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Charlotte au Chocolat: Memories of a Restaurant Girlhood

Reading Charlotte Silver's new memoir, Charlotte au Chocolat: Memories of a Restaurant Girlhood is like being in an art museum, gazing at images of another time and place. And that's what Silver, 31, had in mind when she wrote this remembrance of her early years growing up in her mother's four-star ... More >>

Churros for Hanukkah: Oil and Pluralism

Anne Fishbeinthe invisible restaurant critic​Dear Mr. Gold: It's Hanukkah, and I want to have a party, but I live in a small apartment and hate frying things because the smell never goes away. I thought I would have a churros and spiked cider party instead. Where is the best place to get churr ... More >>

Cookbook Review: The Glorious Pasta of Italy, Including This Fettuccine Recipe

​Sure, we probably don't need another pasta cookbook. But The Glorious Pasta of Italy by Domenica Marchetti is pretty hard to pass up -- and we have a lot of Italian cookbooks in our library. Marchetti grew up in New Jersey on handmade ravioli (her mother is from Abruzzo). And so she spends ... More >>

Moving Day at Bon Appétit's Test Kitchen: Lock, Stock Pot & PacoJet (Or Not)

Bon Appétitthe new test kitchen​ As you perhaps know, Bon Appétit, the food magazine which has been based in Los Angeles for decades, is in the process of relocating to New York. Lock, stock pot and Cuisinart. Yesterday the new and/or remaining folks at Bon Appétit blogged about the move in ... More >>

The Ireland That Never Was

A Recipe From the Chef: Norman Fierros' Sea of Cortez Ceviche

A. ScattergoodNorman Fierros' Sea of Cortez ceviche​ Norman Fierros, the new chef at the Pan Am Room at the Santa Monica Airport, has been having a good time with his menu, which he's been playing with since the restaurant reopened (new name, same airplanes) about two months ago. (Read our int ... More >>

Stage Raw: The Future Belongs to Us?

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS NEW THEATER REVIEWS This week's stage features on Ben Bradley's Murder and The Princess and the FrogTHEATRE OF NOTE MARATHON ​ Fire-eater Julia Prud'homme Photo by Kiff Scholl Theatre of NOTE presents its 15th annual Performance Marathon this coming Saturday, Jan. ... More >>

Stage Raw: Outrageous Fortune

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSThis week's stage features on The Best of '09 and The Best of the Decade.OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE Theatre Development Fund has just published its findings on "the life and times of the American play" in a comprehensive analysis (by Todd London with Ben Pesner, and Zannie Gir ... More >>

Theater Reviews: La Posada Magica, Women Behind Bars, Peep This

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Stage Raw: The Female of the Species

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTHIS WEEK'S STAGE FEATURE on Palestine, New MexicoFEMALE OF THE SPECIES The Geffen Playhouse just announced that Anette Bening will star in Joanna Murray-Smith's comedy, The Female of the Species along with David Arquette, Mirielle Enos, Merritt Weve ... More >>

Stage Raw: Palestine, New Mexico

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTHIS WEEK'S STAGE FEATURE on Accomplice: Hollywood and Molly SweeneyNEW REVIEW PALESTINE, NEW MEXICO ​Photo by Craig Schwartz When U.S. Army Captain Catherine Siler (Kirsten Potter) stumbles into "Bumfuck" -- a New Mexico Indian reservation -- she ... More >>

5 Processed Meat Products We Love to Hate (and Hate to Love)

1. Vienna Sausages Derek ThomasVienna sausages: not exactly from Vienna.​Vienna sausages are those pale mini-weenies that sort of look like sausages but don't really. They look more like lobbed-off fingers after a horrible Cuisinart accident. And they come in a can. Ensconced in gelatinous li ... More >>

Want the Best Ice Cream Maker? Deep Pockets Help, But Dextrous Offspring Work in a Pinch

Bob Donaldson/Pittsburgh Post-GazetteA Nike Sundae​When the hand-crank version of a trusty household appliance is still in your garage, you could view it as a sign that engineering improvements over the years have hardly been necessary. Either that, or ice cream manufacturers took a rather slo ... More >>

Ratings Windfall

Electronic World

Mouse on Mars builds it, you live in it

Flamethrowers to Framecams

Cool new car stuff

Getting Lost Is Beautiful

The light and dark world of David Lynch

A Contemporary Landmark

Women Warriors, Suffering Boys

Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; filming Charles Dickens

A Funky Epiphany

Bitter truths from the Crack Emcee

Noise Annoys

The purification of Boyd Rice