Altadena

I Thought I Found a Historic Baseball in an Altadena Park

My balls are fake. After almost three months of allowing myself to believe that I might, indeed, have stumbled upon Lou Gehrig's home-run ball from the 1937 World Series, and another even more valuable ball signed by the 19th-century Hall of Famer Vic "The Delaware Peach" Willis, the balls have come ... More >>

Now Open: AltaEats, Chef Paul Ragan's New Altadena (Sort Of) Restaurant

Naming a neighborhood restaurant after its own neighborhood, or what's perceived to be its neighborhood, can be dicey business in greater Los Angeles. Take AltaEats, located on North Allen Avenue near New York, for example. Chef and co-owner Paul Ragan notes that the restaurant he recently opened ... More >>

Top 5 Weekend Food Events: PinotFest, Wine Chocolate Tasting, "Back at Café du Monde," The Strand Dinner Crawfish Boil

Pasadena PinotFest Grand Tasting Praise the pinot! That's the theme of this tasting event, now in its sixth year. Sample 200 pinot noirs from California and Oregon wineries, including several exclusive to PinotFest. Also enjoy food courtesy of Noir Food & Wine and Altadena Town & Country Club. WHAT ... More >>

Urban Farming: Or, How to Start a Farmers Market Stand With Your Backyard Citrus Trees, or Not

There's a wheelbarrow in the kitchen. How it got there doesn't bear thinking about. The moment for thought is long gone. With every bang of my shin on the barrow, it dawns on me that this is only the first load of many of oranges, lemons and tangerines that needs picking, trimming, washing, dryi ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 8/13 - 8/17

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "By the end of the day your palate will be scrambled, your liver probably beginning to fail, and any remaining resources will be so depleted that you can only fall into the generous arms of your DD or Metro Operator." L.A. Cra ... More >>

July at the Altadena Farmers Market: Your Virtual Grocery List

It's July at Los Angeles farmers markets, which means some pretty spectacular tomatoes and stone fruit and citrus, plus eggplant and artichokes and lettuces and, well, we could go on. On Wednesday afternoons for the last few weeks, the Altadena farmers market has been in full swing, making it well w ... More >>

Altadena's John Muir High Starts Produce Subscription Service

Los Angeles is no stranger to C.S.A. (community supported agriculture) subscriptions -- services that offer a curated box of fresh, seasonal produce delivered or picked up each week by community members for a monthly fee -- but none of them quite resemble the latest project from Atladena's John Muir ... More >>

Farmers Markets on July Fourth: Most Closed Santa Monica Still Open for Business

Just a quick reminder that although many Los Angeles-area farmers markets will be closed for business on Wednesday (including West L.A., Gardena, Lawndale, Altadena and Barnsdall Park), the morning Santa Monica Farmers Market will be open during its regular hours, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Food News Roundup: A Vegan's BBQ Solution, A $2 Cocktail in West Hollywood Radioactive Tuna

Eating L.A.: On the Altadena Farmer's Market. Gastronomy: A recipe for a whole wheat strawberry cake. The Associated Press: Radioactive bluefin arrives in Southern California. Consuming LA: The 7 best Cuban pastries at Porto's Bakery and Cafe. E*star LA: The best places to eat oysters in L.A.

Allison Anders: The Edge of Altadena

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. You could forgive Allison Anders' neighbors on her tree-lined street in Altadena for thinking she is just like them. Her house is pleasantly messy; her garden, a work in progre ... More >>

New Altadena Urban Farmers Market Coming in May

After many months of planning meetings and wrangling with local permits and bureaucracy, Joseph Shuldiner -- founder of the Institute of Domestic Technology -- can finally announce the May 30 start date for the new and highly-anticipated Altadena farmers market at Loma Alta Park. It'll be right nex ... More >>

Coop-to-Kitchen Class This Sunday: Meet Your Meat No Bird Required

Chickens are nothing new to L.A. -- Highland Park has the white noise of the freeway juxtaposed with the crows of several competing roosters who live along the Arroyo. Then there are the famed Freeway Chickens of Los Angeles, who have been living under the Vineland off-ramp of the Hollywood Freeway ... More >>

Rubus Ursinus: A Guide to the Elusive Pacific Blackberry

Eat Well Underground Market: January 29 in Altadena

In these DIY times, what consitutes "underground?" If you have a website and a sign up list, is your function really off the radar? For the underground food event Eat Well Market founded by Aimee Silver and taking place on Jan. 29, the term seems to mean a single layer of secrecy -- she's not widel ... More >>

Bulgarini Gelato in Culver City Now Open Free Gelato

Leo Bulgarini's new gelato outpost in Culver City -- Bulgarini took over the lease at Teaforest Tea & Coffee Bar on Washington Blvd. last month -- officially opened last week. This despite the fact that the gelato maker's gelateria in Altadena lost power in the violent windstorm that battered much o ... More >>

Bulgarini Gelato Update: A New Outpost in Culver City

Fans of Bulgarini Gelato know the drill: head to Pasadena from wherever else you are, climb up Lake Avenue to Altadena, traveling up practically into the Mt. Wilson clouds, and then turn off into the vast concrete landscape of a Rite Aid parking lot. There, at the end of a long patio, you'll find Le ... More >>

5 Best Gelato Shops in Los Angeles

Guzzle & NoshAssorted flavors at Gelato Bar in Los Feliz.​Yesterday, we listed the 5 Best Ice Cream Shops in Los Angeles. Today, we move onto gelato. Taxonomy is crucial in these matters. 5. Gelato Bar (Los Feliz, Studio City): Owned by Gail Silverton (sister of Mozza pizza queen Nancy), Gela ... More >>

Paco The Chihuahua Spooks Robbers in Altadena: Sheriff's Detectives Release Video of Brave Dog in Action

LASDStop, or I'll annoy you.​If you're going to be a stick-up kid, try not be deterred by a 15-pound chihuahua. A pair of robbers in Altadena were nearly thwarted by Paco the chihuahua during a robbery earlier this month. One of the thugs even pointed a shotgun at the pooch as the pair dema ... More >>

30 Scoops in 30 Days: Bulgarini (Day 19)

There's a reason Bulgarini Gelato is a perennial topper on Best Gelato lists, our own and others. While other gelaterias do a superb job of capturing the essence of a particular flavor, Bulgarini somehow captures the flavor itself. Nowhere is this more true than their pistachio gelato.

30 Scoops in 30 Days: Delicieuse (Day 15)

Delicieuse is plastered with charts and signs extolling the virtues of goat's milk, but we don't seek out ice cream for its curative powers. Nor do we trek to Redondo Beach for Delicieuse's goat's milk ice cream. We come for the incredible sorbets.

30 Scoops in 30 Days: Carmela Ice Cream (Day 7)

The most famous flavor at Carmela Ice Cream is its salted caramel. Listed first on the menu, it's almost always in stock. If it wasn't, the little Pasadena shop might have a riot on its hands. Perfectly balanced between sweet and salty, it's even richer and, dare we say, better than the superb sal ... More >>

Altadena Urban Farmers Market: This Sunday, Maybe No Longer

Felicia FriesemaTomato and garlic jams at the Altadena Urban Farmers Market​ So what is the best farmers market in L.A.? The answer depends on what's most important to you in a market: variety, number of organic vendors, quality of the bakers, sense of community, distance the farms have to tra ... More >>

Your Counter Intelligence Preview: In Which Mr. Gold Goes to New York City

Anne Fishbein​ This week's Counter Intelligence goes bi-coastal, as our critic travels to New York City -- there for the James Beard awards, of which he picked up a few more to stash in his overstuffed Altadena closet -- to check out the dinner scene. Man, or some of them, cannot live in San G ... More >>

The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

Flickr/dubh​ What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free), it's where most of ... More >>

Give Me What You Got

The Dragtones: the Hives, the Hi-Winders and the guy from the San Fernando Valley

Lasagna To Go?

Try the "cupcakes" from Heirloom L.A.

BEST PICKLED MEMORY

Patch, the WalMart of News?

AOL takes on longtime local bloggers with its hyperlocal news sites in Los Angeles

Best Cookbook Bookstore: Cook Books in Altadena

A. ScattergoodCook Books in Altadena​ Janet Jarvits' bookstore is more like a casual museum than an ordinary bookstore: a dusty, cluttered, literally voluminous space, vertically loaded with rows and rows of cookbooks, all of them used, many of them published long before most of us picked up ... More >>

Food Labelling: The End of Nutella?

A. ScattergoodNutella at Super King in Altadena​ The cult of Nutella is a large, insanely devoted and extraordinarily loyal group. Imagine a chocoholic crossed with an AC Milan fan. Maybe journalists eat more of the stuff than most people (possible), because when the European Parliament voted ... More >>

Top 10 Places To Watch the FIFA World Cup

​Tomorrow begins the the most widely watched sporting event in the world, the 2010 FIFA World Cup. And for the next month, from June to July 11th, even Laker mania will take a back seat to soccer. The World Cup, held for the first time in Africa, showcases 32 countries. And while you can of co ... More >>

Bulgarini Gelato: Coming to A Theatre Near You A Second Westside Store Next Summer

​As fans of Bulgarini Gelato know all too well, to get your fix of Leo Bulgarini's remarkable gelato, you have to pilgrimage north to Altadena, up the gradually inclining Lake Avenue all the way to the San Gabriel foothills and the vast concrete universe of a Rite Aid parking lot. Your trek is ... More >>

99 Things To Eat in L.A. Before You Die: Bulgarini Goat's Milk Gelato

On Thursday the Weekly will publish our Restaurant Issue: 99 Things to Eat in L.A. Before You Die. For the days leading up to the issue, we'll be posting a few of Jonathan Gold's items on the blog. Check back each day as we count down. Bulgarini Goat's Milk Gelato: Los Angeles is a world capital ... More >>

I Fought the Slaw: The Slaw Dogs Opens in Pasadena

Lake Avenue, as it thrusts up towards Altadena, has long been where Pasadena sequesters its fast-food restaurants, and at the heart of it, you can find nearly every drive-thru window that has ever sponsored a football broadcast. The street has also been hospitable to a few left-of-center fast-food j ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 2/8 - 2/12

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Until we can persuade significant chunks of Extramadura or the Costa Brava to emigrate, we can at least console ourselves with the Valencian paellas and fideos at LA Paella near the Beverly Center." Ask Mr. Gold: Spain ... More >>

Off the Radar on Mount Lowe: Undiscovered and Overlooked in L.A.

Kevin ScanlonLast week at blogging.la, Chal Pivik said, "Despite re-opening in late 2006 after nearly five years of renovations and additions, Griffith Observatory remains one of LA's relatively off-the-radar attractions, even though parking and admission is free." I completely agreed, and spent mu ... More >>

Best Gelato: Bulgarini Gelato

Canadian Club: Dusty's Draws in Poutine Heads

Brick's Picks: Staying Local

Jazz in L.A., June 6-12

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

Just another perfect day

All in the Familia

Where community is more important than consistency

The Taste of Things to Come

Bulgarini Gelato finds a home

Arpa International Film Festival

Sweet Home Altadena

Ask Mr. Gold

An Eden of Their Own

Paradise Created

Mysterious, private and sensual . . . the backyard in Los Angeles

Remembering 'Zorbacchus'

Ask Mr. Gold

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