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May 18, 2012
Jonathan Waxman Serves 'Foods of Baja' at Rosa Mexicano
Baja California is very hot right now. Just ask Anthony Bourdain, The New Yorker, or Dwell. Now chef Jonathan Waxman, cookbook author, chef/owner of Barbuto in NYC, and culinary consultant for Rosa Mexicano, is debuting his "Foods of Baja" menu at the restaurant's West Hollywood and L.A. Live locat ... More >>
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May 18, 2012
Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 5/14 - 5/18
In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Animals have been talking to me. And any shaman will say that that's not that weird." Q & A With Roy Choi: Slinging Tacos at Midnight, Calling Out Jamie Oliver Choi's Vegetable Moment. "After all, in Los Angeles, nothing ... More >>
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May 15, 2012
Anthony Bourdain's Baja Episode of No Reservations Will Make You Want to Cross the Border Immediately
The Baja California episode of No Reservations begins with a soundtrack of gunshots and sirens peppering news reports of violence in Tijuana. But against this noise we see Anthony Bourdain strolling into town looking unafraid. He knows what you're thinking: "Wait, isn't Tijuana dangerous?" The shor ... More >>
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May 7, 2012
Flavour Gallery T-Shirts: "I Don't SCREAM I Express Myself" Chef-Inspired Fashion
If it's already one of those "Say YES CHEF and that's it" or "I don't SCREAM I express myself" sort of weeks, you're in luck. Flavour Gallery, the L.A. based t-shirt designer with an eye for dining-inspired designs, has expanded recently beyond their typical "swirl and sip" logos. The company began ... More >>
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April 24, 2012
A Plea for Pulque, Mexico's Lost Beverage
Lately the thought of pulque, a fermented beverage of Mexico made from sap of the maguey cactus, has been haunting my dreams. It wasn't too long ago that a friend introduced me to a vendor selling jugs filled with pulque for a few dollars a pop at one of those Eastside street fairs that crop up on ... More >>
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April 19, 2012
Time Magazine Picks 100 Most Influential People in the World: Including Two Chefs
Yesterday Time Magazine named it's 100 Most Influential People in the World, proving yet again that lists are more important than real news. Among the hundred super important people are two chefs, both of whom unquestionably deserve to be at the top of any list that includes foodists. (One could not ... More >>
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March 29, 2012
Food News Roundup: Farmers Challenge Monsanto, Sous-Vide Cocktails Possible Bourdain Book Deal for Marilyn Hagerty
Reuters: Organic farmers vow to continue challenging Monsanto's patents on genetically modified seeds, defying a court that ruled no controversy exists. Food Arts: Julian Cox, and others, are using sous-vide for cocktails. Call it "flash brew." Grand Forks Herald: A book deal with Anthony Bourdain ... More >>
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March 9, 2012
Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 3/5-3/9
In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Tommy's chili is a flame-orange concoction that, no matter how many napkins you have at the ready, will inevitably leave its mark somewhere on your face, shirt or shoes." 10 Best Hot Dogs in Los Angeles. "We've all wished ... More >>
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March 8, 2012
Roy Choi of A-Frame and Kogi on How Cookbooks Changed His Life
In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Tommy's chili is a flame-orange concoction that, no matter how many napkins you have at the ready, will inevitably leave its mark somewhere on your face, shirt or shoes." 10 Best Hot Dogs in Los Angeles. "We've all wished ... More >>
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March 8, 2012
Roy Choi on Cookbooks: Fannie Farmer, Betty Crocker Choi's 41-year-old Recipe
If you love both Roy Choi (Kogi, Chego, A-Frame, the world) and your treasured stack of cookbooks, those demi-glace-spattered volumes cluttering your kitchen or serving as doorstops to same, you might want to turn the page to today's feature food story, in which Choi considers his path from local ch ... More >>
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March 7, 2012
Anthony Bourdain: Now Portable Via Travel Channel's New Layover App
We've all wished we could carry Anthony Bourdain around in our pockets when traveling to a new city, and now, the marketing geniuses over at the Travel Channel have figured out a way to make such a thing possible. In digital form, at least. Today they announced the new "Travel Channel Layover Guide ... More >>
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February 23, 2012
Ecco Announces First 3 Bourdain Titles: Roy Choi and Some Other People
Last September Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced that Anthony Bourdain (chef, crime novelist, No Reservations guy, friend-of-Chang, occasional writer of Treme episodes, etc.) would have his own line of books, one that would publish a small handful of titles every year. W ... More >>
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February 17, 2012
Read This Now: Lucky Peach Issue 3
Okay, it's not out just yet, but it's good to get advance warning for some things. (Obama traffic, windstorms, certain NBA point guards.) On March 13th, the third issue of Lucky Peach hits the stands and kitchen counter tops and behind tsukemen bars (where Ikemen keeps theirs). Lucky Peach, ... More >>
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February 10, 2012
Anthony Bourdain: 5 Unexpected Lessons He Taught Us Last Night
College of the Canyons/Jesse MuñozAnthony Bourdain, giving a rapt audience a window into making No Reservations.We don't think any stone was left unturned by the end of Anthony Bourdain's speaking engagement last night at Santa Clarita's College of the Canyons. We know his new "death row" m ... More >>
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January 23, 2012
Anthony Bourdain's The Layover Uses Jonathan Gold as a Guide
The Travel Channel obviously saved the best for last. The season finale of Anthony Bourdain's The Layover airs tonight, in which Tony will enlighten viewers on how to get the most out of the L.A. food scene in a short period of time. Between cocktails at the Chateau Marmont and, we think, a peek in ... More >>
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November 15, 2011
Read This Now: Lucky Peach Issue 2
If your tonkotsu-stained pages of the first issue of Lucky Peach are no longer functioning reasonably well and you're tired of ramen (okay, right), you can get over to your nearest applicable bookstore (or Momofuku restaurant or Whole Foods) and buy a copy of the new food-as-lit magazine. T ... More >>
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November 14, 2011
10 Favorite Food Quotes in Simpsons' "The Food Wife"
L. BallaThe food media world was chomping at the bit to see last night's highly anticipated Simpsons episode. "The Food Wife" has Marge, Lisa and Bart write a food blog called The Three Mouthkateers as they make their way through the surprisingly eclectic Springfield food scene. There are sno ... More >>
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November 11, 2011
Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 11/7-11/11
Flickr/Lauren Manning In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "In true Bourdain fashion, he gave us an straight answer. 'You know, I don't really care.'" Anthony Bourdain on The Layover, L.A. and Jonathan Gold. "The first thing you need to know about Attari ... More >>
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November 10, 2011
Anthony Bourdain on The Layover, L.A. and Jonathan Gold
Via the Travel ChannelAnthony Bourdain at the LudoBites truck.We elbowed our way into the Travel Channel's crowded media conference call to speak with legendary chef, food writer and TV personality Anthony Bourdain about his new show, The Layover, premiering this month. When it was finally o ... More >>
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November 2, 2011
Taste Awards Nominees Announced: Anthony Bourdain, Alton Brown Steve Jobs
Taste AwardsWhat do Steve Jobs, Kung Fu Panda 2 and The Chew have in common? They'll each be recognized during the next annual Taste Awards. Contrary to the name, the award ceremony, held January's 3rd in Hollywood, honors not just food but style and home lifestyle programming in television, ... More >>
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October 19, 2011
Shaanxi Gourmet: More Fun with Hand-Shaved Noodles Untranslated Menus in the SGV
F. FriesemaJonagold applesShaanxi noodles? We know from Shaanxi noodles. The hand-shaved variety, first at Dow Shaw/Heavy Noodling, then at JTYH, have been a mainstay of San Gabriel Valley gourmandism for decades before most Westsiders could point out Shaanxi on a map. But in New York, Xi'an ... More >>
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September 12, 2011
Anthony Bourdain Gets His Own Line of Books at Ecco
Anthony Bourdain can now add yet another title to the long list of those he has already: chef, crime novelist, non-fiction author, television host, HBO writer, and eater of odd foods. No, not political candidate, but publisher. Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, today announced th ... More >>
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July 12, 2011
Food News Roundup: President Obama's Eat Our Peas Moment, Brain Freeze Sang Yoon's Foie Ice Cream Sandwiches
-- Father's Office starts serving desserts. Not just any desserts, mind you, but foie gras ice cream sandwiches. [Grub Street] -- What Causes Brain Freeze? Which is a condition also called sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia. Who knew. [Food Republic, via food52] -- Marja Vongerichten's "Kimchi Chro ... More >>
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July 8, 2011
Top 5 Natto Uses: A Love Letter to Fermented Soy Beans Happy Natto Day
Flickr/yoshing_BTJapanese fermented soy beans Boogers. Dirty socks. Puke. The only comparisons made to natto, or Japanese fermented soy beans, are unflattering ones. It's simultaneously sticky and slimy. When brought out of the freezer to room temperature and mixed, strings of what looks like ... More >>
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June 24, 2011
Q & A With Lucky Peach's Peter Meehan: Drinking Fernet With David Chang The Food Journal As Dartboard
As you may have heard, Lucky Peach, the quarterly food journal put together by David Chang (Momofuku), Peter Meehan and the folks at Zero Point Zero Production (No Reservations) and published by McSweeney's, debuted yesterday. Ramen. Anthony Bourdain. Ruth Reichl. Harold McGee. More than enou ... More >>
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June 23, 2011
Lucky Peach: The New Food Journal From David Chang & Friends Is Here
Lucky Peach, the food quarterly from Momofuku's David Chang, debuted yesterday. It's an enormous amount of fun, as you would expect, kind of like Grand Street crossed with No Reservations. This makes sense once you run down the list of contributors: Anthony Bourdain, Harold McGee, Ruth Reichl ... More >>
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May 10, 2011
Food News Roundup: Sriracha Chicken, Movie Sandwiches More Fun Listening to Bourdain Talk
-- Saveur #127, the Los Angeles Edition. (Congrats, Javier! Street food! And yes, James Oseland used to be a proofreader at LA Weekly.) [Saveur] -- Allergies explained using cookies and candy. [Boing Boing] -- 5 Questions for Walter Manzke, or the joy of immersion circulators. [Daily Dish] -- ... More >>
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March 28, 2011
Food News Roundup: Bourdain on Beard, Questions for Roy Choi The Online World of Cannibals
-- Anthony Bourdain on the James Beard awards ("I would sooner attend a Renaissance Fair in Hell"). [No Reservations, via The New York Times.] -- The Great Mayonnaise Debate. [Food Republic] -- Two words: Absinthe Cake. [Food Gal] -- A cup of coffee & illegal immigration. [Los Angeles Times] ... More >>
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March 4, 2011
Anthony Bourdain Joins Writing Team on HBO's Treme
Anthony Bourdain, no stranger to TV, is moving to the other side of the camera.Under Anthony Bourdain's many writing credits - Kitchen Confidential, Bone in the Throat and Medium Raw, to name a few - we can now add HBO series Treme to that list. As the AVClub reports, via Nola.com, the sharp ... More >>
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February 28, 2011
What's in Season at the Farmers Markets: Winter Leeks Nickel Diner Recipe
Felicia FriesemaOrganic leeks at Finely Farms booth, Hollywood market. During the summer, allium family members, namely onions and shallots, dominate with pungency and volume, their gravid roundness an analogy for big season harvests. But in the winter, a slender, gentler cousin emerges. Le ... More >>
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February 17, 2011
OCTOPI HAVE BALLS?
Felicia FriesemaOrganic leeks at Finely Farms booth, Hollywood market. During the summer, allium family members, namely onions and shallots, dominate with pungency and volume, their gravid roundness an analogy for big season harvests. But in the winter, a slender, gentler cousin emerges. Le ... More >>
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January 6, 2011
Bourdain to Attend San Diego Comic-Con to Promote His New Graphic Novel
In a two-part livestreaming session with Eater National yesterday, Anthony Bourdain announced that he will be attending San Diego Comic-Con in July to promote his forthcoming graphic novel, Get Jiro! Though the author revealed details of the project last October at New York Comic-Con, describing it ... More >>
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November 23, 2010
Q & A with Scott Conant, Part 2: Silverton, Celebrity, and Defending the Spaghetti Price Structure
Flickr user Muy YumScott Conant in the kitchen of Scarpetta Beverly Hills In part 1 of our interview with Scarpetta chef Scott Conant, we discussed his youth; how rejection from a plumbing program lead him to the life of a chef; what it felt like to get that first three-star review in The New ... More >>
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October 6, 2010
Bourdain Talks "Homicidal Food Nerd" Comic on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Anthony Bourdain was on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night to promote his new book Medium Raw (the true follow-up to Kitchen Confidential), and was asked about a new graphic novel he is working on. Bourdain responded, of course, as only he could. "We're working on a ultra-violent food-based ... More >>
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September 23, 2010
Top Chef All-Stars Officially Announced With 18 Runner-Up Contestants
Bravo Ladies and gentlemen, it appears that the rumors of a Top Chef All-Stars season are true! TV Guide Magazine released an official report from Bravo that the upcoming eighth run of the Emmy award-winning competitive cooking show will include an all-star cast of eighteen runners-up from p ... More >>
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September 21, 2010
Via Eater: Anthony Bourdian (Imagined) on Dancing With The Stars
This is beyond hilarious. From Eater, a post imagining an alternate universe in which Anthony Bourdain goes on Dancing With The Stars, which apparently premiered (again) last night. "During the show Anthony Bourdain's wife tweeted that a few years ago he was asked join the show (both Rocco DiSpirito ... More >>
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July 16, 2010
Civilized Media for This Modern World: the Dinner Party Download
The Great Fire of London. Khrushchev's visit to Cedar Rapids. The origin of computer viruses. Muhammad Ali's skirmishes with the U.S. military. The creation of the peace sign. No, these facts aren't from a Jeopardy! audition drill, but instead trivia you could be learning from the Dinner Pa ... More >>
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June 29, 2010
Web Surfing: A Roundup of Posts from L.A. Food Blogs & Beyond
-- Maury Rubin's Birdbath Bakery not opening after all. [Eater LA] -- Cookware shops in Paris. [David Lebovitz] -- Supporting our local food trucks in the face of a call for increased regulations. [Eating L.A.] -- A review of Tacos El Rocky. [LA Taco] -- Geoff Nicholson reviews Anthony Bourd ... More >>
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June 16, 2010
Bourdain at UCLA Tonight: No Tickets? Stake Out the Westwood In-N-Out
AmazonAs Anthony Bourdain fans have known for months now, the No Reservations guy is in town to give a talk at UCLA tonight. Bourdain has also been making the rounds, talking to Pat Morisson on KPCC this afternoon, during which time he heaped praise on local institutions In-N-Out, Philippe' ... More >>
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June 10, 2010
MY DINNER WITH ARROGANCE
AmazonAs Anthony Bourdain fans have known for months now, the No Reservations guy is in town to give a talk at UCLA tonight. Bourdain has also been making the rounds, talking to Pat Morisson on KPCC this afternoon, during which time he heaped praise on local institutions In-N-Out, Philippe' ... More >>
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April 5, 2010
Feed Your Head: Top 10 Food Books That Make Us Drool
Whether it's a chef's memoir or a novel set in the kitchen, books that center around food have conjured up cravings, inspired us at the stove and opened us up to new adventures in dining. This is a list of our favorites: some fiction, some exposé, some popular, some obscure, but all in celebration ... More >>
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April 2, 2010
Anthony Bourdain Coming to Royce Hall: Yes, Reservations
The Travel ChannelAnthony Bourdain, the hazard pay episode Tired of getting your Anthony Bourdain fix via the Travel Channel, your demi-glace-stained pages of Kitchen Confidential (or Bone in the Throat, circa 1995), or even, gasp, from the untangled threads of @ruthbourdain? The chef-author ... More >>
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March 18, 2010
Food on Twitter: The Beautiful Schizophrenia of @ruthbourdain
screenshot of @ruthbourdain's twitter pageIf you haven't heard of Ruth Bourdain, the Twitter mashup of food rock stars Ruth Reichl and Anthony Bourdain, you need to. It's possibly the funniest thing we've heard in weeks. Months. Longer. To get up to speed on what you've been missing, read the ... More >>
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February 9, 2010
Bill Murray on No Reservations: Give This Man A Travel Show
Anthony Bourdain's traveling road show, No Reservations, is a meandering and often exhaustingly self-referential hour of television. Not so for the final 4 minutes of last night's show, when, after wandering up and down the Hudson River, Bourdain ran into and dined with Bill Murray. Bill Murray (Gro ... More >>
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December 31, 2009
Plate Spinning: Listings From the Past Week
Some food for thought from local, national and international news sources from this past week: --Jonathan Gold, Eric Alperin, Mark Peel and more on the best dining neighborhoods of 2009. [EaterLA] --Early '90s flashback for the LA Times Test Kitchen. [Daily Dish] --Anthony Bourdain pays tri ... More >>
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September 9, 2009
Eat What Bourdain Just Ate: Dosa, Lamb Soup and Squirming Tentacles
While New York and Los Angeles are clearly, very different cities, the outer reaches of both areas have something in common: terrific foods from a wide range of ethnic backgrounds. For this week's No Reservations, the crew was focusing on the outer boroughs of New York, and Bourdain seemed legitimat ... More >>
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July 30, 2009
Eat What Bourdain Just Ate: Wings, Polish Food and Lebanese Tartar
Another week, another episode of No Reservations. Bourdain, inspired partially by HBO's critically acclaimed series "The Wire", (a fact that seemed to concern some locals), set out on a Rust Belt episode, highlighting the local fare of Buffalo, Baltimore and Detroit. Baltimore "lake trout", which i ... More >>
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July 24, 2009
Eat What Bourdain Just Ate: Sichuan, Kebab, Brains & More
Anthony Bourdain was at it again this week, delving into the surprising culinary scene of Melbourne, Australia. But unless you have a bunch of highly-skilled chef pals with access to local Aussie ingredients, you're probably not going to be able to recreate that charming little rooftop potluck. Howe ... More >>
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July 16, 2009
Eat What Bourdain Just Ate: Pastel de Choclo, Mote con Huesillo a Recipe for Pisco Sours
Want to eat like Anthony Bourdain, but can't afford to fly halfway down the globe for lunch? Well it's a good thing you live in one of the most diverse cities on the planet.
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July 8, 2009
Ask Mr. Gold: The Quintessential Experience for the Out-of-Towner
Dear Mr. Gold: I was in Rome a few months ago and an Italian friend took me out to a great neighborhood pizzeria/ristorante (Pizzeria San Marco). The place was off the tourist trail, not in any guidebooks, but packed with locals, the essence of Rome. Now my friend will be visiting Los Angeles and I' ... More >>
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