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    April 2, 2013

    L.A. Weekly's April Fools Day Issue 2013

    If you visited our website yesterday, you probably saw a few stories that didn't seem so believable. If you'd like to re-live our second annual April Fools' Day experience, click on the image above to see it larger. Here are links to the stories:

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    February 12, 2013

    Brandi Glanville's Book Drinking & Tweeting: 8 Incredible Revelations

    Is there a Pulitzer category for memoirs by jilted reality stars who like to talk smack about ex-husbands and "bonus moms?" Because if so, this book should win it. And we're not joking for one second. Drinking & Tweeting and Other Brandi Blunders by Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Brandi Glan ... More >>

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    December 21, 2012

    Martha Stewart's Cooking School -- Did It Close?

    See also: Martha Stewart's Cooking School archives Perhaps you noticed Squid Ink was covering Martha Stewart's Cooking School on PBS -- watching her program each weekend and employing her expertise in our own kitchens, learning to make salad dressings and emulsions, stocks, and getting terrorized b ... More >>

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    December 11, 2012

    BlackboardEats' New BlackboardList Gives Restaurants More Ways to Woo You

    Probably our favorite restaurant deal site, BlackboardEats, which has managed to maintain our loyalty despite going from being a free service to charging to back to free again -- and adding on the now-discontinued online shopping component -- has once again reinvented itself. The (still free) servic ... More >>

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    November 13, 2012

    Current TV To Air Health-Conscious "Currently: Feeding The Need" Series Featuring Wolfgang Puck and Mary Sue Milliken

    Around Thanksgiving, more than any other holiday, we think about food. (And not just what we plan to serve alongside the turkey.) We're grateful for food, and we think more consciously about those who don't have enough food, and those who don't have access to good quality food, and are suffering bec ... More >>

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    November 12, 2012

    L.A. Weekly Seeks 2013 Interns

    We're looking for a few smart college students to join us as part-time interns in early 2013. The ideal candidates will be good writers with a passion for talking to people and telling their stories. These are not internships where you'll spend the day with the filing cabinet or surfing the 'net: W ... More >>

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    November 5, 2012

    Martha Stewart's Cooking School: Episode 5, Butchering A Trip to Lindy & Grundy A Minor Panic Attack

    See also: The Martha Stewart Cooking School archives. It's time for a confession: I have never butchered a chicken. Why? Well, mostly because raw chicken gives me the willies. I like chicken, I eat it all the time, and I don't get that same skin-crawly feeling around raw beef or pork, but raw chick ... More >>

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    October 22, 2012

    Martha Stewart's Cooking School: Episode 3, Vegetables

    Squid Ink is going back to basics with Martha Stewart's Cooking School, airing every weekend through the end of the year on PBS. Join us. See also: Martha Stewart's Cooking School: Episode 1, Eggs See also: Martha Stewart's Cooking School: Episode 2, Sauces It seems a difficult undertaking to show ... More >>

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    October 9, 2012

    10 Best Workouts in L.A. for People Who Hate Working Out

    See also: *Our Best of L.A. issue and our Best of L.A. app *Top 10 Bars With the Hottest Women in L.A. *Top 10 Gyms in L.A. *10 Bars Most Likely to Get You Laid in L.A. Running is boring. Treadmills make me feel like a rat in an experiment. And tennis -- my racket is somewhere, and, do do I have t ... More >>

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    October 8, 2012

    Martha Stewart's Cooking School: Episode 1, Eggs

    Squid Ink is going back to basics with Martha Stewart's Cooking School, airing every weekend through the end of the year on PBS. Join us! It seems fitting for Martha Stewart to kick off her latest series, Martha Stewart's Cooking School, with eggs, since it's the way many of us begin our days. We a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2012

    Squid Ink Signs Up For Martha Stewart's Cooking School

    In a world where food TV is dominated by ticking clocks, mystery ingredients, blindfolds, curve balls and culinary hijinks, it's incredibly refreshing that Martha Stewart is bringing something completely opposite, and totally simple, into the mix by way of Martha Stewart's Cooking School, premiering ... More >>

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    September 12, 2012

    Baking Books: A Baker's Field Guide To Doughnuts (Mock Krispy Kremes!) A Peanut Butter Glaze Recipe

    Type "Field Guide" into the Amazon book search list, and you'll get, as of this typing, 39,688 results. These are the moments when we suspect the A Baker's Field Guide to Doughnuts, to be released in a few weeks, will come in handy. A little rainbow sprinkle, Boston cream, or old-fashioned buttermil ... More >>

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    August 23, 2012

    Top Chef Masters Recap: Holly Madison Parties, But Not Harder Than James Oseland

    What's more Vegas than a couple of lesbian folk singers eating vegetarian food?! OK, OK, not what you'd expect for this Sin City season, right? But something had to balance out what would become a Playmate-laced episode of Top Chef Masters, and we're thankful the Indigo Girls were up to the task. L ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2012

    10 Best Doughnuts in Los Angeles

    They say sex is like a doughnut: even at its worst, is it ever really bad? Well, once you consume, in rapid succession, as many doughnuts as we have in the last few weeks, you start to believe it can be. Of course there's never a reason to eat a doughnut. No amount of self-delusion will allow you t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2012

    Happy National Doughnut Day: Where Will You Celebrate?

    It's Friday morning. Who needs a healthy breakfast? Certainly not you, because you'll be celebrating National Doughnut Day, if you have any sense at all. That's because we live in such an amazingly doughnut-rich city. How do we know? Perhaps because we have a top 10 doughnuts post in the works. (Co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Casting Call for Chefs: Screw Restaurants, Work for the Rich and Famous

    A new cooking competition show concept is in the works, we've discovered, though the name of it, and even the network it will be on, is still classified information. We admit to being intrigued, and if you're a chef, you may be, too, since like Chef Hunter, this show wins you a job. But a restauran ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    Alie and Georgia's 'Beefy Tomato' Cocktail Recipe

    Yesterday we met Alie Ward and Georgia Hardstark, the duo behind web series Classy Ladies on Cooking Channel. What impressed us most about them, besides their fab vintage wardrobe, was their ability to come up with dozens of genuinely creative cocktails. Drinks that taste like kettle corn, cheesecak ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    The Critic Hunter: Finding Out How "Chefs Feed" [Video]

    The expression goes "everyone's a critic," but when it comes to restaurants, that's pretty much true. You've got your food Tweeters, your Yelpers, your Urbanspooners and, oh yeah, actual critics. This latest spooftastic video rounds all of them up while aping those ever-popular wildlife nature show ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2012

    [Updated] Sex And The Kitchen in Development at Bravo

    Update: (11:49 a.m.) It's been announced the Kat Odell, editor of Eater LA, will star in the show, and it's rumored that Brenda Urban from PR firm Wagstaff Worldwide and chef Waylynn Lucas of Fonuts will join the cast as well. More details to come as we discover them. Remember yesterday when we cel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    "Eat It Don't Tweet It:" When Food Bites Back

    We foodists have a sense of humor, right? We'd better, because we deserve to be made fun of for lighting up everyone's minifeed with excited tweets about the "fucking brown buttered hedgehog mushrooms" and "Yakima applewood smoked sea salt" we're about to eat. Our latest find, "Eat It Don't Tweet I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    Food Myths Busted with Mensa Member JJ Virgin

    JJ Virgin (shortened due to the unfortunate pronunciation of Julie while living in Japan) is smarter than you. She's a member of Mensa, and seems to have an addiction to academia. After graduating from UCLA, she went on to graduate school for biomechanics, then sports medicine, then took doctorate-l ... More >>

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    March 21, 2012

    8 Things on Pinterest That Annoy the Crap Out of Me

    See our previous story, "Pinterest Makes Me Feel Like I'm Bad at Being a Woman" Pinterest -- the latest social media craze sweeping our laptop screens -- can be many things to many people. As a virtual vision board on which you can bookmark little internet finds that strike your fancy, it's your ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    Halfpops: Weird Idea, Delicious Snack

    We must have been in a bad mood when Halfpops hit our desk, because it practically offended us. We remember thinking, "What is this? Why would anyone want to eat a bunch of half-popped kernels that look like rejects from the popcorn factory? What's next, packaged potato chip crumbs? This isn't 'the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    City Tavern Introduces "Build-Your-Own" Cocktails

    It's fun to order things Chipotle-style: a little from column A, a little from column B. Now, City Tavern is attempting to channel the same fun we have building our own burgers and burritos (and bears, we guess) into their cocktail menu. Recently the Culver City bar and restaurant announced a new " ... More >>

  • News

    March 1, 2012

    The Truth About Trutanich

    It's fun to order things Chipotle-style: a little from column A, a little from column B. Now, City Tavern is attempting to channel the same fun we have building our own burgers and burritos (and bears, we guess) into their cocktail menu. Recently the Culver City bar and restaurant announced a new " ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    Pinterest Makes Me Feel Like I'm Bad at Being a Woman

    This is Pinterest​Pinterest, much like the little black dress or the Birkin bag (depending on your tax bracket), has suddenly become the new must-have for women. It's the latest social media craze -- and it's blowing Google out of the water, despite, or perhaps because of, what some media ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2012

    Restaurant Industry Treats Women Poorly: Can Tom Robbins Save Us?

    Waiting tables has never been known as a glamorous job, but a new study released Monday indicates that conditions are especially shitty for women, who are not only paid less but also subjected to sexual harassment at a staggering rate, reports The Daily Beast. (Via Jezebel.) Where's Tom Robbins' "Da ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    Menu for CITY Night at Border Grill Announced

    Earlier this week we told you about CITY Night at Border Grill -- a special event at which Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken will indulge the nostalgia of their 1980s glory days by serving a menu inspired by their first restaurant, City Cafe and its subsequent incarnation, CITY. Today, the menu wa ... More >>

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    February 2, 2012

    Top Chef Casting Call at The Foundry

    Top Chef is turning 10! Are you surprised? Unlikely. They only win Emmys and James Beard awards out the wazoo. If we were Bravo, we'd keep milking that cash cow as well. But of course, one needs new talent to keep those Quickfires hot, which means it's casting call time.

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    January 31, 2012

    10 Lessons We Learned From The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season Two

    Via bravotv.com​It's Real Housewives of Beverly Hills reunion time! Those delicious three weeks in which Andy Cohen forces the ladies to relive every tension-filled moment from the past 18 episodes they've supposedly "grown from" or "moved past." (But inevitably just end up fighting about all ... More >>

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    December 15, 2011

    What The Hell Is Backstreet Boys' "I Want It That Way" About? UPDATE: Mind-blowing Shit Has Come To Light

    ​Additional reporting by Ali Trachta UPDATE: SOME NEW, MIND-BLOWING SHIT HAS COME TO LIGHT! See the bottom of the post. See also: Backstreet's Back, All Right! Kevin Richardson Dons a Tuxedo, Talks Lusty 12-Year-Olds Welcome to our new column, Lyrical Dissections. It's pretty self-explanato ... More >>

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    December 15, 2011

    Rachael v. Guy Celebrity Cook-Off: Pitting Celebrity Non-Chefs Against Each Other to See Who Sucks the Least

    ​Have we learned nothing from Famous Food? Only disaster can come from letting half-wit D-listers anywhere near a set of knives. Shouldn't the fact that a New Jersey Housewife is now part owner of a Hollywood restaurant teach us we should leave culinary arts to professionals? Unfortunately Rac ... More >>

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    November 23, 2011

    Martha Stewart Saves Thanksgiving, or Your Life: Top 10 Most Ridiculous #AskMartha Tweets

    You know the old Thanksgiving turkey hotline? We always imagined rows and rows of expert turkey-makers manning phones like the Jerry Lewis telethon, ready to answer your burning (or, hopefully just golden brown) bird questions. Actually, that's pretty much how it works, we think. But like Mario Bata ... More >>

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    November 17, 2011

    Coolhaus in Culver City Opening Tonight: Free Ice Cream

    Guzzle and Nosh/Flickr​What's cooler than being cool? (Ice cold) free Coolhaus sandwiches! As if we weren't excited enough for Coolhaus' brick-and-mortar shop in Culver City to finally open, they sweetened the deal by announcing that tonight at 6 p.m., when the doors are unlatched, they'll be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    Epicerie Fine: Chef Guy Martin Takes Us Back to Basic Ingredients

    Food television already has a Guy in Guy Fieri, but we'll soon have another Guy (pronounced "gee" as in "oui") starting Sunday, Oct. 16th, when French chef Guy Martin and his show Epicerie Fine premiere on American TV. Less of a cooking show and more of an exploration of ingredients, Epicerie Fine ... More >>

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    October 7, 2011

    Best Posts of the Week

    This week Weekly staffers Chris Vogel and Simone Wilson broke revelations from the new book Murder Rap, in which former LAPD detective Greg Kading cites testimony implicating Suge Knight in the death of Biggie Smalls and Diddy in the murder of Tupac. On our sister blog The Informer, Wilson also brou ... More >>

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    October 7, 2011

    Breakfast for Dinner Headed to Harvard & Stone

    Is breakfast still breakfast at 6 p.m.? Well, it depends what time you went to bed. As for Michael Livingston and Raul Villarreal -- photographers, filmmakers, major drinkers and self-taught kitchen wizards -- they wake up when the sun goes down, so their web series in which they whip up an elaborat ... More >>

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    October 6, 2011

    Dedication To My Sex: Why Lloyd and His String of P-Bombs Pissed Me Off

    If only iTunes had a return policy, or at least the ability to exchange for store credit. I'd gladly swap the original version of Lloyd's "Dedication to My Ex" for the cleaned-up radio edit, because frankly I feel like I got tricked. I heard the song for the first time in the car, and for much the ... More >>

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    September 23, 2011

    The Chew An Exclusive Clip of Michael Symon

    ​Daytime talk show The Chew, which may or may not rhyme with The View on purpose, premieres Monday, and we can't wait. Mostly because we're just so curious about what this show will really look like. It promises to be a groundbreaking and innovative take on exploring life through food, style ... More >>

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    August 2, 2011

    Q & A with Chef Sean Ehland, Part 2: The Best Thing He Ate at Noma, Plus Foraging in the Castle Yards

    Photo by Shauna Miller​In Part 1 of our interview with chef Sean Ehland, we learned his thoughts on the ever-present culinary school debate, as well as how he pestered his way into a stage at Noma via the restaurant's reservations email. In Part 2, we learn what working in such a sophisticated ... More >>

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    July 8, 2011

    Famous Food: The Dolce Group Puts Restaurant in the Capable Hands of Heidi Montag, et al.

    Ketchup before. What will be the after?​What are reality stars qualified to do? Hmm. Let's think. Have meltdowns on camera, for sure. Gang up on the weak link, certainly. And they're definitely extremely good at identifying who is, and who is not, here to make friends. What about opening a re ... More >>

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    June 30, 2011

    Extreme Chef on The Food Network: Over the Line?

    Photo courtesy of The Food Network.Run, chef, run!​Somewhere out there, the Top Chefs of the world are sitting around sharing a massive chuckle about what idiots the contestants of new show Extreme Chefs are making of themselves. Either that, or they're suddenly feeling like major pansies. To ... More >>

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    June 28, 2011

    Squid Ink Food Writers' Most Reviled Childhood Dinners

    southerbornandbredgirl/flickrFried chicken livers​ With food, one person's penance is another's pleasure. Many parents view dinner-time as an opportunity, not just to share food and company with their beloved offspring, but also to exert control. Sometimes kids are picky and sometimes parent ... More >>

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    June 15, 2011

    Thrillist Wants to Get L.A. Dudes Drunk, and Laid, and Full on Beef Jerky

    Photo via Thrillist.Party like a rock star.​This is a man's world. At least if you're a reader of online men's magazine Thrillist, it is. And those masculine horizons are suddenly expanding by way of Thrillist Rewards--a Groupon-like program chock full of guy-specific food, drink and entertain ... More >>

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    May 25, 2011

    Arno Shore: Jersey Shore Kids Work a Pizzeria in Italy

    A. Scattergoodgood pizza​ In case the world needed another reason to hate us, the Jersey Shore kids have been deported (okay, not exactly, but we wish) to Italy to film the fourth season of their hit MTV reality show. The Guidos and Guidettes, some of whom aren't even Italian, will be roaming ... More >>

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    May 12, 2011

    2nd Annual Food Blogger Bake Sale: Eat Sweets, Feel Good

    Chocolate Chip Stuffed Cookies from What's Gaby Cooking.​Ah, bake sales. There's not much else that makes you feel quite like a sugar-crazed kid again. But most of us feel a lot better about gorging on sweets these days when we have an excuse, and this weekend, the perfect opportunity will com ... More >>

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    May 3, 2011

    Squid Ink's Most Beloved Discontinued Products: Well, A Few of Them

    DSL in Jaz/flickrWe hardly knew you.​ Our favorite convenience foods are like friendly co-workers holed up in the next cubicle over. We meet them, like them, grow accustomed to their presence in our lives, and then, just as soon as we realize we can't quite imagine life without them, they di ... More >>

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    January 27, 2011

    UCLA Sex Survey Results: Threesomes, Celebrity Affairs, Masturbation, and How to Prevent Nude Photos of You Turning Up on Facebook

    Read more in our sex features, "Sex and This City: What are Angelenos Looking For?," "Give Sodomy a Chance," "iPhilandering: It's Easy to Be Sleazy!," and "Uncomplicated Casual Sex? Not Easy to Find on Craigslist." ​College campuses have quite a reputation for bawdy behavior these days, espec ... More >>

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    January 6, 2011

    Is Camille Grammer Leaving 'The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills?'

    BravoCamille.​There's important news in your world, and we aim to bring it to you. California's only Democratically appointed Supreme Court justice is quitting. SoCal is turning into a ghost town as more than half of foreclosed-upon homes aren't even on the market. And hiring of much-needed po ... More >>

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    December 2, 2010

    MAKE US LAUGH, FUNNY GIRL!

    BravoCamille.​There's important news in your world, and we aim to bring it to you. California's only Democratically appointed Supreme Court justice is quitting. SoCal is turning into a ghost town as more than half of foreclosed-upon homes aren't even on the market. And hiring of much-needed po ... More >>

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