Win Thanksgiving With Blackened Brussels Sprouts, Bacon, and Dates
Precision is key to making this cult-favorite dish from Gjelina, chef Travis Lett’s super-popular Venice (Calif.) restaurant.
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I knew about these Instagram-famous Brussels sprouts from Venice, Calif., before I knew much else about Travis Lett’s chic Los Angeles restaurant, Gjelina, which opened in 2008 in Venice. The restaurant is now a destination for culinary pilgrimages, consistently packed, constantly photographed, and selling more than 400 orders a week of Brussels sprouts—when Brussels sprouts are in season, of course.
In Lett’s new book Gjelina, Cooking from Venice, California, he explains that his kitchen grumbles when the season begins, knowing that it’s going to be sprouts, sprouts, sprouts, and nothing but sprouts for a while because diners are collectively obsessed with the simple dish.