Today, gourmet tinned seafood is inescapable. In my Los Angeles neighborhood, it’s everywhere — not just in markets but by the checkout at the stationery store next door and stacked between ...

Can you hear the slamming of Mercedes doors? The tac tac tac of stiletto on paving stone? The swish of a fashion swan’s Nour Hammour suede coat as she sashays towards her front row seat? Baby, it’s ...