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  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    Happy World Nutella Day 2012: Or, What to Eat During the Super Bowl Halftime Show

    In addition to being the Super Bowl (Patriots vs. Giants, by the way), this Sunday, Feb. 5, is the sixth annual World Nutella Day. OK, this is one of those holidays (Arbor Day, National Cream Puff Day) that may seem arbitrary and slightly ridiculous at first, when in fact it is a serious vindication ... More >>

  • News

    November 10, 2011

    L.A. Farmers Markets Exposed

    Often, produce sold at stalls isn't organic, grown by small farms — or even spray-free

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    [Updated:] Deal Reached in Grocery Store Labor Feud

    L.A. County Federation of Labor​ Update:9/26, 10 a.m. On Sunday night, workers voted and approved a new contract, ending an eight-month dispute with Ralphs, Vons, Pavilions and Albertsons. According to insiders, workers will pay $7 a week for health insurance, or $15 per week for a family. The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    Trader Joe's Will be Swarmed as Ralphs, Vons, Albertsons Workers Take a Last Step Toward a Strike

    vallartasupermarket.com​Updated: It's ova. A settlement has been reached, city Councilman Eric Garcetti tweeted. First posted at 7 a.m. Friday Looks like you're going to be shopping at Trader Joe's, the dollar store, and maybe Vallarta. That's because the workers at Ralphs, Vons and Albertso ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2011

    85°C Bakery-Café Opens in Hacienda Heights

    Jim ThurmanLine at grand opening of 85°C Bakery-Café, Hacienda Heights​ The number of international chains with outlets in Los Angeles County grew by one when 85°C Bakery-Café opened in Hacienda Heights on Saturday. The Taiwanese chain, with nearly 500 stores in Taiwan, China and Australia ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 23, 2011

    Coupon & Take a Free Ride

    Jim ThurmanLine at grand opening of 85°C Bakery-Café, Hacienda Heights​ The number of international chains with outlets in Los Angeles County grew by one when 85°C Bakery-Café opened in Hacienda Heights on Saturday. The Taiwanese chain, with nearly 500 stores in Taiwan, China and Australia ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2011

    Frugal Festival Food!: Free Food, "Extreme Couponing" and Lots of Goods up for Grabs

    Photo via Extreme Couponing.This shopper just saved a whole lot of money. You can too.​If you've been obsessed with TLC's new show Extreme Couponing (raises hand), or if you just happen to get a rush from finding deals on the cheap, the Frugal Festival Food! is exactly where you want to be thi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2011

    Tomato Recall Alert: Grape Tomatoes in California Packaged Salads

    Flickr/smcgeegrape tomatoes​ Your food recall alert of the day. (Getting tired of these yet? Right.) A specific lot of grape tomatoes grown by a Florida grower has been recalled by the FDA for possible salmonella contamination, prompting a larger recall of packaged salads. Six L's of Immokale ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Last Night: Second Glass Wine Riot at Santa Monica Place

    ​ They came with their propaganda and their party fever. They welcomed everyone, invited the masses into the cavernous space where they assembled at Santa Monica Place mall, jamming to the driving beats of DJ Andie Cassette. And they poured wine. Lots of wine. Wine from all over the world. Sec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    Your Aerosol Breakfast: Batter Blaster, or Pancakes in a Can

    everview.comGetting Past The Reddi Wip Association Is Tough​ We are by nature wary of any nitrous oxide-propelled food product, a pressurized canned food prejudice that we blame squarely on one too many corn syrup and artificial flavor-laden Reddi Wip mustaches as kids. And so when it first h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    Happy World Nutella Day 2011: Your Lawsuit, Our Excuse to Eat Chocolate

    ​ If you've been thinking of joining San Diego mother Athena Hohenberg's lawsuit against the makers of Nutella, you might want to wait until Monday to call your lawyer. In a lovely example of irony, it turns out that tomorrow, February 5th, is the 5th annual World Nutella Day. Okay, this is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2010

    New Mexico Hatch Green Chiles Are Here, But Not For Long

    D. GonzalezNew Mexico Hatch Green chiles: Before the drum​ What food trucks are to communal dining, Hatch green chile roasts are to communal cooking. Every August, lovers of New Mexico's fragrant and earthy Hatch green chile come to the events hosted by El Rey Farms, Albertsons and Bristol Fa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2010

    Check Your Eggs: Millions Recalled Due to Salmonella

    Flickr/stevendepolo​An outbreak of salmonella in eggs has prompted a nationwide recall and lead to hospitalizations in counties across the U.S., including in California, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Since May, at least 266 people across the state have become ill after eating contaminated ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    Merlot March Madness: What To Drink On the Road To The Final Four

    H&K SculpturesWine Dunk​Welcome to Merlot March Madness. Squid Ink has been training for weeks, swirling and sipping -- definitely not spitting -- to come up with just the right wines to drink during the Road to the Final Four. Why Merlot? It's just so college basketball friendly -- a wine wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2010

    Get Ready For World Nutella Day & Our Top 10 List of Nutella Restaurant Dishes

    Tomorrow, drumroll please, is World Nutella Day. Okay, this is one of those holidays (Arbor Day, National Cream Puff Day) that may seem arbitrary and slightly ridiculous at first, when in fact it is a serious vindication for some of us. In 2007, two American ex-pat writers living in Italy, Sara Ros ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2009

    Missed Connections at Clubs: The Holiday Desperation Edition

    As a service to our readers still looking for a date to all the holiday parties, we've got a bunch of music-related Craigslist 'missed connections' to relay. It's been a busy week not hooking up when you should have, so let's get down to business. guy en Universal Music Group - m4m - 20 (woodland ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2009

    Price Wars: Southern California Supermarkets Slash Prices

    In an effort to regain customers who are shopping at discount stores and watching their ever-tightening budgets, supermarket chains are lowering prices, sometimes dramatically. Today Vons dropped the prices on 15% of its products in the chain's 274 stores. Ralph's also announced that it's reducing p ... More >>

  • Music

    June 25, 2009

    Art Nightlife — on Wheels

    In an effort to regain customers who are shopping at discount stores and watching their ever-tightening budgets, supermarket chains are lowering prices, sometimes dramatically. Today Vons dropped the prices on 15% of its products in the chain's 274 stores. Ralph's also announced that it's reducing p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2009

    Living Large: A Sous Chef at Cut Does Coachella, Creates Midnight Feasts, Trusty Crock Pot Involved

    Imagine that table filled with eight tired but overjoyed Coachellans This past weekend at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio was pretty memorable: Leonard Cohen at sunset; singer/vegan Morrissey's classic between-song nugget of food criticism directed at the BBQ shack -- "I smell burnin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2009

    Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

    Helmet Rule Ignored? A police officers' union is suing the LAPD and its chief, Bill Bratton, accusing both of violating the department's own safety policies. The case is part of the spreading controversy over orders that kept cops from donning riot helmets before a January 10 protest in Westwood. L. ... More >>

  • LA Life

    May 15, 2008

    Lela Lee

    Angry awakening

  • News

    February 8, 2007

    Separated at Birth

    Kevin and Kimberly were twins whose lives were shaped by the desert and loss, but that’s where the similarities ended

  • News

    February 1, 2007

    Chest of Lies

    Identity theft, self-promotion and the search for laminates at Sundance

  • News

    April 20, 2006

    Farm Girl Goes Hollywood

    Laura Kim

  • News

    June 16, 2005

    Chicanos and the Man

    Comedian Paul Rodriguez and his skateboarding son, Paulie, are rich and famous. But where would they be without Pablo?

  • News

    March 4, 2004

    Surrender at the Supermarket

    The national failure of the grocery workers’ union

  • Columns

    February 26, 2004

    Shop and Awe, Cart Attack

    The national failure of the grocery workers’ union

  • News

    February 5, 2004

    Pilgrims’ Progress

    Blue and clerical collars team up

  • Columns

    January 29, 2004

    Supermarket Sweeps

    And the strike grinds on

  • News

    December 18, 2003

    More Than a Food Fight

    The deeper meaning of the grocery strike

  • News

    November 27, 2003

    Now, That’s a Real Strike

    Teamsters idle their grocery-laden trucks

  • News

    October 30, 2003

    The Checkout Line

    Teamsters idle their grocery-laden trucks

  • News

    October 16, 2003

    Sam and His Pals

    L.A. is a Wal-Mart town. Get used to it.

  • News

    October 9, 2003

    The Wal-Mart Equation

    It all adds up to a supermarket strike

  • Music

    June 27, 2002

    Unembarrassed

    Kristian Hoffman, a dedicated evader of fashion

  • News

    May 23, 2002

    An Exquisite Scar

    Life and commerce along the Alameda Corridor

  • Calendar

    July 12, 2001

    Less Than Zero

    The new age of intolerance

  • Film+TV

    February 5, 1998

    Days for Night

    Sundance ’98

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