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Food News Roundup: Gross Stuff in Your Food The Patron Saint of Hangovers

Grist: It turns out that Subway is not necessarily any more healthful than McDonald's. Huffington Post Politics: The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Monsanto in a soybean seed patent violation case that pitted Indiana farmer Vernon Hugh Bowman against the biotech giant. Mental Floss: From bacon t ... More >>

Pork Contamination in IKEA's Moose Lasagna

This past weekend Swedes woke up to news of a pork contamination in the moose lasagna previously sold at their local IKEA stores -- in addition to 18 other European countries. Reuters reported that a little over 17,000 packs of the frozen entrees were quietly pulled from shelves after they were foun ... More >>

Scientists Use DNA to Determine Food Contents

Wondering what's really in those meatballs? German scientists have come up with a way to determine the precise quantities of plant, animal and microbial substances in foods using DNA analysis. The technique could prove beneficial for people with food allergies, to test for pathogens in foodborne-ill ... More >>

Happy National Meatball Day! Where to Go For Spaghetti and Meatballs

It's been a tough year for meatballs, smothered with lingonberry and scandal. But tomorrow, on National Meatball Day, we put all of that behind us and celebrate with spheres of seasoned meat made from government-sanctioned non-companion animals. Because that's the true meaning of National Meatball D ... More >>

Horse Meat Found in IKEA Swedish Meatballs

Across the Atlantic, the horse meat scandal continues to rock Europe -- and now it appears that IKEA's Swedish Köttbullar meatballs are the latest ready-made product found to contain horse meat. The Czech State Veterinary Administration alerted the public to traces of horse DNA found in meatballs p ... More >>

Baby Sea Lion Hits The Road, Heads For Ikea In Carson

A baby sea lion was rescued on the street in Carson, more than eight miles from open water, sheriff's officials reported today. Caught near Avalon Boulevard and Dominguez Street, it appeared the pup took a wrong turn and was headed toward ... Ikea? Who knows. Sheriff's Lt. Chris Bergner told the W ... More >>

In-Chan's Little Secret

This family restaurant in Van Nuys delights with northern Thai dishes — as long as you ask for the special menu

Top 5 Ketchups to Make Room For in the Fridge Ketchup and Food Pairings

Ketchup, with its pleasant balance of sweet and bright, for many people becomes ingrained in memory, often the first exposure we have to umami's savory taste. Which is why, no matter if daintily dipped or slathered on, ketchup exemplifies Merriam-Webster's definition of condiment, "to enhance the f ... More >>

L.A. Startup Club, Offering Cousel and Commiseration For the Silicon Beach Set

Would you contribute ten bucks to get an adult webcomix series featuring voiceovers from real porn stars off the ground? How about five for a stainless steel butt plug project? Ben Tao and Eric Lai, founders of Offbeatr, an adult version of crowd-funding sites like Indiegogo and Kickstarter, seem to ... More >>

IKEA Serves Up Midsummer Smorgasbord Friday

In Sweden, Norway and Finland, "Midsommar" -- celebrated the weekend closest to June 24 -- is an especially important holiday that's steeped in tradition and rivals Christmas in popularity. It marks the start of the summer season and celebrates joy and romance with maypole dancing, girls wearing bri ... More >>

Top 10 Gyms in Los Angeles

If there's anything we are not lacking in Los Angeles, it's places to work out. But finding the perfect gym to tone, slim down or -- dare we even say it -- find a date is a highly subjective decision. Then there's that old real estate rule of location, location, location; you want something close t ... More >>

Why I'm Fine With the 'Hipster Flip' Phenomenon

As the lease was set to expire on the Pasadena condo we're currently renting, I, my husband and our young spawn were in the market for a home to buy. Spring selling season is upon us and we wanted to buy while the market is still crapped out. Plus, having just closed escrow on our old place back in ... More >>

We Lost It at the Movies

From Leftovers to Love: A Dating Website Helps You Get a Date by Looking in Your Fridge

Rachael Narins​Being a single person who likes to cook can be tricky. Making a full meal might, at times, feel less fulfilling without that special someone to share the experience and help eat all the food. Let alone pitch in on doing the dishes. If you live in Sweden, a collective of farmer ... More >>

Jonathan Gold Reviews Steingarten

Movie Reviews: Stolen, Severe Clear, The Bounty Hunter, The Killing Jar

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World's Coolest Hamster House: MTV Cribs, Rodent Edition

When is your hamster fetish out of control? When your hamster has a better crib than you do. When Apartment Therapy blogs about your rodent's abode--not yours. A girl named Martina made her hamster Sonic a cage out of an IKEA Expedit bookcase. I'm no expert, but this has got to be the dopest hamster ... More >>

Plate Spinning: Listings From the Past Week

Some food for thought from local, national and international news sources from this past week: --A chicken is worth half its weight in water. [LAT] --Bring home the family, bring back dinner. [Chicago Tribune] --Synthetic alcohol might provide a buzz without addiction or hangovers . [Pop Sci ... More >>

Missed Connections, Clubland: Hey Pink Mohawk Girl at the Business - Someone Likes You!

Were you at Ikea over the weekend wearing a Beatles T-shirt? Someone likes you!​It happens: You steal a glance, your heart starts moving faster, she looks back, you return the look, he rubs up against you at the bar, you rub back, and then, boom, he/she has vanished, and love connection has fi ... More >>

THE FANG'LL COME OUT GOMORRAH

Lights, Camera, IKEA! Burbank Store Attracts Filmmakers

Today's L.A. Times' biz section touts a new and improbable addition to Burbank's media studios -- the IKEA store on San Fernando Road. After listing some odd and varied appearances that IKEA made in the news during the past year from China to Scotland, writer Dan Neil looks at the role of IKEA's Bur ... More >>

This Is Not IKEA

Turning a furniture obsession into a business

Michael Kontopoulos, Sigh-borg

We may have been slow to grasp the importance of Los Angeles artist-designer Michael Kontopoulos' newest invention, but the British media immediately grasped it. Or, perhaps, make that "gasped it." Metro U.K. is fascinated with Kontopoulos' Sigh Collector, a wood-boxed device that detects chest expa ... More >>

Nerd Porn: How to Cram a 24-Core Linux Cluster Into a $29 IKEA Cabinet

Yeah, I'm not sure what a 24-Core Linux Cluster is exactly (something to do with computers, I believe), but I do like the idea of cramming massive amounts of computational power into a piece of cheap IKEA furniture. If YOU know what a 24-Core Linux Cluster is and have an urgent need to fit one into ... More >>

Scandinavian Three-Way: Conny Andersson's AK in Venice

Four Seasons refinement arrives on Abbot Kinney

LAFF 2008: Whiskey Wanted

What to make of a film festival that made its name on indie fare now opening and closing with big-budget summer blockbusters from Universal? In fairness, the folks behind the Los Angeles Film Festival have thought that one out, noting that both WANTED and HELLBOY II are directed by critically acclai ... More >>

The Little Seed In Bloom

For eco-cool little sprouts

Must See Art

Videos by Harry Dodge and Stanya Kahn and “Radiant City”

Erik Cheeseburger Goes to Hebben

Short angry fiction for short angry people

Badly Drawn B(h)ummer

And an intriguing new anti-Starbucks campaign

Lock, Stock & Module

Los Angeles architects are leading the modern prefab pack — again

The Nonfictional Erik Cheeseburger

Work in Progress

One architect’s never-ending search for the well-lived home and life . . . in which Josh Schweitzer explains why you should tear down your house

Josh Schweitzer

A Decent and Simple Home

Embrace the Machine

The Birthday Party

With good friends to help out, you can create your own magical celebration

Beyond Impossible Price

Adventures in Storage

Letters

Thoroughly Modern Living

Drive, He Said

Counter Intelligence throws a party — or 10 tips for no-cook entertaining

The Life of the Party

Gendy Alimurung keeps a diary as she stalks Jeffrey Best, Zen planner of L.A. parties

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Photos by Julie Pavlowski

Makeover 3

Photos by Jack Gould

Your Future, 24/7

The dystopian delights of TechTV

A Fondness for Roundness

Popovers and Panties

The real deal on retail morsels

Impossible Price

Impossible Price