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Central Europe

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    Top 5 Mexican Beers: What to Drink Before Tequila

    Let's face it, Mexico isn't exactly a major player in the current craft beer revolution. But that doesn't mean that its long tradition of easy-drinking European-style lagers is something to be overlooked. Sure, the cerveza market is just as consolidated and macro-dominated as the United States' was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    Katie Carguilo Wins U.S. Barista Championship; Intelligentsia's Charles Babinski Places Second

    Over the weekend, Katie Carguilo took the champion title at the annual U.S.B.C. event -- that would be the United States Barista Championship and not the United States Bowling Congress (though that too apparently had everyone on pins and needles this weekend). Hosted by the Specialty Coffee Associa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    World Cup of Baking Winners Announced in Paris

    No culinary fragrance can compete with that of freshly baked bread. You can be comforted, exalted, seduced, relieved, or stimulated by nutty yeast tones gently wafting toward you. Or maybe you're just hungry. The Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie, or World Baking Cup, is an event that will make every ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    McDonald's Debuts the McRibster... In Austria

    Is there a McRib-sized void in your arteries? In need of some cheese and bacon as well? Then book an international flight to Austria and indulge in McDonalds' newly introduced McRibster. According to Burger Business, McDonalds' sandwich creation contains "juicy pork, bacon, pepper-Jack cheese, and ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    February 23, 2012

    Alina Szapocznikow at the Hammer Museum: Sexy Sculptures of a Forgotten Polish Genius

    Is there a McRib-sized void in your arteries? In need of some cheese and bacon as well? Then book an international flight to Austria and indulge in McDonalds' newly introduced McRibster. According to Burger Business, McDonalds' sandwich creation contains "juicy pork, bacon, pepper-Jack cheese, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    Candida, and other New Theater Reviews . . .

    Aaron Morgan"Candida," produced by Crysalis Stage at The Complex​Chrysalis Stage's revival of G.B. Shaw's Candida at The Complex nabbed this week's Pick of the Week. ​ Our critics also liked On Holy Ground with Salome Jens at the MET, in Hollywood. See here for all the latest New Theater Reviews ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2012

    Five Artsy Things to Do This Week, Including Music by Babies

    Two exhibitions with Chinatown in the title top this week's list, and both are remakes. One further twists Roman Polanski's already twisted classic film about where incest meets corporate corruption. The other is a sequel to an exhibition that never actually happened.

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2012

    Restaurant Openings: BierBeisl (Austrian), Nongla (Vietnamese)

    BierBeisl, a fine-dining Austrian restaurant from former Patina chef de cuisine Bernhard Mairinger, officially opens Feb. 27 in Beverly Hills. The intimate restaurant features a Stammtisch, a communal table where chefs in Austria send out special treats to regulars. BierBeisl: 9669 Santa Monica Blv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 1/23-1/27

    In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "I'm not sure that what you're looking for exists." Bouillabaisse: Meant for the Poor, Now for the Rich. "And so, he borrowed the three-inch rock from an 'American collector' and tossed it in a barrel full of Cabernet Sauvign ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 26, 2012

    I'm Fucked Up, You're Fucked Up

    In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "I'm not sure that what you're looking for exists." Bouillabaisse: Meant for the Poor, Now for the Rich. "And so, he borrowed the three-inch rock from an 'American collector' and tossed it in a barrel full of Cabernet Sauvign ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2011

    The World in Dumplings: Or, Not Living By XLB Alone

    Dear Mr. Gold: I'd like to do a tour of the world's cuisines through dumplings. Xiao long bao [Chinese soup dumplings] may be my favorite food on Earth, but one does not live by XLB alone. So far I've got momo, gyoza, shui jiao, samosa and piroshki on the list, even though the latter two are perhaps ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    Cookbook Of The Week: The Art of Living According to Joe Beef's Testicle Pizza Theory A Vienna Sausage (!) Martini Recipe

    When we first flipped through The Art of Living According to Joe Beef by Frédéric Morin, David McMillan and Meredith Erickson, we thought it was yet another pretty but also pretty lackluster restaurant cookbook (Joe Beef is Montreal's restaurant du jour). There's even the requisite foreword by a w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2011

    National Geographic's Top 10 National Dishes Guess What Americans Like To Eat

    Anne FishbeinBurger Kitchen's breakfast hamburger​Food blogs aren't the only publications with endless lists or pictures of pretty things people like to eat. National Geographic, the magazine many of us fondly remember from grade school science classrooms and dentists' offices, is the latest t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2011

    LQ Cheese Cart Moves to Domaine LA 18-Course Truffle Dinner?

    Go west, young cheese cart. LQ's cheese cart is taking a trip, rolling out of its current home at Starry Kitchen in downtown L.A. to visit Hancock Park wine shop Domaine LA. The cart will have almost 40 cheeses, and the sommeliers at Domaine LA will pair up to a dozen wines with them. Expect a Saven ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    Hungary Destroys Genetically Modified Corn Crops

    Flickr/stevendepolo​ Hungary has destroyed almost 1,000 acres of corn found to have been grown with genetically modified seeds, which are illegal in the country, International Business Times reports. The corn was plowed under so that pollen would not contaminate other crops. The action came ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    [Updated:] LA Weekly's First Annual Pancake Breakfast

    Flickr/stormgrasspancakes​ Update: 7/25, 2:30 p.m. A few more people will be cooking your pancake breakfast next month. Specifically, Salt's Cure, 101 Noodle Express and Glowfish Truck. Which should help answer some pressing questions about bacon. The issue of coffee is also coming into focus, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Pastafarian Wins Right to Wear Pasta Strainer for Driver's License

    Self-professed Pastafarian Niko Alm's driver's license.​Look closely at Niko Alm's driver's license. That's not a yarmulke on his head. That's a pasta strainer. After a three-year battle, the 19-year-old Austrian man, a self-professed Pastafarian, has won the right to wear a colander on his h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    reliq, SYMBOLCLUB and More: Berlin Goths Keep It Up All Night

    grayl growlsphoto by Adi Parvulescu​ Our writer Drew Denny traveled from L.A. to Lithuania, Germany, Poland and Denmark meeting artists and musicians for her "Overseas Underground" series. Her next stop was a goth club in Berlin, where she met the band reliq. Despite their myriad references ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Cannes 2011: The Winners

    ​ CANNES, FRANCE. The 64th Cannes Film Festival provided an exceptionally rich and varied slate and the jury--headed by Robert De Niro--proved both gracious and judicious in dividing their prizes among eight films.

  • Calendar

    May 19, 2011

    Hey Everybody, Let's Go to a Fancy Beverly Hills Hotel and Get Stinkin' Drunk!

    ​ CANNES, FRANCE. The 64th Cannes Film Festival provided an exceptionally rich and varied slate and the jury--headed by Robert De Niro--proved both gracious and judicious in dividing their prizes among eight films.

  • Eat+Drink

    May 5, 2011

    Jonathan Gold Judges Cochon 555's Traveling Pork and Wine Bacchanalia

    ​ CANNES, FRANCE. The 64th Cannes Film Festival provided an exceptionally rich and varied slate and the jury--headed by Robert De Niro--proved both gracious and judicious in dividing their prizes among eight films.

  • Calendar

    March 17, 2011

    Golem Comes Alive

    ​ CANNES, FRANCE. The 64th Cannes Film Festival provided an exceptionally rich and varied slate and the jury--headed by Robert De Niro--proved both gracious and judicious in dividing their prizes among eight films.

  • Calendar

    February 17, 2011

    OCTOPI HAVE BALLS?

    ​ CANNES, FRANCE. The 64th Cannes Film Festival provided an exceptionally rich and varied slate and the jury--headed by Robert De Niro--proved both gracious and judicious in dividing their prizes among eight films.

  • Calendar

    December 30, 2010

    Salute To Vienna

    ​ CANNES, FRANCE. The 64th Cannes Film Festival provided an exceptionally rich and varied slate and the jury--headed by Robert De Niro--proved both gracious and judicious in dividing their prizes among eight films.

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2010

    Events: Bock Fest Coming to LA on Jan. 15

    To the delight of local hop heads, Los Angeles is finally becoming a beer town. Maybe it always has been, but in typical Angeleno style: springing up haphazardly, secreted in obscure niches, resistant to easy discovery. Good beer can always be found for those willing to put in the effort. What abo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2010

    While We Were Thawing Our Toes This Morning, We Noticed That Unemployment Benefits Had Been Terminated For 2 Million Americans

    ZastavkiWhad'ya say we all just move to Antarctica​What a bone-chilling way to slide into December. Not to mention the holidays. We woke up this morning after a night of visible breath and twinkly lights to the news that unemployment benefits will likely terminate for 2 million people by th ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    November 25, 2010

    THE NUTCRACKER

    ZastavkiWhad'ya say we all just move to Antarctica​What a bone-chilling way to slide into December. Not to mention the holidays. We woke up this morning after a night of visible breath and twinkly lights to the news that unemployment benefits will likely terminate for 2 million people by th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2010

    The Vegetable Orchestra Plays With Their Food

    The Vegetable Orchestra Plays With Their Food

  • Calendar

    October 7, 2010

    BEST EXCUSE TO SAY "ABSINTHE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER"


    The Vegetable Orchestra Plays With Their Food

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2010

    Meg Whitman And Jerry Brown First Debate Smackdown; Their Goal: Don't Say Anything Stoopid

    ​As Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman debate for the first time tonight at 6 on ABC 7 in Los Angeles, advisers are no doubt deep in fear, hoping their candidates avoid: 1)Saying something stupid that can be used in an advertisement, ala, Gerald Ford's gaffe in a 1976 debate that Poland wasn't under th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    Klaxons, Sebastien Tellier, Black Lips, Tokyo Police Club Confirmed for Filter Mag's 'Culture Collide' Fest

    Klaxons, Sebastien Tellier, Black Lips, Tokyo Police Club Confirmed for Filter Mag's 'Culture Collide' Fest

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2010

    Web Surfing: A Roundup of News from L.A. Food Blogs & Beyond

    -- The invention of the pub library: Gyopar, a Communist-era pub outside Budapest. [Reuters] -- Tarte Tatin bakery, coming soon to Beverly Hills. [Grub Street] -- If you're still hungry after watching Mad Men's season premier last night: a recipe for Chicken Kiev. [Eatocracy] -- Why mini cows ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2010

    Squid Ink Special: Army Brand Chopped Pork Pattie Loaf

    We happened into Karpaty Meat Shop, a Russian market on Santa Monica Boulevard, and found it to be a rather charming and inexpensive place to do some interesting shopping. They have organic fruits and vegetables, and as the name implies, a good selection of raw meat. On the other end of the deli are ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 10, 2010

    WHO'S YOUR GOLEM?

    We happened into Karpaty Meat Shop, a Russian market on Santa Monica Boulevard, and found it to be a rather charming and inexpensive place to do some interesting shopping. They have organic fruits and vegetables, and as the name implies, a good selection of raw meat. On the other end of the deli are ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    Q & A With Wolfgang Puck, Part 2: Spago (The Musical), Life in an Austrian Kitchen The Joys of HSN

    In yesterday's first part of our interview with Wolfgang Puck, the chef talked about his new downtown restaurant WP24 and gave us a little backstory of Ma Maison, Spago and the invention of his famous pizza. Speaking of pizza, turns out that Puck decided to detour, mid-interview and en route to the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    Live in LA: Greg Laswell, Ruby Friedman Orchestra, more

    Joseph Llanes​People love Greg Laswell, and it's not just the music supervisors who've funneled his ballads of heartache into shows such as "Grey's Anatomy," "90210" and "The Hills." The 36-year-old singer-songwriter's deft ability to turn melancholy inside out served him well on his 2006 brea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2010

    The 13th Step: Researchers Find That Chocolate Can Save Your Liver

    Valrhona chocolate​ Your favorite 12 Step program just got a new step: chocolate. Reuters reports that Spanish researchers have found that eating chocolate after meals decreased abdominal blood pressure, which can reach dangerous levels in patients with cirrhosis of the liver. In other words, ... More >>

  • News

    April 1, 2010

    Can Placido Pull It Off?

    With a secretive Domingo convalescing, L.A. Opera faces a high-stakes Ring Festival

  • Calendar

    March 6, 2010

    WIENER BOYS

    With a secretive Domingo convalescing, L.A. Opera faces a high-stakes Ring Festival

  • Calendar

    March 6, 2010

    FRANK TALK ABOUT MUSIC

    With a secretive Domingo convalescing, L.A. Opera faces a high-stakes Ring Festival

  • Film+TV

    February 5, 2010

    Czeching Out at the Silent Movie Theatre

    Cinefamily screens four rarely seen Czech trip-outs

  • LA Life

    March 5, 2009

    GO LA: Gay Fusion, Jackie Kashian and the Gold Standard Food Festival

    Plus, lots more to see, hear and consume in town, March 6-12

  • Calendar

    March 5, 2009

    I'D LIKE TO THANK MY STUFFED ANIMALS...

    Plus, lots more to see, hear and consume in town, March 6-12

  • Calendar

    January 15, 2009

    La Ronde

    Plus, lots more to see, hear and consume in town, March 6-12

  • Film+TV

    October 16, 2008

    Miklós Jancsó's Geometry of Oppression

    LACMA rounds up four films by Hungary's greatest living director

  • Calendar

    October 2, 2008

    The Wages of Greed

    LACMA rounds up four films by Hungary's greatest living director

  • Calendar

    August 14, 2008

    Beethoven, As I Knew Him: The Music of Ludwig van Beethoven

    LACMA rounds up four films by Hungary's greatest living director

  • News

    June 28, 2007

    Breaking Into Brothels

    Michele Clark on Aaron Cohen and his “night-frighting” techniques

  • Stage

    May 8, 2003

    A Not-So-Silent Night

    Michele Clark on Aaron Cohen and his “night-frighting” techniques

  • LA Life

    March 1, 2001

    The Big Chill

    Hot summer in the Slovenian lake country

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