Ordering off-menu has a bad reputation. Off-menu orders can come off as insulting to chefs who put a lot of time and effort into curating the menu and developing recipes. Accommodating off-menu orders ...

Los Angeles is full of restaurants offering secret menus and off-the-menu items for customers in the know. From local staples like the tuna melt at Apple Pan and the fried kreplach at Canter's, to the ...

Your orders have consequences, even if you don't see them. Here's what happens behind the scenes when you make a special request. Greg Baker is a chef, restaurant consultant, and writer with almost 40 ...

Secret menus, or items that a restaurant does not explicitly offer, are incredibly popular. California-based In-N-Out’s success is largely due to its so-called secret menu that features ...

In the first episode of “Off Menu,” Food columnist Lucas Kwan Peterson and Jazz Singsanong, longtime proprietor of the Thai Town restaurant Jitlada, head to LAX-C, a vast, warehouse-like grocery store ...

Ever been at a restaurant with a good idea of what you were ordering when a dish going to another table caught your eye? Ever asked your waiter or waitress what the dish is called? And what is in it?

A pregnancy craving that led to the creation of a customer-made, off-menu sandwich at Waffle House has become a viral sensation. Social media users have requested the dish enough times that it has ...

Food brings people together: The cliché exists because it’s true. Breaking bread is a simple act, but I’d venture that it’s possibly the world’s most effective Trojan horse. A conversation that begins ...