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2012 Stories by Besha Rodell

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  Seeing Stars: A Five-Star Rating System for L.A. Restaurants

  published December 27, 2012

  In April, while I was in Los Angeles for a whirlwind 32-hour tour of the city and to interview for the position of the Weekly's... More >>

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  Hipster Heaven

  published December 20, 2012

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  Spago Has L.A. Feeling Puckish

  published December 13, 2012

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  M.A.K.E. Likes It Raw

  published December 6, 2012

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  MessHall Reviewed

  published November 29, 2012

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  Nobu Malibu Review

  published November 15, 2012

  Is there a chef more influential to Los Angeles cuisine than Nobu Matsuhisa? Is there an L.A. chef more influential to American cuisine? An... More >>

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  Southern Cooking, Animal-Style

  published November 8, 2012

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  Gish Bac Gets Oaxacan Food Just Right

  published October 25, 2012

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  Salumi Night at Mozza's Scuola di Pizza

  published October 18, 2012

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  The Italian Job

  published October 11, 2012

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  Superba-Califragilistic Snack Bar

  published September 27, 2012

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  Holy Mole

  published September 13, 2012

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  Tar and Roses, Andrew Kirschner's Santa Monica Hot Spot, Has the Zeitgeist Nailed

  published September 6, 2012

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  Peruvian Chic

  published August 23, 2012

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  Short Order Comes Up Short

  published August 16, 2012

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  L&E Oyster Bar in Silver Lake Is a Neighborhood Restaurant Most Neighborhoods Can Only Dream of

  published August 9, 2012

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  At Mezze, Chef Micah Wexler Nails a Menu of Creative, Middle Eastern-Inspired Dishes

  published July 26, 2012

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  Spago's Third Coming: A Last Supper Before the Renovation of Wolfgang Puck's Beverly Hills Flagship

  published July 12, 2012

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  Maison Giraud in the Pacific Palisades Is an Homage to Classic French Cuisine — for Better, and Sometimes for Worse

  published July 5, 2012

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  Ramen Hayatemaru Beckons the Noodle-Obsessed to Torrance

  published June 28, 2012

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  Michael Voltaggio's ink. Succeeds at the Intersection of Ego and Location

  published June 21, 2012

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  California's Foie Gras Ban Will Leave Chefs and Diners Wanting. But There May Be an Upside, Too

  published June 14, 2012

  The dish in front of me is devastatingly beautiful: a smattering of translucent, barely green syrup; some bits of slightly more solid orange... More >>

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  Post & Beam, Govind Armstrong's New Baldwin Hills Restaurant, Is Good -- But It Could Be Even Better

  published June 7, 2012

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• L.A. Weekly's New Columnist, Besha Rodell, Offers Greetings From the Nosh Pit

  published May 31, 2012

  Los Angeles is not a love-at-first-sight kind of place. To an outsider, the wide boulevards and fierce jumble of humanity look arid and... More >>