The Guardian: How to eat a persimmon. Pigeons & Planes: 20 Things Everyone Thinks About The Food World (But Nobody Will Say). Riding Shotgun: Happy New Year's from Roy Choi. The New York Times: After Crispy Pig Ears, 10 Trends for 2013. Daily Dish: Fishing With Dynamite, David LeFevre's new rest ... More >>
One of our new favorite web series these days is Kamikaze Kitchen, a collaboration between Good Food and sometimes L.A. Weekly contributor Eddie Lin (DeepEndDining) and Trippy Food blog author Valentino Herrera. The comedic duo just dropped their first episode on YouTube back in September and have p ... More >>
Nastassia Johnson, blogger behind Let Me Eat Cake, has picked out several items to try at downtown's Semi Sweet Bakery on a recent afternoon: A croissant flecked with chocolate, an Almond Joy Doughnut, and a cookie called "Triple Chip" -- chocolate, butterscotch, and potato. She wanted a slice of 7- ... More >>
Pair two affable, self-described "food dudes" living in L.A. -- digital marketing consultant Drew Hubbard with film and video editor Ben Waters, who has improv comedy training -- and you get L.A. Foodie. The site with the colorful burger logo and light-hearted tone delivers commentary on topics rang ... More >>
Taric, a Sri Lankan immigrant and a regular at Asian Lanka Restaurant in Reseda, is one of those gregarious strangers who can trigger hunger pangs when he speaks to you about food while you wait in line to order. Ingredients and cooking methods leap off his tongue. Even if you're uninterested in the ... More >>
Twitter turned six years old this past Wednesday, which means six years of communicating via intermittent bursts of 140-character sound bytes and six years of convincing ourselves that even the most mundane of thoughts are worthy of a megaphone. According to the official Twitter blog, there are now ... More >>
Valentino Herrera abides by two philosophies: Try everything, at least once. And share unusual experiences with others, especially when it comes to travel and eating. Both ideas are evident on his blog, Trippy Food. Don't expect hallucinogenic mushrooms. For Herrera, "trippy" means unusual items ran ... More >>
At the Antigua Cultural Coffee House on a recent afternoon, Valentina Silva talked with us about Eastside Food Bites, her voice carrying over the coffee grinder's noisy whirr and the stereo's booming cumbia. Silva often eats at local spots such as Antigua, close to her Mt. Washington home in northea ... More >>
The Computer Age. The Digital Revolution. The Information Era. Many also say it's the Food Age. We're bombarded by facts and opinions on how, what and where to eat. How to choose? That's where technology helps by putting ideas into our hands, literally. More and more, travel and food guides are loo ... More >>
Adam Roberts is one of those food blogger-turned-published authors whose success makes the rest of us drool. He created his blog, "The Amateur Gourmet," in 2004 while studying law at Emory University. "I'd come home from a long day of law school, my brain would be fried, and the only thing I could ... More >>
Billy Vasquezthe 99 Cent ChefWhere does Billy Vasquez, the 99 Cent Chef, find inspiration for his blog? At L.A.'s ubiquitous 99 Cents Only Stores, of course. His blog reports on the current food items (some vary from day to day) as well as other under-a-dollar bargains at local markets. Us ... More >>
With today marking the beginning of Chinese New Year, and 2011 being The Year of the Rabbit, we thought it only appropriate to sample a variety of dishes featuring the honored animal. While Americans generally consign rabbit to the mantle of "exotic meats," the use of rabbit is not uncommon in som ... More >>
-- Maury Rubin's Birdbath Bakery not opening after all. [Eater LA] -- Cookware shops in Paris. [David Lebovitz] -- Supporting our local food trucks in the face of a call for increased regulations. [Eating L.A.] -- A review of Tacos El Rocky. [LA Taco] -- Geoff Nicholson reviews Anthony Bourd ... More >>
Top Chef MastersMake room for some food bloggers at Judges' Table L.A. chefs like Mark Peel, Susan Feniger and Ludovic Lefebvre aren't the only locals showing up on Top Chef Masters this season. Wednesday night, the judges' table will get a little bit bigger with L.A. food bloggers Bill Espa ... More >>
-- Santa Monica bar The Joker gets raided after employees and customers sold coke to undercover agents. [Grub Street] -- Playing Maj Jongg, with a little wine and cheese. [Food, she thought] -- Pat Saperstein stops by the preview party for Private Chefs of Beverly Hills. [Eating L.A.] -- OC Weekl ... More >>
Eddie Lin's blog, Deep End Dining, has turned adventurous eating into something of an extreme sport. Last week, ABC7's Rob Hayes accompanied Lin on a few of his eating expeditions around LA, narrating in a voice that could have made a peanut butter and jelly sandwich sound dangerous. Lin blames his ... More >>
-- Matt Armendariz gets inside a pastry box. [MattBites] -- From Good Bite, Top 10 Most Disturbing Foods. Blech. [Good Bite] -- Pat Saperstein on Viet food truck Eat Phamish. [Eating L.A.] -- Eddie Lin cooks an Avatar fish. Well, make that a parrot goby. [Deep End Dining] -- A Vegan Superbowl S ... More >>
-- Eddie Lin takes a few little princesses to eat frogs legs. [Deep End Dining] -- NakedSushi visits Yunnan 168 in the San Gabriel Valley. [NakedSushi] -- Bacon & egg martinis at the Allston Yacht Club. [Eating L.A.] -- The LA Times test kitchen has been opening up their recipe vault: Top 12 reci ... More >>
Would you rather spend your Italian vacation craning your neck under the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel or hunched over a porchetta sandwich? Eddie Lin of Deep End Dining has turned eating into a test of bravery, endurance, and cultural awareness, and now you can travel the world with his daring menu ... More >>
"Eddie Lin eats raw chicken," sounds like the kind of insult you might find scrawled on a bathroom stall or passed around on a piece of scratch paper in a high school classroom. In Lin's case, it validates a Renaissance eater. Eddie Lin, the blogger behind Deep End Dining, has risked his stomach ... More >>
Anthony Bourdain was at it again this week, delving into the surprising culinary scene of Melbourne, Australia. But unless you have a bunch of highly-skilled chef pals with access to local Aussie ingredients, you're probably not going to be able to recreate that charming little rooftop potluck. Howe ... More >>
Jailed for selling L.A.'s famed "heart attack" dogs, licensed street vendors are fighting back
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