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Food & drink

Superfine Playa, Dina and chef Steve Samson's Playa Vista restaurant, will close on December 31, 2025; the restaurant confirmed the closure in a statement to Eater. This week's announcement is the latest closure in a year where a staggering number of prominent restaurants have ceased operations throughout the Southland. The couple's remaining restaurant, Rossoblu, will continue operations and serve Superfine Pizza on Sundays.

New York's tinned fish moment just got a very chic upgrade. Seirēn, a new conservas and cocktail bar dedicated entirely to the Iberian art of preserved seafood, opens today in Chelsea. But unlike the many spots that ignore the whole shimmering, briny universe by tucking a few sardines onto a board and calling it a day, this one is going all in.

Our restaurant critic Bill Addison teamed up with longtime columnist Jenn Harris again this year to spread out and sample hundreds of different dining establishments - in addition to crucial return visits - to determine a range of 101 restaurants that exemplify everything we love about dining in Southern California. Read the entire guide below, plus our writers' favorite places to sip tea, coffee or cocktails, and the updated Hall of Fame list.

Many of these distilleries and their tasting rooms are set in pristine outdoor locations, and several also take advantage of the surrounding nature, using locally-sourced grain, snow melt or aquifer water, and endemic botanicals to celebrate local mountain life and the great outdoors. Pair a dram with soaring views and chic slope-side fashion, and aprés-ski in a mountain tasting room is more fun than a happy hour anywhere else. Below, our 10 favorite ski town distilleries in North America.

Mondelez said Tuesday that Oreo Zero Sugar and Oreo Double Stuf Zero Sugar will go on sale in the U.S. in January. They're a permanent addition to the company's Oreo lineup.It's the first time Mondelez has sold sugar-free Oreos in the U.S. They're already sold in Europe and China, the company said.Mondelez said consumers are increasingly seeking what it calls "mindful indulgence," and the new Oreos will fill an existing gap in the market for sugar-free sandwich cookies.

A 1kg ham costs about €8.13, and vegetables like potatoes, carrots, parsnips and sprouts have all increased too, according to Switcher.ie. Festive treats have had some of the biggest increases, a Christmas pudding now averages €7.16, up 26pc. Two ­boxes of mince pies cost about €7.65, while two boxes of Roses chocolates come in at €13, up 30pc from last year, it said.

Among New York City's fine-dining scene, L'Abeille is chef Mitsunobu Nagae's Michelin-starred playground, where he and the team experiment with French and Japanese ingredients and techniques to elegant results. The space is the definition of quiet luxury: stunning yet understated, stunning with velvet chairs and booths but no white tablecloths. It makes sense that director Celine Song filmed a scene for Materialists here, suitable for big-deal occasions, friend hangs, and family meals.

Arguably one of the most enticing on-screen moments in the series is when Marcus nails that chocolate layer cake in Season One. But, behind the scenes, Lionel Boyce (the actor who portrays Marcus) didn't bake the cake. It was crafted by Sarah Mispagel-Lustbader, co-owner of local Chicago sandwich shop Loaf Lounge. Mispagel-Lustbader acts as "The Bear's" pastry consultant, and even helped Boyce hone his cake-frosting skills for the close-up piping shots.

But very oddly, these bagels have the bottom fourth of the bagel cut away and discarded, in a way that I doubt that any human being has ever eaten a bagel, ever. Moreover, one of the shmears is labeled as Pink Label, which is an existing Boichik product, but one that looks nothing like what is depicted below. That's because what is depicted above is a completely fake AI-generated image.

Scheduled to open Tuesday, December 9, Bar Tutto is the newest spot from chef Joe Flamm of Day Off Group, the team behind nearby restaurants Rose Mary, BLVD Steakhouse, and Il Carciofo. Located in Fulton Market on the ground floor of a new high-rise apartment building, the restaurant's ethos is reflected in its name; "Tutto" means "all" in Italian and speaks to the restaurant's all-day approach, inclusive attitude, and the country that inspired it.

Kula Jay's Ube Kafe held a soft opening on Nov. 15, bringing its pop-up business to life in an existing food business known as Gerly's Ice Cream, which was temporarily closed for the season and whose owner allowed Kula Jay's to use the space through spring 2026. According to photos and videos online, the business had already garnered lines out the door for its menu of lattes and sweet treats utilizing the ingredient ube, a purple yam native to the Philippines.

Quesadillas appear on countless menus, from taco trucks' whiteboards to drive-through screens. All kinds of restaurants have gotten in on the act, with fast food joints, sports bars, and casual Mexican spots all serving filled-and-folded tortillas. Restaurant chain quesadillas are a dime a dozen, and it's highly likely you've bitten into one that's too waxy, too soggy, or lacking in flavor. With such a simple recipe, every element of the quesadilla is critical.

Dubai has AT.MOSPHERE on the 122nd floor of the Burj Khalifa, London has Ting on level 35 of The Shard, New York has One Dine on the 101st floor of Manhattan's One World Observatory and, while we're not exactly clipping the clouds just yet, Dublin now has its tallest restaurant - Díon on the 10th floor of the Sam Stephenson designed former Central Bank on Dame Street.

With over 300 locations in America, Dave's Hot Chicken sells its namesake dish - Southern-style fried chicken tossed in various spicy sauces - as well as milkshakes, fries, and chicken sliders. In an official press release, Yelp revealed that 71% of user reviews for Dave's Hot Chicken locations ranked the brand at four or five stars.

First, let us remind you what Whataburger's Monterey Melt includes. At its core are still the same two juicy beef patties, but it's the toppings that make the burger memorable. Slices of American and Monterey Jack cheese add a tangy richness. Then, a blend of onions, red bell peppers, and poblano peppers layer in smoky sweetness and subtle heat. These ingredients are tied together by the chain's signature jalapeño ranch dressing for a delectably creamy twist.

When Brooklyn barbecue mainstay Fette Sau opened in a former auto garage in 2007, it drew immediate crowds: Customers in skinny jeans and thick-rimmed glasses lined up along Metropolitan Avenue for a chance to sit cheek-to-jowl on communal wooden benches and devour juicy pulled pork, sugary ribs, peppery pastrami, and slabs of fat-backed brisket cut to order with a rotating assortment of sides and high-caliber American whiskey.

They call it an "Eatucation" and they are spot on - the Berlin Food Week is back is the place to be for foodies, hospitality professionals, creators, etc. to network, learn, and well, eat! Presenting their 11th Berlin Food Week, and an extensive program of new perspectives, don't miss out on Germany's most creative food festival this week, which runs until October 12th.

"We train our students. They're in the kitchen, they're learning all things within a very short amount of time. It's an intensive program and then we work to place them afterward," said Sherri Francois, the executive director of the SoLa Foundation, a nonprofit that works to empower underprivileged residents of Los Angeles with workforce development training. The foundation opened the cafe and culinary training program at its campus dubbed The Beehive at 1000 E. 60th St.

Functional snacks are foods with purpose. Probiotics for gut health. Protein for muscle support. Stress comforting agents. They are popular with busy people. Athletes depend on them. Parents grab them on the go. Students feed on them when studying. People turn to them to help with stress, many choosing TRE House THC Gummies. Functional snacks deliver targeted health benefits using purposeful ingredients: probiotics for digestive health, plant-based proteins for sustained energy, and stress-reducing adaptogens.

Dining out when you have any kind of dietary requirement can be complicated at the best of times, but even more so at fast food restaurants. Being able to produce a consistent product across all outlets relies heavily on processes and ingredients that wouldn't be used in home cooking, which is how you end up with mashed potatoes that aren't vegetarian.

The cost of chocolate has increased sharply as cocoa prices have soared after poor harvests in the key growing regions of Ghana and Ivory Coast over the past three years, amid extreme temperatures and unusual rainfall patterns driven by the climate crisis. The added cost has prompted manufacturers to use a number of tactics, from making bars and biscuits smaller to reducing cocoa content in an effort to keep the prices paid by shoppers down.

Farmers markets in particular are a way of understanding the people who live in any given place. Not only the produce or products that are sold, but how fresh are they, and where are those products from? Are the majority locally sourced or imported? What are the vendors like that are selling them? Who is shopping there?

With the deluge of new Oreo flavors that hit the shelves every year, it's hard to imagine a type of Oreo we haven't seen. But there are ways to make a new cookie beyond just flavor. While many new Oreos come and go as limited edition releases, with most eventually joining the long list of discontinued Oreo flavors, every once in a while we get a variation that joins the core lineup.