It's time to get grlling! And sipping!

• Men of barbeque loom large in America but Toni Tipton Martin and Morgan Bolling remind us that women also know their way around the pit
• Cathy Park rounds up the best matcha lattes in Los Angeles. Zach Mangan of Kettl in Los Feliz considers the downside to the matcha boom
• Lila Seidman reports on the tricky process of removing rare steelhead trout from the Palisades Fire burn area
• At the farmers market, chef Viktoriya Campos gets an early start, stalking seasonal asparagus.

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Bottoms up! We're all about the tipple this week.

• Historian Hadley Meares looks at how Hollywood sips cocktails on the big screen
• Aaron Goldfarb follows collectors hunting for vintage spirits
• Sociologist Nicola Nice takes a look at how women brought the cocktail home
• Lesley Jacobs Solmonson explains how liqueurs went from the hands of the apothecary to those of the mixologist
• Evan Rail plays detective, looking back on an absinthe enthusiast who became a con artist

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The joy of cooking with Roy Choi...

• Kogi king Roy Choi has health on his mind in a new collection of recipes
• How do you become a restaurant critic? Besha Rodell explains in her memoir
• Marie Mitchell shares dishes from the Caribbean and its diaspora
• It's cherry season at the farmers market and which means the lines are long at the Murray Family Farm stand

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