“Weed+Chinese Herb” dinner

Early arrivals gather near an outside bar for drinks.   (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

A dinner guest photographs one of the entrees.  (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

The dinner menu is written in chalk in the kitchen of the home where the event was held.  (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

Nguyen Tran, center, explains a dish to Melissa Hirschenson and Marnie Sparer, both of Los Angeles.  (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

Marijuana leaves are laid out in preparation for one of several courses.  (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

Osmanthus panna cotta with rhubarb, frozen cream, blood-orange sorbet and cannabis soil.  (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

Nguyen Tran chats with guests.  (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

Caneles bordelaise.  (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

The kitchen staff puts together a dish.  (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)