was the destination my digits led me to where I almost immediately stumbled onto a pretty cool feature of theirs called "Culinary SOS." Evidently readers can write the feature's lead with a request ...

Dear SOS: I am a huge fan of the vanilla cupcakes at Joan’s on Third. I have tried all the other cupcake spots in town, and they can’t compare. Is there any way you can obtain the recipe? Thanks.

“A visiting cousin from Georgia and I recently ate lunch at the Bluewater Grill in Redondo Beach, and she loved the avocado vinaigrette salad dressing — so much so that we returned for dinner the ...

Dear SOS: I am a huge fan of the vanilla cupcakes at Joan's on Third. I have tried all the other cupcake spots in town, and they can't compare. Is there any way you can obtain the recipe? Thanks. - ...

The best waffles commercially available, I am prepared to state, come from Brown Sugar Kitchen, a small, fragrant breakfast diner on Mandela Parkway in West Oakland. The waffles, Tanya Holland’s ...

Dear SOS: I'd love to have the recipe for the pimiento cheese appetizer served at Magnolias in Charleston, S.C. Thanks! — Leslie Kenan, Arcadia Dear Leslie: Magnolias was happy to share its take on ...

What do you think are the most popular recipe requests we get? No, not fried chicken or layer cake or, sorry, kale salad. They’re for salad dressing. Maybe because so many people are oddly perplexed ...