Sometimes sitting in a restaurant really just isn’t in the cards for you. Sometimes the soft, yet constant, questioning of a waiter asking how things are and if you’d like more water is about the last thing you’d like to hear. In comes the glorious, and now haute, world of takeout.

Puppets may sound like child’s play. Au contraire, says Basil Twist – his performance of Petrushka was originally commissioned by Lincoln Center, perhaps because it’s the first time Stravinsky’s puppets have been played by puppets.

When Ferran Adria announced his forthcoming, temporary closure of his legendary El Bulli, we let a single tear drop until we realized February 1 is just around the corner. That’s the reopening date of Hatfield’s! We are thus sustained.

So you think you know rock and roll? How much do you know about Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller – the men behind some of rocks most memorable, creative, tres genius songs? Think of Tuesday, Feb 2, as the latest in your education in rock.

Ever feel like you need a tequila-fueled pick me up? In order to put ourselves right again, Borracho Cantina has opened on the Sunset Strip almost in a move toward public service.

You may have absolutely no Italian heritage, but we can all identify with the genius and simplicity behind cuisine from “the old country” and Italian food in LA is among the most authentic outside Italy itself. These haute 5 restaurants have really got it all – including waiters who can actually pronounce Bruschetta correctly.

Where would you like to stay in Paris? Someplace that reminds you of Christopher Honore’s Love Songs? That’s what we thought. Time to check yourself into Hotel Cinematheque!

Searching for a burger with haute to spare has never been so easy. LA has a whole host of joints ready to take that sad excuse for a burger we once knew and really up the ante. Here’s a list of the most haute burgers this city has to offer.

We can tell you who they’re wearing and who they arrived with, but until now we’ve all been blithely unaware of what they’re munching on during the Awards! Well, now, thanks to Tavern, you can have a taste before they do…