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December 28, 2012January 1st. The first day of the new year on the old Gregorian calendar. For most of the Western world, it's a day to start fresh, assess things, make pledges to change and maybe just beg the sweet merciful gods to make the room stop spinning because goddamn you over-indulged the night before.
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November 1, 2012Thanks to C&H, sugar cane will always be associated with a Hawaiian hibiscus flower in full bloom. For good reason -- Hawaii has the rainfall to support this thirstiest of crops. To grow sugar cane, you need at least six acre-feet (six foot depth over one acre) of water (that's almost two million ... More >>
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October 19, 2012Friday, October 19
Nosaj Thing
LURE PATIO
Nosaj Thing's 2009 album, Drift, was arguably the first in the trio of holy-shit records that made Low End Theory regulars -- and by extension, Los Angeles electronic music -- a global phenomenon. (The other two? Gaslamp Killer and Gonjasufi's A Sufi and a ... More >>
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October 17, 2012In April, Squid Ink published a list of 10 Classic Taiwanese Dishes. Controversy immediately ensued over the exclusion of another traditional Taiwanese dish: pork chop rice (pai gu fan). Comments flew from some noted food bloggers, some expressing their incredulity over what they felt was a glaring ... More >>
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January 31, 2012Last week's State of the Union promoted a generally positive economic outlook. If your pocketbook is more cynical about times ahead, you may find yourself defeated by the meager options at your disposal for living well in an expensive city. If you define "living well" as indulging your craft beer ha ... More >>
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January 12, 2012In which Jonathan Gold heads to the mall, specifically the food court in the Westfield Culver City -- previously the Fox Hills mall -- and braves the traditional landscape of "Cinnabons and Chili's Toos and Wolfgang Puck Cafes." Is there hazard pay for restaurant critics?
It feels almost illegal, e ... More >>
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January 10, 2012When Occupy L.A. was raided by police in late November, Emily Lacy saw lots of her friends arrested. To raise money for their bail, the 32-year-old Alhambra folk musician performed a show at Machine Project gallery in Echo Park. It was all part of what she called her "Occupy Music" events, Lacy says ... More >>
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October 20, 2011Rachel Lange"Ultimate Flight Night" Taken Very Seriously at 38 Degrees
We're in the home stretch of an L.A. Beer Week that has, to this point, essentially been a non-stop nine-day party at beer bars across our fine city. Sure to be one of the biggest parties of them all will be "Ultimate Fli ... More >>
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October 19, 2011Guzzle & NoshThe Sooo Cali dog at Dog Haus.To celebrate its 1-year anniversary, The Dog Haus in Pasadena is giving away free hot dogs tomorrow, October 20th. The gourmet hot dog shop is doing so well, owners Hagop Giragossian, Quasim Riaz, André Vener and Robert and Denise Zeilstra plan to o ... More >>
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October 18, 2011Anne Fishbeinthe invisible restaurant criticDear Mr. Gold:
What's your favorite place to eat Hue/Central Vietnam food in Los Angeles? Also, do you ever venture down to the O.C. for some eats?
--Brian Tran, via Facebook
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September 14, 2011Tap water has a bad rap these days. And in many cases, for good reason.
There's an awful lot of groundwater contamination out there.
But for those folks living in the San Gabriel Valley who - God forbid - like being able to actually drink their tap water, there was a splash of good news today ... More >>
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September 8, 2011Jim ThurmanMatcha green tea shaved snow with red bean & mochi at Salju Dessert
Taiwanese shaved ice has been featured before at Squid Ink, and with good reason. It's perhaps the perfect summer dessert. However, as good as shaved ice is, it's just so 2010. This year, it's all about the next le ... More >>
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July 14, 2011A strange, one-ton pot post went down following a traffic stop in the West Adams District last week by Torrance cops with a drug-sniffing dog, police said late Wednesday.
It all started at Adams and Hauser boulevards Friday. The sequence of events is a bit confusing to us, but we're guessing ... More >>
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March 1, 2011Did a former Alhambra Fire Department official knowingly suppress evidence of an arson and then punish the fireman who tried to make things right?
The answer is a resounding 'Yes,' if you ask the fireman.
Ken Toh, who worked at the fire department for 15 years, recently filed a lawsuit against ... More >>
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January 17, 2011e*starLACajun critters at The Boiling Crab.Hip, hip, hooray! Angelenos no longer have to drive to Alhambra or Garden Grove to get their fix of cheap seafood. Today at 3 p.m., The Boiling Crab opens its first location in Koreatown (in the Brown Derby Plaza, to be precise). That's very close to ... More >>
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November 18, 2010It's the Ritz! It's Chinese! It's Wolfgang Puck!
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October 8, 2010Fowler Museum at UCLAMuseum Sunday Suppers: Do Your Homework While You EatIn today's bottomless pit of L.A. tasting events, with food festivals, beer crawls, and restaurant tasting dinners on just about every freeway exit, it can feel like a crap shoot deciding between that 5-course anchovy/s ... More >>
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September 1, 2010Anne FishbeinMr. Gold, with dim sum menuDear Mr. Gold:
I have a dear friend who spends a lot of time in Beijing and loves Chinese food. Is there a place downtown or in Chinatown that has excellent cuisine from that region? I want him to have a good meal!
--B., Echo Park
Dear B.:
There are fe ... More >>
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August 13, 2010LAPDLos Angeles police this week released a sketch of a motorist wanted for picking up two women on Skid Row, binding them with duct tape and raping them.
The white, middle-aged, balding man in a brown Ford "Econoline-type" van with vertical stripes is alleged to have struck on Aug. 1 and ag ... More >>
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October 8, 2009Knife-shaved pasta, the next generation
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August 21, 2009Photo credit: Nicole's Gourmet FoodsOne crazy retail fest that's already been on for a few days ends this weekend, while another major sale only happens for one day. So here's your friendly reminder to check out Nicole's Gourmet warehouse sale in Alhambra this Saturday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
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August 14, 2009Photo credit: Todd PorterEmerald Beaut Plums will be showing up at farmers markets this weekend. Many of us have waited long and patiently for this green plum to hit the stands, and at least one farmer, Annie from Sweet Tree Farms, has finally deemed her crop ripe and sent crews up the ladde ... More >>
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July 8, 2009Curbed L.A. reported on Tuesday's unanimous Assembly committee vote to recommend that the 710 Freeway be extended underground -- instead of cutting 6.2 miles on the surface through neighborhoods in El Sereno and South Pasadena, along the freeway's course to link the San Bernardino and Foothill freew ... More >>
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March 24, 2009Yesterday I wasn't feeling the star power of Deputy District Attorney Truc Do, after watching the first hour or so of her closing argument. Do, who has co-prosecuted several high-profile cases over the past few years, including the Santa Monica Black Widows murder case and the Chester Turner serial ... More >>
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February 19, 2009Helmet 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 >>
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February 19, 2009When jurors in the first Phil Spector murder trial toured his Alhambra mansion two years ago, their visit occurred on a witheringly hot day. Today the jury in Spector II, however, was spared those high temperatures as it examined the now-infamous foyer where police found the body of actress/House of ... More >>
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January 29, 2009Clerical Error? U.S. Attorney Tom O'Brien's not talking, but the L.A. Times is reporting that a federal grand jury is investigating Los Angeles Archdiocese Cardinal Roger Mahony for not protecting parishioners from predator priests. Scott Glover and Jack Leonard write that Mahony could be charged wi ... More >>
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June 5, 2008Happiness is a bowl of coconut broth and noodles
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September 14, 2007There are a lot of art shows around town well worth checking out.
Miles Thompson's show, "CA," at La Luz de Jesus on Hollywood Blvd. in Los Feliz runs through Sept. 30.
More images from the opening here.
Luke Chueh's "Paintings of Hope" is at Gallery 1988 on Melrose and LaBrea.
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January 21, 1999The slow sweet burn of Sichuan hot pot
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November 19, 1998Chinese barbecue in Alhambra
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