When one of my local favorites, Hereâs Looking At You, closed its Koreatown doors early in the pandemic, it seemed like my entire neighborhood was mourning the loss of its inventive cocktails and spicy, polycultural small plates. The one bright spot: Their sister restaurant, the All Day Baby diner in Silver Lake, was open. But just barely. With the perseverance of owners, the notoriously friendly managing partner Lien Ta, chef Jonathan Whitener, and pastry chef Thessa Diademâwho makes the best biscuits in townâthey stuck it out, through pop-up bake sales and takeout brought to the curb and placed carefully in your backseat. One highlight of our work-and-school from home year has been an occasional fried chicken sandwich lunch for four. (Warning: The menu is indulgent. Itâs called âAll Day Babyâ not âEvery Day Baby.â) Now that the world is slowly opening again, weâre looking forward to breakfast on the patio ASAP.Â
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Meghan Rostovsky and her Providence Design Group partners share a shopping list to turn an unused garage into a stylish outdoor living area. Christine Lennon – April 7, 2021
Interior designer Meghan Rostovsky, one of three partners in the Providence Design Group collective in Los Angeles, was faced with a familiar two-part challenge at her own quaint cottage in the Windsor Square neighborhood of Los Angeles: How do you A.) Maximize a small-footprint house for a growing family of four and B.) Organize your home to spend as much time outdoors as possible. Her solution was to turn a garage space into an outdoor living room with all of the comfortable touches of a timeless, well-loved home.
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Sunset, most of us like to kick-start our mornings with a jolt of java or tea. But we all face the bleary morning a little differently. Itâs Best of the West, home barista-style. Sunset Staff – April 6, 2021
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Welcoming the AeroPress into My Life
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When you talk about morning coffee rituals with a married person, youâll likely get an answer thatâs loaded with insight into their relationship. Recently, my husband brought home a plastic Aeropress and to say I wasnât happy about it would be an understatement. It illustrates the push and pull of form and function in our household perfectly. He wanted it because of the 13,000+ five-star reviews that proclaim it makes an amazing cup of coffee with zero waste. I didnât want it because itâs hideous, and a one-cup-at-a-time coff
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The west is a big, big place, and every week our staff is all over it, digging up the best takeouts spots, beaches and trails, artisans, services, and well, phenomena that make the region so vibrant. This is Best of the West, spring cleaning edition. Sunset Staff – March 16, 2021 | Updated March 18, 2021
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Humble & Grand Brushes
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My intentions to live a plastic-light life run into serious problems in the kitchen. Over the last year, since bulk bins in California have been off limits and grocery store runs feel like mad dashes through minefields, I have (sadly) let my usual habits of carefully considering more sustainable options slide a little. One place where Iâve been able to pick up the slack is with cleaning productsânot just using glass cleaner and counter spray from concentrateâbut with the t