Noelle Carter

Restaurant recipes: The Luggage Room Pizzeria chopped salad

latimes.com — CULINARY SOS Dear SOS: My husband and I are completely in love with the LGO Chopped Salad at the Luggage Room in Pasadena. We moved an hour away from the restaurant and dream about it. Is there anyway you could get the recipe?

Easy dinner recipes: Moroccan chicken soup and more!

latimes.com — Soup. It's the perfect one-dish meal. A little of this, a little of that -- before you know it, dinner is served. It's simple. But perhaps the best thing? Soup always seems to taste best the next day, after the flavors have really had a chance to marry.

Kroger turns spoiled food into electricity; how do you reduce waste?

latimes.com — As supermarkets try to figure out how to cut down on waste and experiment with alternative forms of energy, Kroger Co. says it's doing both simultaneously by turning landfill-bound organic matter into electricity that powers its stores, The Times' Tiffany Hsu reports.

Sriracha hot sauce invades pop culture: For $180, you can wear it on your feet

latimes.com — Sriracha, the incredibly popular Asian condiment that has gone so far beyond mainstream it's practically "everystream," earned another distinction recently when Trader Joe's introduced its own branded version. The red sauce with the familiar rooster, green cap and what seems like a million languages on the back is quickly replacing ketchup as America's condiment of choice.

Battle of the Burgers 2013: Are you ready?

latimes.com — Attention, Burgermeisters: Think you've got the best burger around? Have you spent hours hunched over the grill perfecting your creation? Do friends and family fight for invitations to your backyard parties just to bask in its glory? Does the mere perfume from your grill cause the neighborhood to swoon?

Easy dinner recipes: Chaya's chopped salad and more

latimes.com — Honestly, could it get any better than salad sometimes? Big, beautiful, colorful -- and so often simple -- salads are a perfect choice when you're planning dinner in a pinch. Tailor the components just so to please picky dinner guests, or fix one as a vehicle to use up leftovers in the fridge -- salads are easy that way.

Battle of the Burgers 2013: Are you ready?

latimes.com — Attention, Burgermeisters: Think you've got the best burger around? Have you spent hours hunched over the grill perfecting your creation? Do friends and family fight for invitations to your backyard parties just to bask in its glory? Does the mere perfume from your grill cause the neighborhood to swoon?