Rebecca Roland is the deputy editor of the Southern California/Southwest region, who covers the evolving landscape of LA’s food scene. Akira Hirose, the acclaimed chef behind Pasadena’s influential ...
When Akira Hirose, the acclaimed chef behind Pasadena’s influential French Japanese restaurant Maison Akira, along with Azay in Little Tokyo, passed away, there was a slew of chefs across Los Angeles ...
Chef Akira Hirose helped popularize Asian flavors through fusion cuisine in 1980s and ’90s Los Angeles. His career spanned decades and continents, where he worked with some of the world’s most famous ...