Dr. Seuss

Green Eggs & Alhambra

Uproar Over 'Pink Slime' in School Lunches

Remember pink goo? Let us refresh your memory. Pink goo, aka pink slime, is scraps of meat and connective tissue swept up from slaughterhouse floors that are doused with a pink chemical to kill dangerous pathogens -- since they've been, you know, on the floor -- then blended together into a substanc ... More >>

Happy Birthday Dr. Suess: Green Egg Cookies for Larchmont Elementary Recipe

Dr. Suess spent a lifetime weaving cunningly benign rhymes for children about the environment, the dangers of isolationism and materialism, racial equality and the arms race. But ask a kid (or most adults for that matter) what they remember most about Suess and they're likely to zero in on the food ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 2/27-3/2

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "This may be the only standard restaurant dish anywhere in the world whose origin points to a bored 6-year-old on a playground." Jonathan Gold's 60 Korean Dishes Every Angeleno Should Know. "Nelson once worked in the lumber b ... More >>

Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

Much Bergman, much of the time

The Eagles' "Hotel California": Why This Song Sucks

[Editor's note: Why This Song Sucks determines why particular tracks blow using science. It appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday.] Song: The Eagles' "Hotel California" History: Everything. Rolling Stone said this. Guitarist said this. My dad said this. Your dad said that. Everyone knows it' ... More >>

Ron Swanson Meets Dr. Seuss: Give Me Your Bacon & Eggs

Because cookies, video clips and hilarious interviews aren't enough, there is now a Ron Swanson T-shirt. And it's spectacular. Designed by Tom Trager, it imagines everyone's favorite Parks & Recreation character as the star of a Dr. Seuss book. Only instead of sharing and caring and positive values, ... More >>

Why This Song Sucks: "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" Is Hatemongering

[Editor's note: Why This Song Sucks determines why particular tracks blow using science. It appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday.] Song: "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" Atmospherics: Admittedly, this is pretty brilliantly composed. It is moody and fun and clever. History: Duh. From the c ... More >>

Red Medicine: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

[Editor's note: Why This Song Sucks determines why particular tracks blow using science. It appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday.] Song: "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" Atmospherics: Admittedly, this is pretty brilliantly composed. It is moody and fun and clever. History: Duh. From the c ... More >>

30 Scoops in 30 Days: Kind Kreme (Day 10)

We went vegan once, for about three months in college, mostly because our roommates bet us we couldn't do it. We ended up living on a diet of potato tacos and Snyder's of Hanover hard pretzels dipped into peanut butter. (Anyone who automatically equates veganism with health ought to spend 5 minute ... More >>

These Things Are Fun, and Fun is Good

We went vegan once, for about three months in college, mostly because our roommates bet us we couldn't do it. We ended up living on a diet of potato tacos and Snyder's of Hanover hard pretzels dipped into peanut butter. (Anyone who automatically equates veganism with health ought to spend 5 minute ... More >>

Pigmade Cupcakes and Giant Sweet Potatoes: Lessons from Today's Culinary Children's Books

Frances Lincoln​ Much attention has been paid of late to what forces most influence the diets of our nation's children. Parents? Peers? Those blasted fast food ads? Thinking back to our childhoods (and yes we're dating ourselves), we realize that many of our ideas about food came from our fav ... More >>

Red Medicine

Jordan Kahn's Vietnamese eatery deserves notoriety for its food, too

Konjac: Where to go in the SGV

Jim ThurmanSlice of konjac​ Last month Squid Ink told you about Skinny Noodles, a brand of shirataki noodles made from konjac or konnyaku, and it's remarkable claims - zero calorie, low carb, high fiber, low sodium and gluten free. Today, we take a look at the use of konjac in Chinese cuisine ... More >>

Holiday Screenings

Jim ThurmanSlice of konjac​ Last month Squid Ink told you about Skinny Noodles, a brand of shirataki noodles made from konjac or konnyaku, and it's remarkable claims - zero calorie, low carb, high fiber, low sodium and gluten free. Today, we take a look at the use of konjac in Chinese cuisine ... More >>

Halloween Classics at the Paley Center

Jim ThurmanSlice of konjac​ Last month Squid Ink told you about Skinny Noodles, a brand of shirataki noodles made from konjac or konnyaku, and it's remarkable claims - zero calorie, low carb, high fiber, low sodium and gluten free. Today, we take a look at the use of konjac in Chinese cuisine ... More >>

Mooi: Going Vegan & Raw in Echo Park

Lina Lecaro​Upon entering Mooi, the new raw vegan Echo Park restaurant from former club and events promoter Stephen Hauptfuhr, you might think you've fallen down the rabbit hole, but you won't find bland rabbit food here. The high-ceilinged corner space on Sunset Boulevard and Logan Street bo ... More >>

Rage Against the Machine DVD To be Released

Rage Against the Machine DVD To be Released

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 >>

Theater Reviews: A Lie of the Mind, Mercy Warren’s Tea, Molly, Extinction

Also, Chatsworth, Grace Kim & the Spiders From Mars, Post, and more

Stage Raw: New Golden Age of British Theater?

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Bill Cain's Equivocation and Burglars of Hamm's Land of the Tigers NEW GOLDEN AGE OF BRITISH THEATRE In today's The Guardian, Mark Lawson writes at some length on a new Golden Age of British theater. Among the more salient quotatio ... More >>

Stage Raw: Violators Will Be Violated

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Bill Cain's Equivocation and Burglars of Hamm's Land of the TigersNEW REVIEW GO VIOLATORS WILL BE VIOLATED ​Photo courtesy of Circle X Theatre CompanyCasey Smith's solo mime-show (he does scream a lot, but there are almost no deciph ... More >>

Holiday Films

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Bill Cain's Equivocation and Burglars of Hamm's Land of the TigersNEW REVIEW GO VIOLATORS WILL BE VIOLATED ​Photo courtesy of Circle X Theatre CompanyCasey Smith's solo mime-show (he does scream a lot, but there are almost no deciph ... More >>

Los Angeles Public Library Cookery Ephemera Collection

Los Angeles Public LibraryWonder Sandwich Suggestions​Food is as much about history as it is about taste, and digging into that history offers often mouth-watering illumination about who we are and where we came from. Angelenos are fortunate to have a renowned culinary treasure available to th ... More >>

Yayoi Kusama at Gagosian Gallery

Los Angeles Public LibraryWonder Sandwich Suggestions​Food is as much about history as it is about taste, and digging into that history offers often mouth-watering illumination about who we are and where we came from. Angelenos are fortunate to have a renowned culinary treasure available to th ... More >>

Last Night: Denis Leary Reveals New 'Rescue Me' Plot and Reminds us 'Why We Suck' @ Book Soup

All photos by Shannon CottrellLet's get something straight -- Denis Leary is not one for conspiracy theories. However, last night at Book Soup to sign copies of his new book Why We Suck, the actor dropped plot details about the upcoming season of his hit series Rescue Me. Possibly an exclusive, what ... More >>

Speed Racer On the Fast Track to Nowhere

Anime on overdrive from the Wachowski brothers

Who's Your Mermaid?

What to do in L.A. this week

Anthony Pellicano’s Female Trouble

Cheetahs never prosper In a Dickensian twist, Anthony Pellicano was confronted this past week by women whose lives he had touched over the years – although the ladies in question might claim “blighted” is a more appropriate word. Tuesday saw L.A. assistant district attorney Karla Kerlin take ... More >>

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

Also Doomsday and All In This Tea

Boyz II Men: A Philadelphia Story

The only thing these guys didn't do was cater

Best Cocktail Dip

Rooftop Bar at the Standard Downtown

Lubitsch in Berlin

Rooftop Bar at the Standard Downtown

People Who Need People

What to do in LA this week

Best Anachronistic Bird Watching

The Bird Man of Elysian Park

The Hidden Blade

The Bird Man of Elysian Park

First Bite: Crowning Glory

The Bird Man of Elysian Park

J'accuse!

Celebs On Trial: a Balance Sheet

J’accuse! Celebs on Trial: A Balance Sheet

Celebs On Trial: a Balance Sheet

Sunshine State

Celebs On Trial: a Balance Sheet

Departures

Celebs On Trial: a Balance Sheet

The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection

Celebs On Trial: a Balance Sheet

6 Kitchen Epiphanies

Celebs On Trial: a Balance Sheet

Good Is in the Details

Celebs On Trial: a Balance Sheet

Iannis and the Big Bang

Celebs On Trial: a Balance Sheet

Why Do They Hate Us?: Sit on It, Lady

Celebs On Trial: a Balance Sheet

Green Eggs and Lawsuits

Artists, contracts and money

Body Heat

Donald Byrd�s Shack, Stephanie Gilliland�s TONGUE, and more

The Body Electric

Warrior saints from a microhard world