Richard Foss

Richard Foss is a culinary historian, author and museum consultant who has lectured around the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. He wrote the section on Croatian cuisine in the Encyclopedia of World Food Cultures and also contributed to the Oxford Companion to Sweets. He is working on his third book, which is about food in Spanish and Mexican colonial California from 1790 to 1846.

The Different South Asian Cuisine

Food fads are a strange and sometimes cruel phenomenon. Some cuisines go from obscure to wildly popular in almost no…

4 years ago

The Face on the Plate

A family tradition shows how to make a Mother’s Day special As May rolls around each year, I watch the…

4 years ago

Money For Nothing?

Dine Out LB patrons will be offered a food item that doesn’t exist Under normal circumstances, if you order something…

4 years ago

One Year, One Crisis, Two Restaurants

Two views of eateries coping with the pandemic, from a veteran and a newcomer James Brown sounds pensive as he…

5 years ago

La Bocca Felice Will Put a Smile on Your Face

The sign over the door at La Bocca Felice reads “Dove il mare incontra la terra,” where the sea meets…

5 years ago

The Impossible Task, The Unreasonable Demands

Restaurateurs and regulators are wary as dining returns to outdoor spaces For reasons that are inexplicable, California has outdoor dining…

5 years ago

Conrad’s Mexican Grill: Mexican and Peruvian Cuisine with a Vegan Menu

As much as you may dislike fast food places, there’s no denying that what they promise, they deliver.  A McDonald’s…

6 years ago

2018’s Five Great Meals in the Harbor Area

It’s the time of year that I look back at the year just passed — at its joys, trials and…

7 years ago

A Holiday Classic Drinks Story

It’s the time of year when people pull out their worn copies of Dickens, and if they’re paying attention they…

7 years ago

Drifting With a Purpose

A friend of mine used to work for a venture-capital firm, and part of his job were the initial interviews…

7 years ago