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February 1, 2013Malcolm Bedell, a food blogger from Rockland, Maine, was the big winner in the Today show's first Super Bowl chicken wing cookoff today, with his Apricot-Shellacked Ghost Chile Wings. Why, exactly, is this so unspeakably thrilling? Because he is my little brother!
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November 12, 2012See also: The Martha Stewart Cooking School archives.
Rice can be an unsung hero at times -- taken for granted, treated as merely a bed on which to lay more interesting food, or as filler, say, in a burrito. It's an everyday item, thus we often forget to appreciate the many roles it can play in our ... More >>
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October 17, 2012If there's a better way to spend a warm evening sunset than cruising down East L.A.'s Whittier Boulevard, armed with an appetite and a pocketful of dollar bills, I haven't found it. The night might start with a few suadero tacos served on freshly made tortillas and end with crunchy churros fried to ... More >>
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September 13, 2012At Juan's Restaurante in Baldwin Park, the "pre-Hispanic" food Is hit or miss. But oh, that mole!
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July 6, 2012Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 4), we'll be counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes.
81: White Anchovy, Tomato and Fresno Chile Pizza at Pizzeria Mozza.
The mere mention of anchovies doesn't evoke pleasant memories for most people. Maybe someo ... More >>
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May 22, 2012Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 4), we'll be counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes.
No. 99: Cemita de Milanesa at Cemitas Poblanos Elviritas #1.
There are sandwiches, and then there are sandwiches. The towering Mexican creation known as the ce ... More >>
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March 19, 2012If you were lucky enough to be one of the first 20 people to visit Cacao Mexicatessen's booth at The Gold Standard this year, you probably tasted this magnificent dish. A tender yellow chile is fried, peeled, slivered and then topped with enough raw uni paste to rival the richness of a thousand egg ... More >>
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February 1, 2012A. ScattergoodBurrito Express pork burritoI am often asked where I eat when I am not on the clock, when the agenda includes neither distant anticucherias nor Korean silkworm soup. And the answer I have not quite given, although I probably end up there once a week, is the Pasadena takeout stan ... More >>
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January 13, 2012HBO is hosting its 10th annual Luxury Lounge at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills on January 13-14 to ply the stars of its hit shows, plus all of the Golden Globes nominees who deign to show up, with gifts, services and booze. Basil Hayden's Bourbon, one of the event's sponsors, asked hot L.A. mixol ... More >>
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December 1, 2011There is so much fuss over new baconized products (bazookas, salt, alphabets) that we sometimes forget that street vendors were outfitting hot dogs with bacon long before anyone knew how to tweet or Instagram. The vendors wheel out their carts like clockwork, punching in just as you're punching out ... More >>
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November 14, 2011jgarbeeBill Spencer Checking On His Tomatoes and JalapeñosWe could simply say that Bill Spencer is not the type to take the air-drying easy route to preserving the organic tomatoes and jalapeños that he and his wife, Barbara, grow on their Paso Robles farm all summer. And that they're fanta ... More >>
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October 26, 2011Barbara HansenChef John Sedlar (left), his corn flan with fish in curry sauce (right).John Sedlar, chef/owner of Rivera and Playa, once thought that Mexican food would take over the world. Now, the world is taking over Mexican food, he says. And this is not a good thing.
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October 20, 2011ProfessorSalt.comCarne asada burrito at Isaac's CafeStop by Isaac's Cafe on any given morning, and you'll end up sharing breakfast burritos with the stevedores that work the nearby docks of Wilmington and San Pedro. And those burritos? Some of the best in L.A.
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September 14, 2011Anne Fishbeinthe invisible restaurant critic
Dear Mr. Gold:
My brother called me last night to say that his deployment is almost over, and he can't wait to taste the cemitas from Pal Cabron again. He's been talking them up to his friends, and has built them up in his head as the perfect cure ... More >>
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September 2, 2011A. FrougNickel Diner's Pan Roast Pork Chop with Sweet Potato Tater Tots, Succotash, Fried Onions and Pepper JamIn parts one and two of our interview with Nickel Diner's chef Monica May and general manager Kristen Trattner, they explained how they want you to feel like you're sitting on Trattn ... More >>
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April 15, 2011Facebook/Gilberto CetinaGilberto CetinaAnyone who loves cochinita pibil, the Yucatecan dish of pork roasted in banana leaves, knows the well-traveled route to Chichen Itza in the Mercado La Paloma near USC just south of downtown, which also houses Ricardo Zarate's Mo-Chica. Chef-owner Gilbert ... More >>
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January 13, 2011Courtesy 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.
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January 7, 2011Caroline on CrackBartenders at Mas Malo's mezzanine bar.
Today, the 1920s building which houses whiskey bar Seven Grand presents one-stop shopping for fans of both bourbon and tequila with the opening of Mas Malo, the new downtown branch of Malo Restaurant.
The historic 9,700-square-foot sp ... More >>
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November 22, 2010D. GonzalezOkra curry at Tara's Himalayan Cuisine
One of the most wonderful things about vegetables is their versatility. They can be combined with a wide variety flavors and spices, like bacon with brussel sprouts and mint with peas. But this ability to play nice with others has left many ... More >>
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November 2, 2010CASATacos de Camarones Fritos at CASA.
In the first part of our interview with Alex Moreno, CASA's newish chef talked about his attempts to bring updated versions of other taqueria's dishes onto the menu. In part 2, Moreno gives more details, including his spin on classic dishes like birria ( ... More >>
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October 28, 2010On four wheels, no later than 7 p.m.
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September 30, 2010The latest in a refreshing trend
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June 10, 2010Frank talk about a new L.A. food movement
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November 5, 2009Barbara HansenThe elephant god Ganesha presides over SuryaAfter more than nine years on West 3rd Street, the Indian restaurant Surya will close. It has been sold by owner Sheel Joshi, who says it will be gone by mid-December. This is a blow to diners who like Surya's relaxed, contemporary Ind ... More >>
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April 2, 2009A virtual museum of street food, snacks and savories from every part of Asia
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January 1, 2009Hot dogs and hominy, blowfish and a fine cup of joe
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April 3, 2008Among the won tons, hidden Isaan specials
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February 15, 2007A single drop of habanero salsa is enough to season a panucho. A small spoonful renders a vaporcito practically radioactive. And this isn’t even the hottest salsa Chichen Itza has to offer.
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December 28, 2006Dong Ting Chun brings the heat
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March 23, 2000And let us shed a little tear for the late El Mr. Cat No. 1
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April 15, 1999A taste of the great outdoors
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March 4, 1999Let your fingers do the walking.
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January 28, 1999Herve Villechaize isn't on our Fantasy Island, either . . .
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