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March 15, 2012
Local Pantry: Vivi's Carnival (But Not Carny) Mustards
"The World's Largest Hot Dog with Cuban Hot Sauce." It's not a slogan for the latest Guinness World Records attempt at temporary hot dog celebrity. It's the name of the hot dog stand that served as the inspiration for local artisan mustard producer Vivi's Original Sauce. Owner Vivian "Vivi" Poutakog ... More >>
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December 15, 2011
A Little Tokyo Christmas Goes to Vegas
"The World's Largest Hot Dog with Cuban Hot Sauce." It's not a slogan for the latest Guinness World Records attempt at temporary hot dog celebrity. It's the name of the hot dog stand that served as the inspiration for local artisan mustard producer Vivi's Original Sauce. Owner Vivian "Vivi" Poutakog ... More >>
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September 13, 2011
5 Foods You Can't Miss at the LA County Fair
Guzzle & NoshA miniature version of Randy's Donuts in the model railroad town at the LA County Fair.You can't actually order a cinnamon crumb from this outpost of Randy's Donuts, a miniature version of the iconic shop (complete with cop car parked in front!) housed in the model railroad town ... More >>
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July 26, 2011
Los Feliz Village Street Fair's Fashionably Funky (and Free) Fest, 7/24/11
Lina LecaroA "feliz" fest.The period from now until Labor Day will be fest-full to say the least. Sunset Strip Music Fest, Sunset Junction Street Fair and FYF Fest will see hordes moving through the streets of LA, angling for a view of their favorite bands, gnawing on greasy grub from the foo ... More >>
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July 18, 2011
Renegade Craft Fair: Ten Things That Made Us Want to Take Up Knitting (Again)
Handmade cards speak truth to power at this year's Renegade Craft Fair Did you leave town this weekend to avoid Carmageddon? Haha, sucker. Those of us not afraid of a little gridlock spent Saturday weaving through the sunny maze of booths at downtown's Renegade Craft Fair, the indie pop-up fe ... More >>
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June 16, 2011
There's No Business Like Sideshow Business
Handmade cards speak truth to power at this year's Renegade Craft Fair Did you leave town this weekend to avoid Carmageddon? Haha, sucker. Those of us not afraid of a little gridlock spent Saturday weaving through the sunny maze of booths at downtown's Renegade Craft Fair, the indie pop-up fe ... More >>
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May 31, 2011
Fried Kool-Aid, Fried Brownies, FryBQ Ribs: A Sneak Peek at Chicken Charlie's Newest Fried Fair Fare
Courtesy of Chicken CharlieFried fair fare trio: Totally Fried Brownies, FryBQ ribs and Totally Fried Kool-Aid His life's work reads like a chapter in The Fattening of America. Every year, Chicken Charlie a.k.a. Charlie Boghosian, the fried food maestro of Southern California's county fair c ... More >>
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February 16, 2011
Save The Dates: The Riverside County Fair and Date Festival
Dancing With Ghosts/FlickrDate Festival In some dim corner of the country, every food has a festival. For three days each April, the World Grits Festival engulfs St. George, South Carolina. Waikiki holds the Spam Jam. In Clinton, Montana, there is the Rocky Mountain Oyster Festival, or "Te ... More >>
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November 19, 2010
Food Truck Friday: Tornado Potato Hits L.A.
Guzzle & NoshThe sausage tornado potato with cheddar cheese powder. You say tor-nay-doh, I say tor-nah-doh. You say po-tay-toh, I say po-tah-toh. Let's not call the whole thing off. The tornado potato that's already touched down in Korea and Köln (with pit stops in Minnesota and New Jersey) ... More >>
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October 21, 2010
YET ANOTHER WURST OF TIMES
Guzzle & NoshThe sausage tornado potato with cheddar cheese powder. You say tor-nay-doh, I say tor-nah-doh. You say po-tay-toh, I say po-tah-toh. Let's not call the whole thing off. The tornado potato that's already touched down in Korea and Köln (with pit stops in Minnesota and New Jersey) ... More >>
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September 13, 2010
Fried Beer? Yes, Fried Beer
BBCFried beer Fair food likes to straddle that fine, batter-flecked line between alluring and puke-worthy. Cases in point: Deep-fried bacon from Texas, spaghetti and meatball on a stick courtesy of Minnesota, and a California-bred Krispy Kreme chicken sandwich, which, with a puddle of Smuc ... More >>
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September 2, 2010
God Bless America: Where You Can Have Your Snickers Bar On a Stick AND Deep Fried!
BBCFried beer Fair food likes to straddle that fine, batter-flecked line between alluring and puke-worthy. Cases in point: Deep-fried bacon from Texas, spaghetti and meatball on a stick courtesy of Minnesota, and a California-bred Krispy Kreme chicken sandwich, which, with a puddle of Smuc ... More >>
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August 26, 2010
LIVE FOODIES!
BBCFried beer Fair food likes to straddle that fine, batter-flecked line between alluring and puke-worthy. Cases in point: Deep-fried bacon from Texas, spaghetti and meatball on a stick courtesy of Minnesota, and a California-bred Krispy Kreme chicken sandwich, which, with a puddle of Smuc ... More >>
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August 16, 2010
Want Fries With That? Meet The Krispy Kreme Doughnut Burger
A Hamburger TodayKrispy Kreme Doughnut Burger The Orange County Fair ended last weekend, but throngs of fried food aficionados turned up to get their fair (sorry) share of deep fried Oreos, Snickers, Twinkies, and even fried cheese on a stick. While that might sound like groundbreaking fried ... More >>
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October 15, 2009
PU-PU-PUSA . . . GOOD-BYE!!
A Hamburger TodayKrispy Kreme Doughnut Burger The Orange County Fair ended last weekend, but throngs of fried food aficionados turned up to get their fair (sorry) share of deep fried Oreos, Snickers, Twinkies, and even fried cheese on a stick. While that might sound like groundbreaking fried ... More >>
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September 3, 2009
I'LL HAVE THE SALAD ON A STICK AND A DEEP-FRIED MARGARITA
A Hamburger TodayKrispy Kreme Doughnut Burger The Orange County Fair ended last weekend, but throngs of fried food aficionados turned up to get their fair (sorry) share of deep fried Oreos, Snickers, Twinkies, and even fried cheese on a stick. While that might sound like groundbreaking fried ... More >>
Blogs
August 5, 2009
High Desert Paper Site Begins Charging
Antelope Valley PressSay it ain't so! The Antelope Valley Press, that breathless spinner of news about meth-lab busts and County Fair fashions, has begun withholding its full online content for newspaper subscribers only. Now Web surfers are faced with story teasers that end with, "For complete s ... More >>
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July 29, 2009
Chicken Charlie's Midas Touch: Turning Deep-Fried Oreos into Gold
Photo credit: Aaron Stein-ChesterCharlie BoghosianBefore there was This Is Why You're Fat.com, there was Chicken Charlie. For almost a quarter decade now, 40 year-old "Chicken" Charlie Boghosian has spent 5 months of each year touring the California fair circuit with his custom-built trailers ... More >>
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July 22, 2009
Midlife Crisis Winery in Paso Robles: The End of One Crisis, The Beginning of Another
Jill Mittan looks tired. But despite the looming death of the five year-old winery dream she shared with her husband Kevin, she's still pouring tastes and telling visitors about the local wine scene at Midlife Crisis Winery. On Sunday, July 27th that will end too.
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July 9, 2009
MUST BE THIS HIP TO ENTER
Jill Mittan looks tired. But despite the looming death of the five year-old winery dream she shared with her husband Kevin, she's still pouring tastes and telling visitors about the local wine scene at Midlife Crisis Winery. On Sunday, July 27th that will end too.
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June 25, 2009
WHAT? NO TAP DANCING?
Jill Mittan looks tired. But despite the looming death of the five year-old winery dream she shared with her husband Kevin, she's still pouring tastes and telling visitors about the local wine scene at Midlife Crisis Winery. On Sunday, July 27th that will end too.
Music
June 11, 2009
Life of the Party: Sunset Junction Street Fair Hits Dead End
The fate of the yearly Silver Lake music fete is far from assured. But that’s nothing new
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September 25, 2008
Little Italy in Hollywood
The fate of the yearly Silver Lake music fete is far from assured. But that’s nothing new
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September 4, 2008
Hot Dates
The fate of the yearly Silver Lake music fete is far from assured. But that’s nothing new
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July 3, 2008
You Could Even Say It Glowed: The Electric Daisy Festival
The green-lit masses at the L.A. Coliseum, the pulsing beats of Paul Van Dyk, Moby and Benny Benassi

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