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Doritos

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2012

    Doritos Locos Tacos: A Visit to the Taco Bell HQ Test Kitchens Doritos Existentialism

    Since our first story on Taco Bell's Doritos Locos Taco, Taco Bell's Doritos Locos Tacos Taste Like Broken Dreams, we've received an abundance of new information courtesy of the friendly people at Taco Bell Corporate. We were invited to the new Taco Bell HQ in Irvine to re-sample the Doritos Locos T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2012

    Cinespia Season Begins: 5 Places to Make Dining with the Dead More Livable

    You live in Los Angeles so cinephilia is a given. You probably even work in the industry. But have you ever sat in a cemetery with a glass of hooch and a cheese plate to view the classics? If you can't say yes to this, you haven't really lived. And the people buried ten feet to your left would agree ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2012

    UCLA Video Game Art Festival Features Caine's Arcade Made by a 9-Year-Old, and More

    A homeless seven-year-old in Russia named Pjotr is addicted to cigarettes. He must navigate the streets of St. Petersburg, doing whatever he can for a smoke -- steal liquor to give to his prostitute mother for a few bucks and trade Mercedes hood ornaments to black market dealers for a spare stoge. I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2012

    Taco Bell's Doritos Locos Taco vs. A Crunchy Taco and a Bag of Doritos

    "Consumers said that's more than just interesting, it's like 'where have you been my whole life,'" Taco Bell's Chief Marketing and Innovation Officer Brian Niccol told Forbes recently, about the public's reaction to the Doritos Locos Taco. This taco concoction is exactly what you might think it is: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2012

    Taco Bell's Doritos Locos Tacos Taste Like Broken Dreams

    We were rooting for Taco Bell's Doritos Locos Taco. Honestly we were. We talked it up for weeks in total earnest and even posted a countdown on our Facebook page. Because if somebody gave a green light to a taco shell made out of Nacho Cheese Doritos, an idea we're pretty sure we came up with on the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    Five WTF Examples of Marketing at SXSW

    See also: *The Worst Moments of SXSW 2012 *The Best of SXSW Music: Saturday 3/17/2012 By Audra Schroeder During SXSW, and especially in the last five years or so, Sixth Street turns into one long, strange sensory overload. People nearly give you eyeball papercuts trying to get their fliers in your ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2012

    The Worst Moments of SXSW 2012

    See also: *The Best of SXSW Music: Saturday 3/17/2012 *Ten Awesome Concert Posters at SXSW Spontaneous tattoo at the S.O. Terik-Filter showcase On Friday, Samantha Urbani from Brooklyn indie band Friends did something to a fan he might forever regret. At the S.O.Terik-Filter showcase, beneath a bl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2012

    The Best of SXSW Music: Saturday 3/17/2012

    So, we come to it: the end of all things. Four days of madness, Doritos, Skrillex and finally, St. Patrick's Day. Before we bid SXSW 2012 farewell, allow us to share our favorite moments from SXSW day four. Later, we'll let you know which shows weren't so hot. Find our favorites below, and if there ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2012

    50 Cent, Eminem, and the Best of SXSW Yesterday

    See also Houston Press's 50 Cent showcase slideshow 50 Cent / Eminem - Austin Music Hall Never mind that Get Rich or Die Trying actually came out in 2003; the moist and dewy crowd at Austin Music Hall last night was plenty psyched for his performance of his debut album on its "10th anniversary." Ba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2012

    Fidlar - SXSW - March 13, 2012

    Fidlar and Superhumanoids SXSW Black & White Iris Showcase March 13, 2012 Better than: Playing bridge with your grandma. Once everyone got over the homeless guys being used as hot spots and the half mile line for tacos made with Doritos shells, folks settled in for the music portion of SXSW. Weekl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    Marijuana-Like Compound in Your Brain Could be Magic Pill For Weight Loss: But Don't Reach For The Doritos Just Yet

    Oh boy. You stoners are going to love this one. Turns out the key to weight loss might be a marijuana-like chemical that already exists in your brain. While there are skinny weed advocates out there like Seth Rogen (after) and James Franco, consider all the Taco Bell you ate in the name of bud or t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    Rice Krispyhenge & Gummy Bearskin Rugs: The Food-Fueled Whimsy of Brock Davis

    Brock DavisRice Krispyhenge​In the world of Minneapolis-based artist Brock Davis, junk food can be medium, muse and, perhaps, message. Davis has a Time magazine cover to his credit and has counted the likes of Porsche and Gibson as clients, but some of his choicest work plays with nutritionall ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    5 Super Bowl Food Commercials Worth Seeing (Sort Of)

    Screenshot of the Dannon Oikos Greek Yogurt Commercial​Whether you tuned in to cheer on the New York Giants or the New England Patriots, wanted to see Madonna lip-sync or loved the excuse of eating tons of tailgate-type food on this unofficial holiday, Super Bowl Sunday also gave us some memor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    The Escondite: Burgers, Beer A Downtown View of Skidrowkyo

    D. Solomonburger​Despite its name, The Escondite -- "hideout" in Spanish -- isn't that hard to find. It sits on the southeast corner of S. San Pedro and Boyd Streets on the border between Little Tokyo and Skid Row. (Owners Erin Carnes and Brian Traynam call the location "Skidrowkyo.") What' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Junk Food in Schools Not Linked to Childhood Obesity

    Fat kids everywhere, rejoice! There's no link between childhood obesity and junk food sold in schools, a new study has found. Cities all over the country have been busy banning the sale of sweet and salty snacks in public schools in a bid to fight childhood obesity (thanks, Mrs. Obama). But a new ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2011

    Food Films at AFI Festival

    Courtesy of Chayka SofiaA food fight of epic proportions is portrayed in Zergut.​Food has come to the foreground in cinema as of late. What started with films like Food Inc. and Fast Food Nation has evolved into entire festivals dedicated to the craft, like the recent New York and Chicago Food ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    Doritos Creator Arch West To Be Buried with Corn Chips

    When Arch West goes into the ground this Saturday, his family will sprinkle Doritos at his graveside, reports the Dallas Morning News. It's a fitting tribute for the man widely credited with creating Doritos corn chips. West, who died on September 20th at the age of 97, led the team at Frito-Lay t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    'Chain Letter' at Shoshana Wayne Gallery: Artmaggeddon and the Art of Yes

    Carol ChehArtists waiting in line to install their work at Shoshana Wayne Gallery​ Talk of "Chain Letter" started bubbling through the art community about a month ago, after curators Christian Cummings and (former LA Weekly critic) Doug Harvey sent out the first two email invitations asking 10 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    Dark Side of the Moon: Five Essential Parodies of the Iconic Album Cover

    ​If I say "Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon," what's the first thing that comes to mind? Chances are you're picturing a luminous triangle on a black background, with a single ray of light coming from one end and a neat rainbow emerging from the dispersive prism. We couldn't agree more with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2011

    Must-See Friday Show #1: Caitlin Rose at Largo

    ​[By now we hope you have figured out that at LA Weekly music we don't do "hype." You can go to a bunch of other places to hear about "buzz" (why do publicists use that word as if it were a good thing?), "relevance" and "this week's hot band." Go through our "Page Two" coverage and you'll see ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    Super Bowl XLV: The V Best Least Annoying Food Commercials

    Guzzle & NoshSuper Bowl XLV as seen on television.​ Whether it was the angry Ewoks of middle earth sharing a Coke with a fire-breathing dragon or Adrien Brody crooning to bar full of weepy women (nice to see him finally bouncing back from that Oscar win), this year's bunch of Super Bowl spots ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    David Haskell's Super Bowl Junk Food and Wine Pairings

    Caroline on CrackThis $24 Mas du Soleilla Coteaux du Languedoc is perfect with malt balls and Dijon chips. Kid you not.​ Self-professed "wine pimp" and Magnum pop-up restaurateur David Haskell (Le Cirque, Bin 8945) is a die-hard Pittsburgh Steelers fan, claiming he's worn black and gold since ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    Fig & Garcia Farms Teach At-Risk Teens About Nutrition & Local Produce

    C. BishopBraised Oxtail with oranges and prunes from FIG & Garcia Farms' dinner​ Last night, Fig's executive chef Ray Garcia hosted the restaurant's first farm dinner of 2011, serving dishes filled with Fallbrook's Garcia Farm's (no relation) recent harvest of over 50 varieties of citrus. Whi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2010

    Doritos Invade Britain: Or UFO's Shaped Like Them

    Daily Mailan object over Wales ​ If you wanted another sign that we're all eating far, far too much junk food, consider this story from Britain's Daily Mail. There have been many UFO sightings, it seems, in the English Midlands: at least three in the last three years. But what is perhaps more ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2010

    A Recipe From The Chef: Ray Garcia's Quinoa Salad With Orange Blossom Vinaigrette

    starchefs.comQuinoa Salad At Fig​When we talked to Fig chef Ray Garcia earlier this week, he told us about cooking for small dogs in large handbags (not his handbags, or dogs for that matter) and the evolution of bacon-wrapped-bacon (get the recipe here). Lately Garcia has been focusing on t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2010

    Q & A With Ray Garcia, Part 2: What Dogs Order At The Peninsula, Real Restaurant Cooking Helping Kids With Heirloom Tomato (And Marijuana) Issues

    J. GarbeeSeared Tuna Nicoise With Quail Eggs​We left off yesterday's chat with Ray Garcia, Executive Chef at Fig in Santa Monica, with dog food. "It was probably seared ground sirloin, some of the best beef in the country, and the dog didn't like the temperature or something like that," says G ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2010

    October Unprocessed: Q & A With Food Blogger Andrew Wilder, Unprocessed Food Man

    Want to eat healthier, feel better and live longer? A million suggestions are out there on how to do just that, but a good place to start might be processed foods. As in, not eating them. Doritos, M&M's, Oscar Mayer wieners, McDonald's french fries -- could you do away with them all? Okay, how about ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    Move Over, Junk Food: Schools Fill Vending Machines With Baby Carrots

    Crispin Porter BoguskyCarrots Are Cool​ What comes to mind upon hearing the term school vending machine? If you're like us, you immediately conjure up images of junk food: Funions. Creme-filled Oreos. M&Ms and a plethora of other high-fat, sodium-laden snacks that are not only bad for you, ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    April 22, 2010

    Mac's Headroom

    We have seen the future of macaroni 'n' cheese, and its name is Mac & Cheeza

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    Twinkie Cars, Sausage Men, and Hoagie Blimps: Kitchen (Football Snack) Stadium

    The Big Game appoacheth. With Super Bowl XLIV right around the corner, millions of Americans will break out potato chips, Chex mex, Hot Dogs, and hamburgers and, of course, build a giant junk food football stadium. Okay, this may not be standard operating procedure for most gridiron fanatics gather ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    INCHES reviews Mayer Hawthorne, The Anasazis, Robedoor, and Railcars (MP3s)

    In the strange wake of music's digital rebirth, vinyl has experienced a modest boom in popularity, seen by many as a replacement for the awkward middleman that is the compact disc. INCHES reviews the output of L.A.'s healthy vinyl community (artists and labels, indie or other), believing that good m ... More >>

  • News

    May 7, 2009

    Bound Together by the Grim Sleeper

    L.A. family of serial killer's victims meet at long last

  • LA Life

    April 17, 2008

    Who's Your Mermaid?

    What to do in L.A. this week

  • Film+TV

    March 20, 2008

    Movie Reviews: Doomsday, Drillbit Taylor, Under the Same Moon

    Also Shutter and Tyler Perry's Meet The Browns

  • Film+TV

    March 13, 2008

    Movie Reviews: Beaufort, Horton Hears a Who!, The Unforeseen

    Also Doomsday and All In This Tea

  • News

    August 16, 2007

    Closing Martin Luther King Hospital

    After Monday’s postmortem, why are so many crucial questions unanswered?

  • Eat+Drink

    June 21, 2007

    99 Essential - List Only

    After Monday’s postmortem, why are so many crucial questions unanswered?

  • Eat+Drink

    June 21, 2007

    99 Essential Restaurants: The Metropolitan Palate

    Summer Restaurants 2007

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2007

    Un-Fashion Week

    I've been unnoticeably absent from Fashion Week this season for no real reason other than I have been doing lots of random shit. It's not 'cause of any beef I may have with Smashbox (even though I am on Fern Mallis' shitlist after accidentally misquoting her in a piece I wrote for the LA Times - she ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    November 23, 2006

    Ask Mr. Gold: Takoyaki

    I've been unnoticeably absent from Fashion Week this season for no real reason other than I have been doing lots of random shit. It's not 'cause of any beef I may have with Smashbox (even though I am on Fern Mallis' shitlist after accidentally misquoting her in a piece I wrote for the LA Times - she ... More >>

  • Columns

    October 26, 2006

    Rescue Me

    Can flower power save Alexis Smart?

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2006

    Mama Mia

    If you read my last few posts (yeah it's been a while, but we changed over to a new blogging system so please excuse our absence) you might remember that I revealed I am happily sperminated. Well, all is going nicely... I'm in the second trimester which is known as the good period -after the nause ... More >>

  • News

    June 9, 2005

    X Ray Vision

    Two generations of L.A. rockers on the meaning of punk, then and now

  • News

    February 14, 2002

    Truth and Daring

    Reconstructing Laurie Anderson

  • News

    November 29, 2001

    To the Super Max

    A prison diary

  • Columns

    January 27, 2000

    Eraser Heads

    A prison diary

  • Film+TV

    December 16, 1999

    This Boy's Life

    Actor Tobey Maguire

  • News

    April 2, 1998

    How Good is Olestra?

    Depends

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