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LYFE Kitchen Review: This Would-Be Chain's Heart Is in the Right Place, But Its Food Isn't

Top 5 Snacks to Emerge After the New Taco Bell Doritos Loco Taco

Last year's unleashing of the Doritos Locos Nacho Cheese beef taco was Taco Bell's biggest product launch ever, shaking the earth and forever changing what we mere mortals thought was possible in the fast food game. Turns out, Taco Bell may even win an award for their culinary black magic. Now, wi ... More >>

Horse Meat Found in IKEA Swedish Meatballs

Across the Atlantic, the horse meat scandal continues to rock Europe -- and now it appears that IKEA's Swedish Köttbullar meatballs are the latest ready-made product found to contain horse meat. The Czech State Veterinary Administration alerted the public to traces of horse DNA found in meatballs p ... More >>

Taylor Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together": Why This Song Sucks

[Editor's note: Why This Song Sucks determines why particular tracks blow using science. It appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday.] See also: Exclusive: A Disgruntled Label Exec Spills the Beans About Taylor Swift's Insane-Sounding New Album Song: Taylor Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Ba ... More >>

Top 6 Fast Food Items We're Guessing Michelle Obama Would Ask You To Avoid

The USDA recommends adults consume between 1,200 and 2,000 calories and no more than 2,400 milligrams of sodium on the daily, but based on fast food chain offerings, said establishments tend to disregard the USDA's suggestions. Instead, fast food vendors capitalize on the country's food culture by i ... More >>

Eats at the London 2012 Olympics

LONDON -- Game on for eating well during the Olympics, which begins today, July 27, and run through August 12. Already one of the best dining cities in the world, London has been spiffed mightily up for the Olympic games. Billions have been spent on new athletic venues; streets have been reconfigur ... More >>

The Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

You can't replace the feeling of lounging on the couch with a scrunched-up newspaper. But with the web, at least you don't need to worry about getting ink on your hands and bagel. Here's a roundup of some food-related stories from our country's newspapers this week. Lucky for us, it's mostly free. F ... More >>

Burger King Releases Bacon Sundae: Bacon Is Officially Over

There are all kinds of ways to gauge when something is done, dead, over as a trend. When your mom knows about it, when network news does a trend piece on it, when it hooks up with another stupid trend and makes disgusting trend babies. But nothing says DEAD for a food trend like Burger King jumping ... More >>

Burger King Announces Transition to Cage-free Eggs and Pork

Someday you may just be able to eat fast food for breakfast in good conscience. The AP reports that fast food powerhouse Burger King announced today that as of 2017, all of its eggs and pork products will come from cage-free animals. The king is dead; long live the king, I guess.

The Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Food Newspaper Stories

You can't replace the feeling of lounging on the couch with a scrunched-up newspaper. But with the web, at least you don't need to worry about getting ink on your hands and bagel. Here's a roundup of some food-related stories from our country's newspapers this week. Lucky for us, it's mostly free. F ... More >>

The Unhappiness Index: McDonald's Customers are Least Happy with Their Health Other Uncomfortable Insights Into Fast Food Choices

Apparently, one can guess whether you are happy or unhappy with your health based on your decision to have chicken nuggets from Chick-fil-A rather than from McDonald's. That is, according to the BIGinsightâ„¢ Monthly Consumer Survey, which ranked the happiness level of certain fast food customers o ... More >>

Burger King Celebrates St. Patrick's Day with French Fries Green Dipping Sauce

This weekend, Burger King will "celebrate the luck of the Irish" by giving away its own version of a pot of gold: value-sized French fries. Yes, the fast food chain's connection between St. Patrick's Day and a fast food side item is fairly strained, but since it's gratis, we'll make the allowance. ... More >>

Angela Davis Says Black People Have a Responsibility to Support the DREAM Act

Angela Davis, former Black Panther, is the go-to commentator on any protest or political uprising these days. (And, apparently, the go-to stencil for "street artists" designing nostalgic protest fliers.) So why hasn't anyone asked her how she feels about the DREAM Act -- the national push to grant ... More >>

Trader Joe's Signs Deal With Tomato Workers

After years of nudges, calls to action and protests, grocery chain Trader Joe's has finally signed on to the Fair Food Agreement. Spearheaded by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, it's a major step forward in the decadelong campaign to improve working conditions for pickers in Florida, where nearly ... More >>

Jonathan Gold Reviews Westfield Culver City Food Court

Wendy's Dethrones Burger King as #2 Burger Chain

Among a slew of fast food headlines in 2011, the unveiling of a new Wendy's burger, Dave's Hot 'N Juicy, had lasting effects on the future of the fast food industry. Thanks largely to the new better-quality burger, Wendy's is set to surpass Burger King next year as the second-most popular (behind Mc ... More >>

Russian Burger King Commercial Of The Day

​ In what might be another sign that Vladimir Putin is losing control of his country -- or at least its burger marketing departments -- comes a sensationally 'hip' commercial from Burger King. If Russian burger lovers were all hip-hop enthusiasts, then Burger King knows they would spin giant h ... More >>

The New KFC: Korean Fried Chicken

Anne Fishbeinthe invisible restaurant critic​ Dear Mr. Gold: You seem to be writing about a lot of Korean restaurants recently. The new KFC is Korean Fried Chicken. I've tried BonChon and Kyochon. While both are good, I have to give the edge to Kyochon, although BonChon gets points for easy pa ... More >>

19 Chain Restaurants Join Initiative to Offer Healthier Kids' Meals

Flickr/fdecomite​ Nineteen restaurant chains, including Burger King and IHOP, have agreed to participate in a restaurant industry effort to promote healthier meals for children, Reuters reports. Conceived of by the National Restaurant Association, the voluntary program will focus on boosting ... More >>

Trannyshack L.A. Returns With A Bang (And Wang) for July 4th Weekend

Lina LecaroSF's Heklina messes up the stage. ​Saturday at the Echoplex offered an explosive evening of pocket rockets, piccolo peters, hot snakes, and (eye) poppers ... and there wasn't a firework to be seen. Yes, we're talking about another kind of banger all together, friends. It was Trannys ... More >>

LinA In LA: Dance Club, DJ and Party Picks For The Holiday Weekend

Josh "Curious Josh" Reiss, from last year.Labyrinth of Jareth​Independence day on the horizon makes for an explosive week in Los Angeles. From decadent dress-up to Dolly love to mash-up mayhem to tranny fanny shaking and more, you don't need Piccolo Petes or Cherry Bombs to get loud and cracki ... More >>

Burger King Gives its Burger the Stuffed Crust Pizza Treatment

Courtesy of Burger King.​ With the debut of its BK Stuffed Steakhouse Burger, Burger King hopes to achieve what Domino's et. al. accomplished with stuffed crust pizza: Shove cheap extra calories into its core product to make it exponentially more fattening and, hence, more appealing. The Stuf ... More >>

Seasonal Fast Food: UK Burger King's Brussels Sprout Whopper

Burger KingSprout Surprise Whopper from Burger King​ There has been a push, over the last few years, for seasonal eating. Consuming locally grown, seasonally appropriate food will lead to a better environment, and perhaps more importantly, better tasting fruits and vegetables. But there is ano ... More >>

Have It Your Way: Burger King's Profanity Drive-Thru Receipt

KCRA.com​ There's road rage and there's consumer remorse and there's truth in advertising. Blend them all together and you get something like what happened at a Sacramento Burger King recently, in which a customer was given his receipt with "FUCK YOU" (yes, in block letters) printed on the pa ... More >>

Burger King's NY Pizza Burger = 36 Strips of Bacon

Guzzle & NoshBurger pizza = satan?​ In case you thought KFC's Double Down didn't have enough calories, here comes Burger King's NY Pizza Burger. Composed of four Whoppers topped with pepperoni, mozzarella and marinara sauce on a massive 9.5-inch sesame seed bun, this culinary Frankenstein ... More >>

WHERE HAS THE TIME GONE?

No Nick & Stef's, La Serenata For LAX Food Choices: Boring, High School Cafeteria-Like Restaurants Win For Now

In a Whopper of a deal, Burger King stays at LAX for now.​A world class city deserves world-class food at its international airport, right? After all, LAX saw nearly 7.8 million international passenger arrivals through June of this year. What kind of cuisine to they see, smell and taste? Burge ... More >>

Consumer Reports Ranks Best-Tasting U.S. Burgers

RachellebAmerica's Favorite Burger​ Turns out Burger King -- and McDonald's, Wendy's and Jack in the Box -- no longer rank among U.S. burger royalty. Consumer Reports recently published a list of our 18 favorite fast food burgers and local legend In-N-Out got top honors. While obviously proud ... More >>

Top 10 Food-Related Onion Headlines

The Onion, for those that don't know, is a satirical newspaper reporting fake stories on a wide range of worldly topics -- and often the best part about reading those stories is the headlines. In fact, it's precisely why following them on Twitter is so much fun ("Online University Cracks Down On Row ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 4/5-4/9

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "The way things are going, we'll probably see a camel-hump truck parked out behind the Brig within a month or two."

Have It Your Way: 3 New Saudi Arabian Burger King Ads

The Burger Wars have taken a whole new direction. Like maybe into cultural irony, although that's expecting a lot from a fast food chain. Burger King has just aired -- on YouTube, as a preview to hitting the mainstream airways -- three new ads made specifically for their Middle Eastern audience. Acc ... More >>

I'd Like a Black Eye, Please: Secret Fast Food Menus

Samantha SpanosSuicide on a bun.In a town that elevates VIP treatment to a level that, at the very least, approaches absurdity, it makes sense that the rest of us would want a taste of it too. The easiest, and cheapest, way to be special and in-the-know? Ordering secret (and not-so-secret) off-menu ... More >>

Murder Was the Case: L.A. Homicide No. 155, Man Shot in Hollywood Burger King Lot

A man gunned down in a Hollywood Burger King parking lot on July 12 has been identified as Gerson Rodriguez.  View Larger Map Rodriguez, 33, of Panorama City, was shot about 2:30 a.m. at 1030 N. Western Avenue, near Santa Monica Boulevard, according to police reports. Rodriguez was pronounced ... More >>

The Gathering: Guatemalteca's Newest Snack and Chat

The beloved Beverly Boulevard bakery and chapines shop expands its reach

Best Roast Chicken: Grill Masters

Cazwell Hits Mustache Mondays at La Cita

Some Thoughts on the "Best. Politician. Inspired. Single. Ever." Also, Nazis. Also, Jesus. Also, NFL football.

Los Angeles's own Sa-Ra create a rallying cry for Obama. Plus, a bunch of other crap this video brought to mind. Super random, super fun.

Day of the Rabbit

Theme parks and serial killers in Marshall Karp’s first novel

Valhalla on a Tank of Gas

Among the Believers

The Ice Storm

The New Mall

A Mantu for All Seasons

Mapping the Afghan menu

Testing in L.A.

Unbroken Will

Shattered window won’t silence project foe

Spoonful of History

L.A.’s classic bakery building won’t go down without a fight

History in the Baking

Demolition threatens another L.A. landmark

Early Morning Sunset Smells

Suzy Beal sniffs the boulevard from downtown to the 405, then gives up.

Old-School Thais

A Hollywood restaurant with roots on Vermont

Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam. . .

Hawaiian musubi in Monterey Park