At the premiere of Our Family Wedding:

A few weeks ago I met some friends for drinks at Cole's, one of the oldest eating establishments in Los Angeles. As I ate one of their famous French dip sandwiches, which they invented, I noticed a steady stream of people going into a little red door in the back of the room and not coming out. It was like a secret portal of some kind. (Did it lead to the Island, I wondered? Sorry, I've watched too much Lost.)

1. Frittelli's Doughnuts & Coffee (Beverly Hills) - Designer doughnuts in a variety of tastes, shapes, and sizes (think PB&J and butterscotch drizzle). Treats are made fresh daily, and for about a buck a piece, you can easily buy a few with your leftover laundry money. 2. Murano (West Hollywood) - Murano’s menu and dessert list recently underwent an authentic Italian overhaul, adding tiramisu and ricotta-style cheesecake. 3. Toast (Mid-City West) - The red velvet cake will change your life -- and so might a chance run-in with one of the many Hollywood heavyweights who brunch here.

Actress Camilla Belle is a self-described foodie. "I'm always eating," says the 22-year-old star of this February's sci-fi thriller Push. So where do you eat if you're a hot young actress in L.A. with a knowing palate and cash to burn? "Osteria Mozza. That’s my favorite restaurant, really, I go there far too often. I love the food there." The spawn of a Batali-Silverton covenant, this reservations-are-a-must Hollywood eatery comes with its own world-famous mozzarella bar, and a sister pizzeria next door. "It’s just like you’re eating food in Italy," raves Belle.

Bernard Madoff has started a Hollywood face-off. It started with Nancy Silverton losing absolutely everything to the Madoff shenanigans. The lady of La Brea Bakery and Mozzas Osteria and Pizzeria has been all over the news -- real and foodie -- with her tale of woe and her words of warning about diversification. It looked as though Nancy had once again (though bizarrely) overshadowed Gail, the culinarily inclined but always less famous Silverton sister. But in the first bit of Madoff news that’s made me laugh, Gail sent out a press release rife with pathos, wherein she mentions briefly the two-for-one gelato deal at her Gelato Bar, but mainly discusses her $1.5 million loss to Madoff (monies apparently earmarked for financial aid programs, natch). Pulling together, suffering financially, and healing processes are also mentioned.

Do it up in LA, Hollywood style.

Cheese-ophiles get ready: Manna from heaven is on its way. Obikà, the popular mozzarella bar from Rome, is opening its first stateside location in midtown Manhattan. (It's in a kiosk within the sculpture garden of 590 Madison.) New York isn’t the only city to be swept up in the mozz craze, though. Just ask Los Angeles. From Mozzarella Mondays at Jar to the mozzarella-filled pizzas at Pizzeria Mozza and the giant mozzarella bar in the middle of Osteria Mozza, mozzarella cheese might as well be the new Pinkberry. Obikà will offer burrata, bufala, and bocconcini, with sides of salads, antipasti, and wine; opens September 22.