40 Years and 40 Bites: A Look Back at Valentino's Anniversary Dinner
Marzipan fruits from an order of silent nuns, natural wine from Mt. Etna, and 25 cooks in the kitchen marked the occasion.
Guest chefs include Celestino Drago and Sotto's Steve Samson.
The five-course menu will benefit Common Threads.
The expert, previously behind his own eponymous wine bar in Hollywood, will explore natural Italian wines in a tasting.
The travel Section traces Steve Samson and Zach Pollack's path from Grace to Pico.
The chefs will duke it out over four savory courses and two desserts using U.S. lamb and sheep's milk.
The chefs, all recently lauded by Esquire will collaborate on three different menus on three consecutive Mondays.
Roy Choi, Nancy Silverton, Walter Manzke, and David Lefebvre are coming back to cook for the pop-ups's one-year anniversary.
The L.A. Times thinks Sotto is the first serious contender to the dominance of Northern Italian restaurants in L.A.
Ricardo Zarate, Steve Samson, Zach Pollack, and Julian Cox all have designs on the building, which could become a mini-mall of upscale dining.
The days are numbered for L.A.'s pop-up phenomenon, but a great line-up is providing its swan song.