In Russian, we call eggplant spread “eggplant caviar” because real caviar is expensive and brilliant and eggplant caviar is cheap and brilliant. I’ve tried tons of recipes. Some were closer to ratatouille, others were spreadable and extremely...

I don’t know what you do on Sundays in LA (walk the red carpet?), but I went to a secret dinner at Public Fiction in the Highland Park neighborhood. The spacious gallery sits in a storefront on a tilted hill.  

Opening its doors and kitchen...