go easy

The good news, though, is that L.A. is brimming with delicious restaurants and aesthetic bars that go easy on the pockets — both for you and your guests.

While Triolo doesn’t expect Beijing to roll back its rare earth controls, it’s possible they can assure the U.S. negotiators that licenses will be issued in a timely manner and Beijing will go easy on implementing some of the extraterritorial provisions aimed at U.S. access to non-U.

“I love it when I see dads and grandpas watching it with their daughters and granddaughters, and people having conversations about what the characters are doing,” she says, “although I want people to go easy on Belly. People can be really harsh with her, but she’s a young woman in the world who’s figuring things out. They’re all young people just figuring it out.”

But feel free to go easy on your first round — even just making and stashing extra portions of one or two reliable family crowd-pleasers like lasagna or baked ziti is a nice gift to your future self.

“Go easy with the salt, since the feta itself is salty as can be. But be brave with the black pepper — floral and kicky, it’s a wonderful match for spring fruit.”