Why Roy Choi Is Our State’s New Steve Jobs

California's Style of Fusion Created the Kogi Taco and the iPhone. But How Do We Keep It Going?

Californians have fallen in love with the recipes of L.A. chef Roy Choi, the man best known for creating the Korean barbecue taco.

But does California have a recipe to cook up more Roy Chois?

It’s an urgent question. Choi probably comes closer than any living Californian to embodying the skills needed by our state today. Like Steve Jobs, who could look at existing technologies and combine them to create something new and irresistible (and that you could hold in your hand), Choi has stitched together unlikely ingredients to create the iPhone …

Would Somebody Please Take Julia Child to Dinner?

She’s Risen From the Grave, She’s In L.A., and She’s Hungry. But Now She Needs To Find the Right Place to Eat.

Los Angeles used to be a place that offered decent steak, sometimes, and decent chili, maybe. Haute cuisine was not our forte. But we’ve gotten a lot better over the …