Antoinette Bruno

When I first moved to Los Angeles, a coworker wanted to introduce me to one of her favorite restaurants for lunch. Less than five miles away from our office, the restaurant was Angeli Caffe, a little Italian place owned and operated by Evan Kleiman since the 1980s. I had probably driven or walked by at least 50 times at that point, but I hadn’t stopped yet. Just a place you keep in the back of your head for next time.

1. Relæ: A Book of Ideasby Christian F. Puglisi; Photographs by Per-Anders JörgensenDesign: The book centers not around recipes, but around the ideas behind the dishes and the processes they went though before making the menu at Relæ. Puglisi has defined reasons for everything he uses, right down to the water sourced for stock.

In sheer numbers, women dominate the worlds of higher education and business. But when it comes to postions of power, influence, and leadership, the numbers are less than inspiring. At the 2016 Women Chefs and Restaurateurs (WCR) conference in Los Angeles, Jodie McLean, CEO of Edens, laid out the statistics and offered solutions to help empower women in business.