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Andrew Zimmern

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2013

    Hurrah for the James Beard Book, Broadcast and Journalism Awards Winners!

    The James Beard Book Broadcast and Journalism awards were held this past Saturday night, and a whole new crop of book authors, TV and radio folks and food journalists were honored with what is still considered the food world's greatest honor -- a James Beard medal. You can see the full list of win ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2013

    Watch this Weekend: Bill Esparza on L.A. Street Eats

    Bill Esparza is going from Street Gourmet to host of the Street Eats: USA Los Angeles episode this Saturday, March 23, at 3 p.m. He announced the news earlier this morning on his blog. While it's not the first time Esparza has appeared on Travel Channel, it will still be a first of sorts for the mus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2013

    Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre L.A. Restaurant Overview

    On a recent episode of his podcast "Go Fork Yourself," Andrew Zimmern -- host of the Bizarre Foods series -- reveals his list of Los Angeles restaurant picks in something less sensational than we've come to expect from the Travel Channel guide to unfamiliar foods around the world. In fact, it's so s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2012

    Anthony Bourdain Told Me to Go to Baja. So I'd Be OK There. Right?

    In our column First Person, L.A. writers tackle the good, the bad and the funny about life as they know it. Anthony Bourdain made it look so great. "Baja's like Tuscany!" he'd proclaimed to the media. And right in L.A.'s backyard. I'd never been, nor had my best friend, so we booked hotel rooms f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2012

    Baja Chefs Coming to Playa This September

    Baja cuisine is habanero hot right now, with food personalities like Anthony Bourdain (who said the region "feels like Tuscany") and Andrew Zimmern elevating the area's chefs to national prominence. If you've been stuck salivating stateside, unwilling or unable to make the jaunt south of the border, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2012

    Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival: The Wine Part of the Equation

    The second annual Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival concluded Sunday, a slickly produced, three-day debauch mostly held in and around the capacious digs of L.A. Live and its Marriott property -- though neither conference room nor rooftop exhibition tent could adequately contain the assemblage of whit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2012

    L.A. Food & Wine Festival: Rosé, Ribs, and Summer Heat

    After a weekend filled with many bottles of rosé and short rib sliders, the second annual Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival wrapped up Sunday afternoon at L.A. Live after four days of chef-driven tastings, demos, samplings and other events that featured some of the top culinary talents in the countr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2012

    Top 5 L.A. Hotels for Room Service, According to Adam Richman

    When we initially sat down with Adam Richman at the bar of the Four Season's hotel in Beverly Hills, we were hoping to get a top five list of best sandwiches in L.A. It made sense since he was in town plugging his new show, Best Sandwich in America on Travel Channel. But we were more intrigued by hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2012

    Street Gourmet L.A.'s Bill Esparza on Bizarre Food America Tonight

    L.A.-based food blogger and professional saxophonist Bill Esparza, whom you might remember from his L.A. Weekly piece about being a "reverse coyote" for Tijuana food tourists, will serve as guide for Bizarre Food America host and man-who-will-eat-anything Andrew Zimmern as the duo explore San Diego ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    James Beard 2012 Award Winners

    The James Beard awards are the food equivalent of the Oscars: prestigious golden whatsits, fancy dress event, silly acceptance speeches, requisite grouching about the whole thing being rigged. Oh, yes, and lots of highly talented people getting much-deserved recognition. This year's awards ceremony ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    Chew On This: Foie Gras Bubble Gum

    There are many creative ways to protest the upcoming California ban on foie gras. You can gather together to support legislation that would prevent the ban, as many area chefs have done. You can eat as much foie as possible, regardless of what your cardiologist might say. Or you can tweet out your f ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    March 22, 2012

    I Am a Reverse Coyote: Smuggling Food Tourists Into Tijuana

    Tijuana is the new culinary media darling, but this writer has been smuggling food tourists there for years

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2012

    Andrew Zimmern's Pop-Up Dinner at Royal/T: How It's Different from Every Other Episode of Bizarre Foods America

    Royal/T, the Culver City cosplay café, is in shambles right now -- a chaotic mess of boxes, dust, overturned tables and yes, TV cameras. It will be spic and span by 6 p.m., though, when Andrew Zimmern's "California Dreaming" pop-up dinner will opens its doors. Part fundraiser, part stint for his n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    Top 5 Weekend Food Events: Naples vs. Venice, Australian Wine, Andrew Zimmern Pop-Up, Bock Fest, Foraging Foodies

    Naples vs. Venice Regional Italians cuisine goes head-to-head as two mammas, Napoli native Maria Marino and Venetian chef Luciana Ongaro, take over the kitchen at Marino Ristorante to cook dishes in the styles of their Italian hometowns. In one course, paccheri di gragnano al ragu imperiale (rigato ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2011

    Rick Bayless Taco-Blocks Local Blogger

    Chicago-based chef Rick Bayless, who graciously introduced Los Angeles to authentic music right after introducing us to authentic Mexican cuisine, doesn't want a certain Los Angeles blogger to know what he's doing. The blogger in question is Bill Esparza of Street Gourmet LA, who savaged Red O in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    Street Gourmet LA on Bizarre Foods: Viewing Party Happy Hour at Guelaguetza

    Bill Esparza, of Street Gourmet LA​Local food blogger Bill Esparza (Street Gourmet LA) will be appearing on the upcoming Baja episode of the Beard Award-winning Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern. To celebrate, there will be a viewing party at the Olympic branch of Oaxacan restaurant Guelaguetz ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    2010 James Beard Finalists Announed: Suzanne Goin, Matt Molina, Michael Cimarusti, Jonathan Gold, Patric Kuh Nominated

    James Beard​Twitter is at it again. The 2010 James Beard Award Finalists were announced this morning via the foundation's Twitter account. L.A's Suzanne Goin, of Lucques, AOC Wine Bar, Hungry Cat and Tavern was nominated for Outstanding Chef, while Matt Molina of Mozza and Michael Cimarusti of ... More >>

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