Regent Hotels & Resorts has opened a resort hotel and restaurant by chef Michael Mina blocks from the Santa Monica Pier.

Santa Monica's vibrant culinary scene just got a major boost with the debut of Orla, an Egyptian-Mediterranean restaurant led ...

The award-winning chef explores Egyptian and Mediterranean foodways at Orla inside the Regent Santa Monica Beach hotel ...

This recipe from chef Michael Mina’s new cookbook, “My Egpyt,” provides his twist to the classic Greek watermelon and feta ...

For his first cookbook in almost 20 years, chef Michael Mina is going back in time to blend his mom’s original recipes with the newest trends in Egyptian street food. Mina, who was born in Egypt ...

On his journey to retrace his Egyptian roots, the first thing chef Michael Mina thinks about is the koshari. “It’s as classic as it gets,” he said. “That’s street food in Egypt.

Watermelon is always the answer for a hot day, and this recipe from chef Michael Mina’s new cookbook, “My Egpyt” (Voracious, $40), provides his twist on the classic watermelon and feta salad.

Celebrity chef Michael Mina laughs when he thinks about his dad, Ezzat, using the grill. Whatever he cooked, “the outside was burnt and the inside was raw,” he said. But his mom, Minerva ...

(Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) When Michael Mina was a young chef, he shied away from Middle Eastern food, because he didn’t think it would be well-received. As a child he felt embarrassed by ...

For his first cookbook in almost 20 years, chef Michael Mina is going back in time to blend his mom’s original recipes with the newest trends in Egyptian street food. Mina, who was born in Egypt ...

On his journey to retrace his Egyptian roots, the first thing chef Michael Mina thinks about is the koshari. “It’s as classic as it gets,” he said. “That’s street food in Egypt.

In 2022, the James Beard Foundation nominated her for a Jonathan Gold Local Voice Award. Mina says that the LA team led by chef Jacob Solomon (formerly of Chicago’s Tusek) will decide on the ...