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Jell-O Desserts

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    Cookbook Review: What Exactly Is A Mormon Cookbook? We're Still Not Sure

    What exactly is a Mormon cookbook? Yeah, we wondered, too. And so we requested a copy of The Essential Mormon Cookbook by Julie Badger Jensen from the Deseret Book Company, a publisher in Salt Lake City (the book was originally published in 2004; the Kindle edition was just released earlier this yea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    Top 6 Weekend Food Events: Cooking Crazy, Street Vendor Fundraiser, Abeja Winery Tasting, Orchestral Maneuvers, Tour de Taste, Hudson House Birthday

    Cooking Crazy Learn about Futurism, Surrealism and the development of French and Italian art in the 19th and 20th centuries by touring LACMA's collection, then heading to Surfas to sip wine and prepare a meal inspired by Salvador Dali's Les Diners de Gala and Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's Futurist Coo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    Sniff This Now: Scented Highlighters

    ​Created by Japanese inventor Yukio Horie in 1963, the humble highlighter has moved far beyond basic yellow. There are dozens of colors -- and flavors. Raymond Geddes makes 21 flavors of scented highlighters, from sweet to savory, obvious to absurd. There's Fudgie Wudgie, Candy Apple, Pizza, L ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    My Jello Americans: The Jell-O Shots Blog

    Finally, the Jell-O shot isn't just for frat boys trying desperately to get girls drunk. The jiggly creations have been elevated to the level of high cuisine and high art at My Jello Americans, a blog that features stunning and whimsical gelatin creations. Some of their most stunning pieces feature ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2011

    Studies Show Thankfulness Can Lead to Better Health - & Better Sex

    It's the day of thanks, when we all gather 'round the table or picnic blanket and hope there's at least one person in the room we're thankful for having in our lives. Food is usually involved, as is wine and other alcoholic splendor, and with all the focus on baking the perfect pie and finding flatt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

    Flickr/dubh​ What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free), it's where most of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    Brainworks: Brain Surgeons Give Glimpse of the Inner Sanctum

    Max S. GerberJaren and Jared​When Keith Black was a kid, his mom caught him dissecting a chicken heart by the side of the house. He was 8, and such behavior might have worried some parents. But Black's father, a school principal, recognized the boy's curiosity. The next week, he brought his so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    David Mitchell's Soapbox: Towering Hamburgers Woo Food

    Hey, fans of BBC America. You know David Mitchell, the comedian, actor and master of the nervous stammer who stars in the British-made sketch series That Mitchell and Webb Look and the sit-com Peep Show? The guy who also writes regular newspaper columns in The Guardian and The Observer and is the f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    Gee, That Food Looks Terrible!

    jbcurio / FlickrTwo of the vintage ads in the Gee, That Looks Terrible! Flickr pool.​God bless old cookbooks and vintage advertisements. God bless Jell-O molds. God bless America's post-WWII bounty and our faith in science to "improve" hearty, classic foods by replacing them with elaborately s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    Cola Up: Jellied Japanese Soda

    Guzzle & NoshCola Up: The soda that eats like Jell-O.​If light can be a particle and a wave, why can't cola be a liquid and a solid? Cola Up bridges the chasm between traditionalists who insist that soda should be sipped and hydrocolloidal optimists who believe anything can be slurped down in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2011

    Corey Helford Gallery History: Six Standouts in the Last Five Years

    Photo by Shannon Cottrell​ At LA Weekly, we've always liked Corey Helford's mix of high/low art, from cute to cool to downright creepy. As the gallery celebrates its fifth anniversary with its current show "Zero to Sixty," which closes today, we thought we'd look back at six standout shows.

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    Internally Yours by Nouar: Food Art Exhibit

    Some of the art currently on display at Corey Helford looks so good, you might be tempted to peel it off the wall and eat it. Maniacal Jell-O molds tromping through the blood of their deceased compatriots. A flirty cowgirl with a glistening Jolly Rancher for a head. A translucent puppy digesting a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 16, 2011

    Harmontown

    Some of the art currently on display at Corey Helford looks so good, you might be tempted to peel it off the wall and eat it. Maniacal Jell-O molds tromping through the blood of their deceased compatriots. A flirty cowgirl with a glistening Jolly Rancher for a head. A translucent puppy digesting a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    Hollandaised and Confused: Cooking with Keif, Your Latest Pot Cookbook

    ​ There was a time when pairing Slurpee flavors with Sour Patch Kids by their color was considered a gourmet marijuana experience. Discovering the perfect addition to your badly stirred bowl of mac 'n cheese (yup, it's fruity pebbles) was a master stroke of cannabis culinary brilliance. Thes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2011

    Community Gathering: Interview With Show's Creator Dan Harmon

    Gillian Jacobs and Joel McHale in Community​ Do you watch Community? You should, if you like funny, ensemble-based shows like 30 Rock and Parks & Recreation. Or even if you enjoy Two and a Half Men. Community creator Dan Harmon and the Nerdist folks invite fans and would-be fans to Meltdown C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2011

    Morning News Roundup: Taco Madness, German Bars, Freakiest NYC Sublet Story EVER

    Gustavo Arellano/OC Weekly​More news you definitely cannot use but need to read: --Tapatio-flavored Fritos debuting in 2 weeks! [Stick A Fork In It] --Bill Buford's Heat, about his year as Mario Batali's kitchen slave, got a film deal. [DHD] --Tap rooms, bars, lives bands -- the grocery store ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2011

    Food News Roundup: Cops, Pints, Paula Deen Jell-O

    -- Too Many Sommeliers, Not Enough Training. [ZesterDaily] -- Colorado prison inmates raise fish for food. [The Denver Post] -- Greek restaurant Xandros has a crisis of faith, identity, ownership, something. Cops, etc. [Eater LA] -- Could the days of the British "pint" be numbered? [Reuters] -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2010

    Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 12/6-12/10

    In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "When you see how they react to the live octopus tentacles at Masan or the pig ear chicharrones at Lazy Ox Canteen, you may have a better idea of how they might handle the idea of babysitting triplets or a sudden move to Icel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    Blast from the Past: 10 Pictures from Cookbooks for Kids

    Because teaching kids to cook isn't the same as teaching grown-ups, cookbooks have always used a different approach in getting children to learn how to prepare food: they get them into the kitchen with pictures of cute, fun-to-make desserts. Flickr user Charm and Poise has compiled vintage kid-food ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    Your Thanksgiving Meal... in Cupcakes

    Yummy CupcakesClockwise from top right: Lime Jell-O, Turkey Cranberry, Pumpkin Pie and Marshmallow Yam. ​ Don't want to make an entire Thanksgiving dinner? Just skip to dessert. Yummy Cupcakes (with stores in Burbank, Hollywood, Brentwood and Santa Monica) is offering cupcakes with such holida ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2010

    More Fun With Restaurant Critics: Sam Sifton Reviews LudoBites

    The New York Timesthe anonymous restaurant critic​"Reservations to LudoBites are the summer's must-have accessory in this restaurant-mad city," writes restaurant critic Sam Sifton in today's New York Times, "written about on Twitter and blogs and heralded in the pages of LA Weekly, where the ... More >>

  • Music

    June 24, 2010

    Dance Club Pick: Thesex & Summer Tramps

    The New York Timesthe anonymous restaurant critic​"Reservations to LudoBites are the summer's must-have accessory in this restaurant-mad city," writes restaurant critic Sam Sifton in today's New York Times, "written about on Twitter and blogs and heralded in the pages of LA Weekly, where the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2010

    Sugary (and Corn Syrupy) Blast From the Past: A Look Back at Our Nation's Favorite Desserts

    From banana splits and Eskimo pie to cake kits, ambrosia, and bacon-laced cupcakes, American society has always craved something to satisfy its ever-present sweet tooth. But what defines our taste in desserts? Cleverly packaged free "recipe books" published by companies like Pillsbury and Del Monte, ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    March 11, 2010

    Tasty by Any Name

    A noodle house in the San Gabriel Valley changes, amazingly

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2009

    More Disappointing News From the Pumpkin Patch

    Try as I might, I couldn't get Urth Caffé to share the recipe for their award-winning, outrageously good pumpkin pie with us. To be fair, co-founder Shallom Berkman did actually take the time to get back to me, but sadly the response also came with the old "It's a family recipe" chestnut. He went o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    Phil Lord and Chris Miller Talk about Their Next Big Foodie Flick: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

    ​Writers and directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller have thought an awful lot about food. But not in any sort of usual way. While working on their animated film, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs based on the 1978 classic kid's book, Lord and Miller had to take the initial premise involving frea ... More >>

  • Articles

    October 2, 2008

    Best Tranny Bar: The Silver Platter

    ​Writers and directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller have thought an awful lot about food. But not in any sort of usual way. While working on their animated film, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs based on the 1978 classic kid's book, Lord and Miller had to take the initial premise involving frea ... More >>

  • LA Life

    October 2, 2008

    Best Poly Party: A Club Called Rhonda

    ​Writers and directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller have thought an awful lot about food. But not in any sort of usual way. While working on their animated film, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs based on the 1978 classic kid's book, Lord and Miller had to take the initial premise involving frea ... More >>

  • Music

    May 22, 2008

    Nightranger: A Club Called Rhonda and a Moonlight Rollerway Jubilee

    ​Writers and directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller have thought an awful lot about food. But not in any sort of usual way. While working on their animated film, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs based on the 1978 classic kid's book, Lord and Miller had to take the initial premise involving frea ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    January 24, 2008

    New Pork City: Eating Everything but the Squeal

    Big Apple Pigs

  • LA Life

    January 10, 2008

    ¡ask a Mexican! Let My Gente Go

    Big Apple Pigs

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2007

    It Ain’t Like That Anymore

    By Peter Fletcher I was reminiscing with my buddy, Bruce Duff, after watching Celebrity Skin at the Detour festival in downtown LA. We were talking about the LA underground music scene back in the late 80s and early 90s (and lamenting the lack of one nowadays) and how there was a camaraderie betwe ... More >>

  • News

    April 20, 2006

    Warm Jello

    Bill Manspeaker

  • News

    April 13, 2006

    Quaking Politicians

    They ignore and delay the inevitable on immigrants’ rights at their own peril

  • Eat+Drink

    January 19, 2006

    Capital News

    They ignore and delay the inevitable on immigrants’ rights at their own peril

  • News

    October 6, 2005

    On Native Ground

    Gardening in the asphalt jungle

  • Eat+Drink

    August 11, 2005

    The Manhattan Project

    Gardening in the asphalt jungle

  • Calendar

    July 28, 2005

    Diners

    Gardening in the asphalt jungle

  • Film+TV

    April 21, 2005

    Dressed To Thrill

    Pollack’s The Interpreter and the Hungarian first feature Kontroll

  • Eat+Drink

    April 14, 2005

    Scenes from a Mall

    Pollack’s The Interpreter and the Hungarian first feature Kontroll

  • Eat+Drink

    May 20, 2004

    Ask Mr. Gold

    Pollack’s The Interpreter and the Hungarian first feature Kontroll

  • Columns

    August 1, 2002

    Farting Robots and Shitting Ducks

    The first of a new, biweekly column on science from the author of The Pearly Gates of Cyberspace and Pythagoras’ Trousers: God, Physics and the Gender Wars

  • Eat+Drink

    April 18, 2002

    This Year’s Remodel

    The first of a new, biweekly column on science from the author of The Pearly Gates of Cyberspace and Pythagoras’ Trousers: God, Physics and the Gender Wars

  • Eat+Drink

    January 17, 2002

    When I’m 64

    The first of a new, biweekly column on science from the author of The Pearly Gates of Cyberspace and Pythagoras’ Trousers: God, Physics and the Gender Wars

  • News

    May 31, 2001

    Who Wants To Be a Popsicle?

    The first of a new, biweekly column on science from the author of The Pearly Gates of Cyberspace and Pythagoras’ Trousers: God, Physics and the Gender Wars

  • Eat+Drink

    October 19, 2000

    Blood Sacrifice

    The first of a new, biweekly column on science from the author of The Pearly Gates of Cyberspace and Pythagoras’ Trousers: God, Physics and the Gender Wars

  • Eat+Drink

    October 12, 2000

    Westside Chop Shop

    Pho, bun and spring rolls at Le Saigon

  • Eat+Drink

    September 2, 1999

    It Must Be Jelly . . .

    'cause jam don't shake like that

  • Eat+Drink

    July 22, 1999

    Clifton’s Brookdale Cafeteria

    'cause jam don't shake like that

  • Eat+Drink

    February 18, 1999

    Sawtelle Boulevard

    Unrolling American Japanese food history on the Westside

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