine and its modern twist on Rioplatense culture. The food is a representation of Uruguayan and Argentinian cuisines as interpreted by talented chefs Esteban Klenzi (Argentina) and Juana Castellanos (Uruguay). Together they bring a type of dining experience that perfectly fits in with the glorious diversity of cuisines available in Los Angeles. Both inventive and approachable, ALTO is a special place when you’re feeling adventurous and craving something deliciously different.

06/08/2026

A cherished childhood memory #1:

Me: (excited) Ma! Look what I made for you at school!

Ma: (in Chinese) What is it?

Me: An ashtray. I made it. You use it for smoking!

Ma: (in English) I don’t smoke!

Me: When you do, then you can use it.

Ma: Never! Smoking is bad! Make you die! Hmmm, maybe we put sauce inside for dipping dumpling.

She closely examines the indentations on the ashtray for holding ci******es.

Ma: Yes, chopsticks can put here.

Me: Chopsticks?

Ma: Ask your teacher can you make 5 more. Say your whole family smoke!

And that’s how our family started using ashtrays whenever we had dumplings at a meal.

05/25/2026

Did anyone here stand on the street and hold hands with another person while singing “Hands Across America” exactly 40 years ago today? I did!

05/22/2026

Classic pot roast with a Chinese accent.