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2012 Stories by Elina Shatkin

• Ricardo Diaz and Armando De La Torre: Stewed, Where's My Tacor

  published May 24, 2012

  Two of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. When Guisados set up shop on Cesar Chavez Avenue, it wasn't simply another t... More >>

• Nyesha Arrington: The Island Girl

  published May 18, 2012

  One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. It's hard to imagine upon meeting her, but Nyesha Arrington -- warm, friendl... More >>

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  Govind Armstrong: The Kid in the Kitchen

  published May 17, 2012

  One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. The debut of Post & Beam, chef Govind Armstrong's Baldwin Hills restaurant -... More >>

• Top 5 Weekend Food Events: Planned Parenthood Food Fare, French New Orleans, Bacon & Sides, Beer Festival, Foie Gras Dinner, Paris Cookbook Fair

  published Mar 08, 2012

  Planned Parenthood Food Fare If watching male politicians go into overdrive trying to limit women's access to birth control left you with a queasy feeling, perhaps you'll want to attend the annual P... More >>

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  10 Best Cupcake Shops in Los Angeles

  published Mar 05, 2012

  The gourmet cupcake bubble should have burst -- long ago. For some reason, it hasn't. New bakeries claiming they specialize in cupcakes seem to pop up every month. How do you separate the wheat from... More >>

• Elina Shatkin's Exit Interview: Top 10 Questions for Food Writers

  published Mar 02, 2012

  After 16 glorious, fatty months, I'm filing my last story for L.A. Weekly. Instead of a windy "fare thee well" post, I decided to conduct my own exit interview, answering the top 10 questions I am ask... More >>

• Top 20 Things We Learned About L.A. From Vintage Menus

  published Mar 02, 2012

  We've been fans of Menu Design in America since it came out last autumn. It's big, beautiful and lovingly curated by Taschen editor Jim Heimann, an obsessive menu collector and self-admitted menu th... More >>

• Coca-Cola Freestyle: The Soda Machine of the Future (+ the Past)

  published Mar 01, 2012

  We have seen it, the promised land. The soda dispenser of the future. A machine so sleek it should be in a technology museum and so smart it can dispense more sodas than you can imagine. If you have... More >>

• Top 6 Weekend Food Events: Cooking Crazy, Abeja Winery Tasting, Orchestral Maneuvers, Street Vendor Fundraiser, Tour de Taste, Hudson House Birthday

  published Mar 01, 2012

  Cooking Crazy Learn about Futurism, Surrealism and the development of French and Italian art in the 19th and 20th centuries by touring LACMA's collection, then heading to Surfas to sip wine and prepar... More >>

• Republic of Pie: Newish Pie Shop in NoHo

  published Mar 01, 2012

  If nations were built on the Principles of Pie -- flaky crust, freshly made filling, everything baked with dedication and love -- we'd likely have a more contented, albeit fatter, populace. Until th... More >>

• 80-Year-Old Fujiya Market: A Piece of L.A. History

  published Feb 29, 2012

  Among the potato chips, soda and lotto tickets at Fujiya Market, you'll find aisles stocked with slabs of fresh tuna, daikon radish, tinned mackerel, ponzu, furikake, natto and a dozen varieties of so... More >>

• 4 Leap Year Dining Events for Feb. 29: The Edison, 29-Cent Wine, CITY Night, Roy Choi/Mark Peel Mashup

  published Feb 29, 2012

  [Update: Just added the event at The Edison.] Make Leap Day William happy: Buy a Leap Day cocktail and receive a free sidecar created by The Edison's bartenders. Also, 40% discount on cocktails, bee... More >>

• Free Pancakes at IHOP - Today

  published Feb 28, 2012

  It's not just breakfast all day, it's free breakfast all day today at IHOP, which is offering a free short stack of buttermilk pancakes to each guest from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m in honor of National Panca... More >>

• Zagat Debuts Los Angeles 30 Under 30 List

  published Feb 28, 2012

  Some of our favorite young chefs made Zagat's first ever Los Angeles 30 Under 30 list (aka how to make anyone over 30 feel inadequate). The honorees include Nyesha Arrington (Wilshire), Joshua Drew (F... More >>

• Antonio Banderas Debuts Line of Spanish Wines

  published Feb 27, 2012

  He's no longer merely the voice of the Nasonex allergy-fighting bee. Actor Antonio Banderas is now the spokesman for Anta Banderas, a line of Spanish wines he introduced this weekend at the annual Sou... More >>

• Conan O'Brien Visits M&M Soul Food [Video]

  published Feb 27, 2012

  Conan O'Brien loves gravy. That's what the ultra-pale comedian and TV show host discovers when he visits M&M Soul Food with his pal, comedian and actor Deon Cole. [Video after the jump.] Conan discov... More >>

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  Walmart Coming to Downtown L.A.

  published Feb 27, 2012

  Walmart is coming to downtown Los Angeles. The big box retail giant plans to open a grocery store on the northern edge of downtown L.A., reports the Los Angeles Business Journal. The 33,000-square-foo... More >>

• Sniff This Now: Scented Highlighters

  published Feb 24, 2012

  Created by Japanese inventor Yukio Horie in 1963, the humble highlighter has moved far beyond basic yellow. There are dozens of colors -- and flavors. Raymond Geddes makes 21 flavors of scented highli... More >>

• Celeb Coffee Showdown: Leonardo DiCaprio vs. Will Oldham

  published Feb 24, 2012

  Last time we hosted a Celeb Coffee Showdown, we threw Darth Vader, David Lynch and Rob Zombie into the same metaphorical octagon. What did we learnr Everyone's a product whore, even the Dark Lord. ... More >>

• Silly Londoner Discovers Northeast L.A.

  published Feb 23, 2012

  This is what happens when London rag The Evening Standard sends a cheerfully clueless writer to Los Angeles. She discovers an "alternative Los Angeles," one where, "You'll even find that rare Los Ange... More >>

• Pastry Chef Sally Camacho Returns to WP24, Brings Ovaltine Candy Bar

  published Feb 23, 2012

  These past six months have been a game of musical chairs in the pastry department at two Wolfgang Puck restaurants. When pastry chef Sally Camacho left WP24 to oversee the pastry program at the reop... More >>

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  10 Best Sandwiches in Los Angeles

  published Feb 23, 2012

  So much can happen between two slices of bread. Practical, portable, difficult to define and nearly impossible to mess up entirely, the sandwich offers a broad canvas for the harried parent or the c... More >>

• Top 5 Weekend Food Events: Can You Dig Itr, Global Food Porn, Test Kitchen Burger Night, ColLAboration Winterfest, Market Basket Cocktails

  published Feb 23, 2012

  Can You Dig Itr Chef David LeFevre kicks off a seasonal series where he hosts a guest chef who will cook a three-course meal of shareable small plates. For the inaugural event, it's LeFevre's pal Gius... More >>

• Car Crashes Into Pizza Buona in Echo Park

  published Feb 22, 2012

  A car slammed into popular Echo Park restaurant Pizza Buona shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, shattering the glass window in front, smashing through tables and chairs and sending a pregnant wo... More >>

• James Beard Awards 2012: Semifinalists Announced

  published Feb 21, 2012

  Los Angeles chefs made a strong showing among the semifinalists for the 2012 James Beard Awards, which were announced today. Local nominees for the Best Chef, Pacific award include Josef Centeno (Laz... More >>