Dr. Seuss

Ryan Quincy Talks About Transforming From Reluctant Voiceover Actor to Creator of the New IFC Show Out There

Emmy-winning animator Ryan Quincy has always dreamed of having his own show. During the decade and a half he spent working his way up to animation director for South Park, he spent his hiatuses creating a world entirely his own, inhabited by hairy but harmless creatures just trying to sort out the d ... More >>

Writers Guild Awards 2013: Behind the Scenes

Last night, men and women who are more used to working at home in their pajamas donned black tie attire for the 2013 Writers Guild Awards at the J.W. Marriott Los Angeles L.A. Live -- and it seemed like a surprisingly number of media didn't really care. (Except us, of course.) With a red carpet th ... More >>

Zaireeka Listening Party - The Echo - 1/31/13

Zaireeka Listening Party feat. Hott MT and Butcher Boy The Echo 1/31/13 Better than... admitting you don't really understand Way back in 1997, the Flaming Lips were just weirdos in a big sea of wannabe weirdos. Sure, they'd released a heavily-rotated off-kilter pop song "She Don't Use Jelly," but ... More >>

45: The Pescado Zarandeado at Coni'Seafood

Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 4) -- and probably beyond, at this rate -- we'll be counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 45: The Pescado Zarandeado at Coni'Seafood. The pescado zarandeado at Coni'Seafood in Inglewood has long been the stuff ... More >>

60: Huckleberry's Green Eggs & Ham

Leading 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. 60: Huckleberry's Green Eggs & Ham. This breakfast dish, named for the Dr. Seuss book, has been on Huckleberry's menu since 2009, when Zoe Nathan and Josh Loeb ... More >>

81: White Anchovy, Tomato, and Fresno Chile Pizza at Pizzeria Mozza

Leading 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 >>

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 >>

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

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

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

Halloween Classics at the Paley Center

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

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

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

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

Also Doomsday and All In This Tea

Best Cocktail Dip

Rooftop Bar at the Standard Downtown

Lubitsch in Berlin

People Who Need People

What to do in LA this week

Best Anachronistic Bird Watching

The Bird Man of Elysian Park

The Hidden Blade

First Bite: Crowning Glory

J’accuse! Celebs on Trial: A Balance Sheet

Sunshine State

Departures

6 Kitchen Epiphanies

Good Is in the Details

Iannis and the Big Bang

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

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