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Zan Romanoff

Chefs Are the Lusty New Heartthrobs in Romance Novels

Food and sex are the same: Everyone wants some.

I Hired a Cooking Therapist to Deal With My Anxiety

I went in as a skeptic and emerged with a new perspective on food (and myself).

How Writing a Y.A. Novel Made Me Confront My Own Body Issues

I had to find a way to tell myself, my protagonist, and hopefully my readers a new story about living in our bodies.

I Thought Taking Pictures on Vacation Was a Waste of Time Until I Saw This Photo of Me

This impulse to take my own pictures is not unrelated to the impulse to write: to insist that things be remembered not just beautifully, but particularly as I saw them and wanted them seen.

Brujita Skincare Founder Leah Guerrero Digs Ambient Music and Red Sheets

Of course the founder of Brujita Skincare has an enviable nighttime moisturizing routine.

Two Writers on the Joys of Being Single, But Also Sometimes Dating, in Your 30s

Glynmis MacNicol and Zan Romanoff debunk the myth that "if you want to get married, you have to date like it's your job."

Inside the Mad-Science World of a Professional Fermentation Chef

How Caitlin Hata, the fermentation chef at The Manufactory, turns food waste into kimchi and more.

Claudette Zepeda-Wilkins on What It Means to Open a Matriarchal Restaurant

The former Top Chef contestant is running the show at El Jardín in San Diego and still finding time for the gym.

Why I Take Cannabis Terpenes Instead of Smoking Weed

The non-psychoactive aromatic compound could become the biggest thing in wellness since CBD.

Why Are We So Obsessed with Making Healthy Desserts?

And what are we really looking for in that pint of Halo Top?

Why We Learned to Fight

The men who run the boxing gym still haven't gotten over the novelty of us.

We Want Everything on the Menu at This New Cali-Filipino Restaurant

Two brothers left Sqirl to do their own thing—and it's awesome.

What Flavors Pair With Your Favorite Alternative Flour?

Non-AP flours lend their own flavor to baked goods. Here's how one pastry chef uses them for delicious results.

Hightail It to Ojai, Your Best Weekend Escape from L.A.

We're all about Ojai, a just-rustic-enough enclave that's decidedly not Palm Springs.

These Cacti Are Both Gorgeous and Edible

Just ask the man who's owned a cactarium for 36 years.

Breakfast With Hollywood's Favorite Crystal Healer

Azalea Lee imparts her precious-stone wisdom to the A list—and, sometimes, to normals like me.

The L.A. Skater Sisters Who Take Their Ashwagandha With a Side of Bacon

Marissa and Lydia Martinez had to learn how to eat well on a budget.

Where Do Those Powders in Your Smoothie Actually Come From?

Whether foraged, farmed, or grown in a lab, your medicinal herbs are probably "processed."