The Original Farmer’s Market at Fairfax and Third in Los Angeles has been a landmark and tourist destination for almost a century. Today, while somewhat overshadowed by the massive Grove shopping center, it remains a place where LA’s past and present meet up. In the 1800s, it was a 230 acre dairy farm, then, when oil was discovered, dotted with massive oil rigs. In the 1930s, after those derricks were removed and Los Angeles began to sprawl around the land, two entrepreneurs thought it the...

This week, I was lucky to join the LA Wine Writers for a brilliant tasting of wines from Paso Robles winery, Robert Hall, perfectly...