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May 15, 2012
10 California Summer Wine Events
Summer is a wine-drinking marathon in California, and up and down the coast, each weekend brings pleasant opportunities to imbibe outside. The diversity of events reflects the state's varied wine-growing regions. Those on hotel grounds come with a room night package -- a smart way to go. Because i ... More >>
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April 20, 2012
Thanks for Drinking: Craft Beer Sales Rise Despite Sluggish Overall Market
The Brewers Association has just released this year's numbers on U.S. beer sales. If you prefer Manifesto Eagle Rock Wit to Blue Moon (which is owned by MillerCoors) the news is good. Beer sales slowed overall, slipping 1.3% by volume. Within the craft beer industry numbers continued to rise with a ... More >>
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April 17, 2012
Record Store Day 2012: Our Comprehensive Guide to Steals and Deals, Free Grub and Live Performances
Record Store Day is this Saturday. Because there are almost as many record stores in L.A. as there are donut shops, we compiled a handy guide to help you get your hot little hands on as much vinyl as possible. We called every record store in a 40-mile radius and made a list of all the day's deals ... More >>
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April 4, 2012
In Memory Of A Fundraiser: Wally's Central Coast Wine & Food Event Ends Its 8 Year Run
Wally's Central Coast Wine & Food Celebration, a nonprofit wine and food tasting event that began eight years ago to support the Michael Bonaccorsi Scholarship Fund, has unexpectedly been cancelled this year. "We just don't have a place to do the event," says the event's volunteer publicist, Janni ... More >>
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February 17, 2012
Mars to Eliminate King-Size Candy Bars
Shrink-size me? Candy bar maker Mars Inc. has announced that it is doing away with king-size candy bars. The company says that by the end of 2013, it will only sell chocolate products that have 250 calories per portion, the Chicago Tribune reports. While some might see the move as a cost-saving me ... More >>
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February 15, 2012
Colorado Wine Company Celebrates 7 Years
There is no seven-year itch for the Colorado Wine Company. The Eagle Rock wine shop is more popular than ever with customers who are drawn to owner Jen Morgan and John Nugent's all-inclusive approach to selling wine and the unpretentious vibe of their weekly wine tastings. "I would say it's our rel ... More >>
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January 26, 2012
McDonald's Introduces Fatty, Salty Little Chicken Bombs
McDonald's Corp. The "snack size" McBites contain 310 calories. Taking on KFC's popcorn chicken, McDonald's is introducing a new fatty, salty treat: Chicken McBites, "poppable pieces of premium chicken breast seasoned to homestyle perfection," according to the Mickey D's website. The snack si ... More >>
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January 26, 2012
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McDonald's Corp. The "snack size" McBites contain 310 calories. Taking on KFC's popcorn chicken, McDonald's is introducing a new fatty, salty treat: Chicken McBites, "poppable pieces of premium chicken breast seasoned to homestyle perfection," according to the Mickey D's website. The snack si ... More >>
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January 19, 2012
Hollywood Websites Attacked by Anonymous Hackers in Wake of Megaupload Bust, SOPA Support
Hollywood might be on the offensive when it comes to limiting your internet freedom (via the controversial and moribund Stop Online Privay Act), but it appeared to be against the ropes today following the U.S. Justice Department's takedown of file storage sight Megaupload at the behest of the conten ... More >>
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December 29, 2011
Top Hops: Best 5 New Craft Beer Bars of 2011
Over the past few years, sales of mass-produced beer (Bud, Miller, Coors and the like) are down along with housing, investments and other barometers of economic growth. Guess what is not down? Craft breweries. Craft beer bars. Craft beer sales. According to the Brewers Association, which represents ... More >>
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December 8, 2011
Q & A with David Larsen of Haven Gastropub Brewery: Beer Geeks in Pasadena, Adventures in Dry Pork Your Brewmaster as Ukekele Player
Orange County's Haven Gastropub has a reputation for rather maniacally obtaining their mercurial selection of craft brews. On one occasion, Beverage Director Wil Dee took a Smokey and the Bandit-style run up to San Francisco to bootleg a vanload from 21st Amendment Brewery, which has no wholesale d ... More >>
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December 7, 2011
NFL Stadium Along L.A. River a Better Idea Than Farmers Field-Convention Center Proposal?
AEGAn artist's rendering of Farmers Field.LA Neighbors United, the group founded by City Controller hopeful Cary Brazeman, suggests in a letter to top city officials this week that alternatives to the downtown NFL stadium proposal have not at all been taken seriously. The group wonders aloud ... More >>
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November 14, 2011
Winemaker Q & A With Joel Peterson: On His First Thanksgiving Wine, Atomic Bombs Alice Waters
Joel PetersonThe Young Wine Fiend, Peterson, And His Mom (Center), 1955Joel Peterson, founder of Ravenswood Winery, isn't exactly the sort of winemaker to veer off the conversation track into lilting conversations about the similarities between playing the bagpipes and making wine. Rather, Pe ... More >>
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October 24, 2011
Uptight Mom Group Protests Schweddy Balls
Ben & Jerry'sHave you been looking long and hard for your Ben & Jerry's Schweddy Balls, only to go home with ice-cream blue balls instead? Us too. Last month, we told you about the official launch of the limited-release flavor. The B&J scoop shops always seem to be sold out, and we've never s ... More >>
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October 12, 2011
Food Ads Geared Toward Children: Gov't Waffling on "Voluntary" Guidelines
Happy Clippings Is Uncle Sam trying to control what the kids eat these days? Well, maybe just their sugar intake. Earlier this year, the government proposed "voluntary guidelines" for food advertising. The proposed regulations asked companies to cut back on marketing to children between ages ... More >>
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September 22, 2011
A Better Life: The Music and The Message
Happy Clippings Is Uncle Sam trying to control what the kids eat these days? Well, maybe just their sugar intake. Earlier this year, the government proposed "voluntary guidelines" for food advertising. The proposed regulations asked companies to cut back on marketing to children between ages ... More >>
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September 16, 2011
Sunset Beer Company Opens in Echo Park Tomorrow
Steven ArmstrongThe sun sets behind Sunset Beer Company In April, Squid Ink introduced Sunset Beer Company, a new craft beer bottle shop and tasting bar that was slated to debut in May. Today, the fledgling beer store, nestled in the southeast corner of an Echo Park strip mall, remains dark. ... More >>
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September 15, 2011
First Lady Praises Olive Garden Changes
Anne Fishbeina forkful of spaghetti at the Olive Garden How many years does it take to set down a salt shaker? For the Olive Garden (read Jonathan Gold's review here) and Red Lobster restaurants and their four sister chains (LongHorn Steakhouse, the Capital Grille, Bahama Breeze and Seasons 5 ... More >>
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September 13, 2011
Sugar vs. High Fructose Corn Syrup: Court Battle Begins
Guzzle & NoshA little sugar in your bowl?This morning in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom, a bitter legal battle begins over identity. In one corner, a coalition of table sugar producers complaining about false advertising and attempted "food identity theft." In the other, high fructose corn ... More >>
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September 9, 2011
The Chef vs. The Sommelier: Fig Restaurant's Pinot Chardonnay Face-Off
flickr user cherylknauerPinot or Chardonnay?When we popped by Fig in Santa Monica recently for a Happy Hour glass of wine, sommelier Matthew Lehman was happy to chat about the new Fig Pinot Noir we spied on the menu -- Lehman helped make it under the watchful eye of La Fenetre winemaker Josh ... More >>
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September 8, 2011
Farmers Field or Blade Runner Stadium?
The downtown NFL arena deal allows a sea of billboards, congestion and millions in public costs
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September 7, 2011
Ben & Jerry's Releases Schweddy Balls Ice Cream
Ben & Jerry'sBack in June, those of us whose love for ice cream is rivaled perhaps only by our love for Alec Baldwin were intrigued by the rumor that Ben & Jerry's was coming out with a Schweddy Balls ice cream flavor. Too good to be true, we thought. Just like the rumor that Baldwin was goin ... More >>
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September 6, 2011
More L.A. Craft Beer News: Enegren Brewing Company
Steven ArmstrongJoe Nascenzi and Matt Enegren at Enegren Brewing Co. As often happens in life, collegiate eccentricities lead to post-baccalaureate vocations. For one Harvard dropout, late-night computer programming led to multi-billion dollar "facebooking." And for three Loyola Marymount gr ... More >>
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September 1, 2011
Support Your State: Drink California Wine During CA Wine Month
Kathy A. McDonaldLearn more about wine this month at a wine tasting seminarThese days, every foodstuff or drink gets a day in its honor. Did you know there's a National Pecan Cookie day (September 21)? One guess on how to observe either National Guacamole Day (September 16) or National Beer D ... More >>
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August 11, 2011
Le Cordon Bleu No Longer Accepting International Students to Culinary Certificate Program
Cancel that study abroad trip. Le Cordon Bleu culinary school, which has a branch in Pasadena as well as 15 other campuses across the United States, recently became unable to accept international students to its certificate program. Mark Spencer, a spokesman for Le Cordon Bleu's parent compa ... More >>
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August 10, 2011
Brew at the Zoo: Craft Beers Party Animals
gourmetpigs/flickrEagle Rock Brewery's Solidarity A dive bar on a bad night can feel like a zoo. Mobs of sweaty and not infrequently hairy folk barrel through spaces designed for fewer bodies. They feed at over-populated troughs: the bar itself, studded with glasses and bottles. They bark ... More >>
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August 4, 2011
Urban Wine Making: Rock Wall Wine, Or How To Share That Bottle Opportunity
www.alamedamagazine.comUrban Winemaker Shauna RosenblumBack in the early days of pre-Prohibition winemaking, setting up a winery adjacent to a vineyard was hardly a winemaking prerequisite. A warehouse or garage worked just fine for turning those purchased grapes into wine, particularly in Ca ... More >>
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July 11, 2011
Lompoc Wine Ghetto: Get Your Wine On Alternative
Jeff KirshbaumWinemaker Sashi Moorman of Piedrasassi New Vineland at work in the Lompoc Wine Ghetto. Substance outshines style at Santa Barbara County's low-key Lompoc Wine Ghetto. A semi-industrial office park that's in the heart of land-that-time-forgot Lompoc, California, Lompoc Wine Ghett ... More >>
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June 23, 2011
Randall Grahm of Bonny Doon Vineyard's Latest Mission
Jeff KirshbaumFamed winemaker Randall Grahm of Bonny Doon Vineyard at his winery's tasting room.Bonny Doon Vineyard's founder and winemaker Randall Grahm wants to do something really different. Once he ran the 28th largest winery in the U.S.; these days he's on a quest to grow grape vines fr ... More >>
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June 22, 2011
Ferran Adrià Partners with PepsiCo: Your Nitrogen Tank, My Convenience Food
El BulliCan you find the vending machine in this flow chart? Ferran Adrià does like to play with products. And the El Bulli chef has a history of innovation and unlikely pairings. But Pepsi? Recently PepsiCo announced a partnership with Adrià, to work on procedures and techniques for new sn ... More >>
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June 15, 2011
Schweddy Balls Ice Cream: Ben & Jerry's Newest Flavor, or A Very Good Joke
Mostly we try and stay away from telephone tag rumor, but this one is just too beautiful not to pass along. Gothamist reports that SNL's Ana Gasteyer has said in an interview that Ben & Jerry's, the ice cream company that has brought us Stephen Colbert's AmeriCone Dream flavor, will be coming out ... More >>
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June 7, 2011
L.A. joins the Craft Beer Revolution: ColLAboration Rock & Brews
Daniel DrennonRob Croxall, El Segundo Brewing, with Jennifer Greenhalgh, Rock and Brews This past weekend, legions of L.A. beer fans descended upon two beer "events" -- ColLAboration 2 in Hollywood on Saturday and the Rock and Brews Festival in El Segundo on Sunday. The huge turnout and joyo ... More >>
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May 16, 2011
Q & A With Municipal Winemakers' Dave Potter: On Surfing, Sourcing Grape Stigmas His New Tasting Room
JGarbee Potter In The Former Scuba Shop That Will Become His Tasting RoomIf you need an excuse to for a coastal drive, winemaker Dave Potter is your man. He is the face behind Santa Barbara-based Municipal Winemakers, a small but mighty 600 cases per year operation that he tends to between ba ... More >>
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May 3, 2011
Wine on Tap: Restaurants Get Into the Flow
Vinson PhotographyWine Cask Santa Barbara Wine has always been tapped from barrels. Rarely though, except at a winery, can you drink it that way. That is changing as more California winemakers are packaging wine in multi-gallon kegs and restaurants junk bottles for tap systems. Draft wine is ... More >>
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April 21, 2011
Where NOT to Go To Dinner Tonight: President Obama Has Booked Tavern
Tavern's websitethe dining room at Tavern As you probably know already -- hopefully, if you're going to be in a car anywhere on the Westside later today -- President Obama is in town. Why? Why do you think: the man is fundraising in a place that has historically been very kind to him. So, the ... More >>
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April 19, 2011
Sunset Beer Company Retail Beer Shop And Tasting Bar Opening Soon In Echo Park
JGarbeeAlex Macy And Beer Consultant Christina Perozzi With That Westy 12If you know Alex Macy, co-founder of the LA Craft Beer Crawl and a beer consultant for several local bars over the years, you will appreciate the irony of a recent e-newsletter from Eagle Rock's Colorado Wine Company ann ... More >>
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April 13, 2011
Porn Legends Who Love Vinyl, Part 2: Jasmin St. Claire on Record Store Day (and Being Metal 4Ever!)
Diamond Bodine-FischerJasmin St. Claire at The Rainbow RoomYesterday we found out where crossover porn queen/indie musician Shash Grey goes to get her vinyl (read "Countdown to Records Store Day: We Found Sasha Grey's Favorite Record Store!") Today we were lucky enough to corner one of West ... More >>
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April 11, 2011
Countdown to Record Store Day: An Interview with RSD Co-Founder Michael Kurtz
We've been looking forward to Record Store Day (or RSD) for awhile now. For one, it provides a welcome diversion for those of us not going to Coachella. Also, we are looking forward to all of the limited-edition vinyl releases, in-stores, and sales that come along with RSD. We keep hearing a ... More >>
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March 3, 2011
Campaign Finance Reports Show Hollywood's New Chief Lobbyist, Former U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd, is No Stranger to the Movie Industry
Chris Dodd is Hollywood's new man in D.C.It was big news when former U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd accepted a job as the chief lobbyist and top dog at the Motion Picture Association of America. Most news stories rightfully highlighted the fact that, due to lobbying laws, Dodd can't w ... More >>
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February 14, 2011
Behind the Kitchen Door: ROC-LA Reports Reveals Restaurant Industry Inequality
Samrod Shenassa To many of the 276,000 people working the gritty, grueling jobs in Los Angeles' vast restaurant industry, the conclusions of a report released today by the Restaurant Opportunities Center of LA come as no surprise. Long hours, low pay, no health care benefits, no vacation or ... More >>
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January 4, 2011
Q & A With Winemaker Greg La Follette, Part 2: What 6 Kids Will Do To Your Pinot Noir
lafollettewines.comGreg LaFollette's True LoveWhen we first spoke with Greg La Follette, winemaker at his namesake La Follette Wines, he was telling us how making wine isn't all that different from playing the bagpipes. And why getting to know Pinot Noir isn't all that different from taking o ... More >>
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December 9, 2010
Kids in the Courtyard
lafollettewines.comGreg LaFollette's True LoveWhen we first spoke with Greg La Follette, winemaker at his namesake La Follette Wines, he was telling us how making wine isn't all that different from playing the bagpipes. And why getting to know Pinot Noir isn't all that different from taking o ... More >>
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November 4, 2010
And the Winner Is...The Television Networks!
lafollettewines.comGreg LaFollette's True LoveWhen we first spoke with Greg La Follette, winemaker at his namesake La Follette Wines, he was telling us how making wine isn't all that different from playing the bagpipes. And why getting to know Pinot Noir isn't all that different from taking o ... More >>
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October 9, 2009
L.A.'s Rag Trade Faces Grim Outlook
Today's L.A. Times Business section has an alarming story about the downturn in the city's garment industry. The plight of L.A.'s rag trade seldom gets the spotlight that, say, Hollywood's shifting fortunes receive, and even though their industry provides a powerful economic generator for the county ... More >>
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August 28, 2009
Mattel Uses Own 'Barbie Labs' to Test for Lead
The Associated Press reports that El Segundo-headquartered Mattel Inc. has been granted an exemption from a federal law requiring that toy makers have their products tested for lead content at third-party laboratories. Instead, the makers of Barbie dolls and Hot Wheels will be allowed to test its ... More >>
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May 20, 2009
Toymaker Claims Smackdown Win Over WWE
Jakks PacificThe L.A. Business Journal quotes Malibu-based toymaker Jakks Pacific Inc.'s claim that a U.S. appellate court has thrown out a lawsuit brought by World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. The wrestling-promotion outfit had accused Jakks "of bribery and other actions," according to LABJ. The ... More >>
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