Step right up! Ladies and germs, Michael’s Kitchen in the Newport Beachside Hotel and Resort is now open for show business.

Enter the big top by Acropolis Design, where ringmaster/chef Michael Blum announces “the cure for boring food” and tips ...

Dear Of-the-Month Clubs:

Jelly? Really? Are there really that many people jonesing for spreadable fruit? Why not massages? Or hot dates?

If you must keep with the food theme, however, we prefer the new monthly cupcake delivery service by Grapevine ...

In China, burping at the table is considered a compliment to the chef.

But in the States, pick up the wrong fork and you might be the one skewered.

If you believe the well-mannered children are our future, send them ...

We know you secretly yearn to be a Bollywood star, so in honor of Diwali, the Indian New Year, cook up a batch of Ishq’s pakoras: They’re sure to have you singing through the hills. For three hours.

Pakoras

There are certain monikers that just don’t lend themselves to nicknames (Ophelia, Hortense).

And then there are those that downright scream for them, like Dolores (yeah, we know, rhymes with a female body part). Restaurateur Carlos Galan discovered that fact ...

A frostbitten English muffin and handful of stale cashews for dinner. A can of tomato soup you meant to donate to the Thanksgiving food drive (last year) for lunch.

It’s not that times are Grapes-of-Wrath tough; you just can’t get ...

Remember those to-die-for goat cheese and kumquat tartlets you made for last month’s dinner party?

Yeah, neither does anyone else. You had the best intentions (which were replaced by frozen Costco spinach pies), but, hey, intentions don’t put pastries in ...