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La Brea Bakery Holdings Inc.

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2012

    Our Next Meal: Got Kosher Cafe

    Never mind molecular gastronomy. When you bite into Tunisian-style brik a l'oeuf at Got Kosher Cafe you experience one of the world's great feats of culinary alchemy. Stab into the crunchy, paper-thin crepe (called malsouqua) and the runny egg yolk oozes out, enriching both the potato chip-crisp p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2011

    10 Best Bakeries in Los Angeles

    A. ScattergoodBread At Milo & Olive​San Francisco sourdough? You may have noticed beneath that smoky (wood-burning oven?) haze, L.A. has a new whole grain baguette, flaky croissant (even at LAX) and yes, crusty sourdough advantage. Here are our picks for the 10 Best Bakeries in L.A.. It's the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    Short Cake Opens Friday Nancy Silverton Book Signing

    Guzzle & NoshThe frisee lardon raft (left) and the bar (right) at Short Order.​Now that burger hub Short Order is running smoothly, the bakery component of Nancy Silverton and the late Amy Pressman's Farmers Market foray is set to open. Short Cake will debut this Friday at 9 a.m. Bakers Hour ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    November 10, 2011

    Hungry Cat: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

    Guzzle & NoshThe frisee lardon raft (left) and the bar (right) at Short Order.​Now that burger hub Short Order is running smoothly, the bakery component of Nancy Silverton and the late Amy Pressman's Farmers Market foray is set to open. Short Cake will debut this Friday at 9 a.m. Bakers Hour ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2011

    GoodGuide: "The Ph.D. in Your Pocket"

    The bread breakdown at GoodGuide.​ When it comes to shopping, you want to make the right choices. You want to buy things that don't cause pain for others or rape the environment overly. You want Michael Pollan's great bald dome to beam down on you from on high, nodding approvingly as you coas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    Top 5 Weekend Food Events: Dueling Pig Roasts, Crawfish, Wine, LQ @ SK

    18th Annual Long Beach Crawfish Festival Long Beach hosts a crawfish festival that features two days of the tasty crustacean battered, boiled, fried and more. There's also the usual array of Cajun music, booths, games and -- bonus! -- beignets. Where: Rainbow Lagoon When: July 30 - 31 Cost: $13 - ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2011

    Best New Semi-Local Whole Wheat Flour: Community Grains' Winter Wheat

    JgarbeeCalifornia Grown And Milled Whole Wheat​You might say Community Grains has a now-typical California restaurant-to-home-kitchen story, one most often recounted whenever Nancy Silverton, Campanile and La Brea Bakery wind up in the same sentence. The small Woodland-based mill also sprang u ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    Movie Theater Concession Stand Food Fight: Arclight vs. The Landmark

    There was a time, in the early days of movie theater history, when you would buy a ticket to, say, Battleship Potemkin and, sadly, would have to watch this ultimate popcorn movie without the popcorn. According to Slate's brief history of the movie theater concession stand, theater owners refraine ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Ask Mr. Gold: The Eternal Dilemma of LAX Food

    Anne Fishbeinthe invisible restaurant critic​ Dear Mr. Gold: Do you have a lunch recommendation near LAX? I'm not opposed to In-N-Out, just looking for other options. --Evan Cohen, via Facebook

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2011

    A Good Granola Is Hard To Find A Recipe

    Jeanne Kelleygranola​ A good granola is hard to find. The supermarket selection, no matter what the flavor or brand -- organic or otherwise -- tastes like stale oat flakes. And the proliferation of low fat granolas -- don't even bother with those, unless you enjoy snacking on sweetened cardboa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2011

    Review: The Proof Is In the Pudding & The Strata & The Sweets at Proof Bakery

    The stretch of Glendale Blvd. between San Fernando and the 5 -- broad and friendly, still dotted with genuine neighborhood businesses -- wasn't hurting for sweets or caffeine when Proof Bakery opened in mid-November. Neighborhood favorite Kaldi brews its house-roasted coffee strong, but its select ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2010

    This Ain't No Fruitcake: Five (Plus One) Great Holiday Breads

    L. BallaStollen from Rockenwagner Bakery​ Johnny Carson used to joke there was only one of these in the world, and it was passed from family to family. Others see how far they can fling it every Christmas day. Fruitcake has long been the red-headed stepchild of holiday confections. But it does ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    Sweet Butter Kitchen: Market, Café, Kitchen A Ludo-approved Croque Monsieur

    A. ScattergoodSweet Butter Kitchen ​ For those of you who only head over to the San Fernando Valley when Ludo Lefebvre pops up on that side of the hill, there is another reason to actually go to Sherman Oaks. Open now for only six days, Sweet Butter Kitchen on Ventura Boulevard -- that's a fe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2010

    Adam C. Pearson Pulled Off Delta Flight At LAX Over 'Atom Bomb' Tattoo

    Stuff AustraliaAdam C. Pearson isn't too happy with Delta Delta Delta.​A Los Angeles "food stylist" who creates tasty photos for the likes of the Food Network, La Brea Bakery and Whole Foods says he was taken off a plane over the weekend after a fellow passenger complained about his tattoos: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2010

    Top 4 Soft Pretzels: Happy Oktoberfest

    J.KoslowLa Brea Bakery fresh pretzels​ Celebrating its 200th year, Oktoberfest officially kicked off this past Friday, as it does mid-September every year in Munich. And although it may be confusing -- you'd think the event would take place in, well, October -- Bavaria bases the timing on a ... More >>

  • LA Life

    May 20, 2010

    Dahlia Narvaez: Butterscotch and Serendipity

    J.KoslowLa Brea Bakery fresh pretzels​ Celebrating its 200th year, Oktoberfest officially kicked off this past Friday, as it does mid-September every year in Munich. And although it may be confusing -- you'd think the event would take place in, well, October -- Bavaria bases the timing on a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2010

    Dahlia Narvaez: Butterscotch and Serendipity

    Kevin ScanlonDahlia Narvaez, with dessert​Walk into Mozza, through any of the various doors that lead into the complex, either the one for the pizzeria, the osteria or Mozza2Go, and there will come an inevitable moment when either you or someone else gasps over the budino. It is a butterscotch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2010

    L.A. Restaurants Celebrate National Grilled Cheese Month Grilled Cheese Invitational Tickets On Sale

    It's National Grilled Cheese Month, and the cooks inside the Grilled Cheese Truck aren't the only ones tossing buttery bread and cheese on a skillet. We rounded up some restaurants around town that are honoring the gooey holiday with traditional grilled cheese and tomato soup combos, as well as enti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2010

    Valentine's Cheese: What Love's Got To Do With It

    It feels only appropriate to celebrate cheese during the amorous month of February. In addition to being the main ingredient of one the most iconic romantic food symbols--the fondue pot--cheese-making is pretty much a craft of pure passion. So this Valentine's season, perhaps on a break from writ ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    December 24, 2009

    Oregon Style: The Tasting Kitchen

    Communal, unorthodox and somewhat Italian

  • Eat+Drink

    December 3, 2009

    Where, Oh Where, for an Almond Croissant? (Oh! Susina)

    Communal, unorthodox and somewhat Italian

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2009

    Ask Mr Gold: Where, Oh Where, For An Almond Croissant? Oh! Susina

    Photo credit: Anne FishbeinMr. Gold, with dim sum menuDear Mr. Gold: Where do you think they make the best almond croissants? --@LocalLowdownLA, via Twitter Dear @LocalLowdownLA: You would think that an almond croissant would be a no-brainer, but I had a damp, wadded specimen last week that tasted ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2009

    Top 10 Places to Buy a Pie For Thanksgiving (And Then Say You Made It Yourself)

    Thanksgiving is a food-lover's holiday. Everywhere you turn, there's talk about what to eat or cook for the big day. Scan the food sites and you'll find discussion boards dedicated to the topic of turkey, stories of family food traditions, and lots, and lots, of recipes. What's a food loving person ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2009

    Top 10 Grilled Cheese Sandwiches: A Loaf of Bread, A Pound of Cheese...

    Not just your plain-Jane American cheese on toast anymore, the grilled cheese sandwich is both comfort food and cultural icon. Proving that you can do an awful lot with a few slices of bread and a hunk of cheese. From a lavish raisin bread with shortribs and tallegio to a simple aged Cheddar and tom ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    October 1, 2009

    Best of L.A.: Sandwiches

    Not just your plain-Jane American cheese on toast anymore, the grilled cheese sandwich is both comfort food and cultural icon. Proving that you can do an awful lot with a few slices of bread and a hunk of cheese. From a lavish raisin bread with shortribs and tallegio to a simple aged Cheddar and tom ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    Play With Your Food: ID This Burger (#7, For Those Keeping Track)

    After a short hiatus, spent eating impossibly fresh vegetarian meals (imagine a small universe of market greenery and vine-ripened vegetables, whole grains and tofu, fruit plucked from nearby trees... I'm kidding), it's time to once again play Name This Burger. My job is to eat and document. Your jo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2009

    Stone Ground Bakery in Agoura Hills: Handmade Challah for Rosh Hashana

    Drive up the 101 past the city, into the hills nearing Ventura, to a little strip mall right off the freeway in Agoura Hills, and you'll find a bakery that feels unquestionably like Europe and has some of the best challah you'll find in town or out of it. Stone Ground Bakery, which celebrated its fi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2009

    Chef Samir Mohajer: From Cabbage Patch to Sausage Stand

    Photo credit: Cabbage PatchChef Samir Mohajer​Last week Samir Mohajer, the former Rustic Canyon chef and now chef-owner of The Cabbage Patch in Beverly Hills, opened Spoc's Sausage Stand a few blocks from the UCLA campus. The 100-square-foot space is the former home of Roll Inn, a.k.a. "Buck ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    May 21, 2009

    S'lake'd Thirst: Fine Wine and the Return of Don Dickman at Barbrix

    Claudio and Adria Blotta's new wine bar is already packed

  • Eat+Drink

    December 18, 2008

    The Year in Reading Food

    Bittersweet on the page

  • Eat+Drink

    May 22, 2008

    Eat, Like, a Pig

    Where to go for the whole hog

  • Film+TV

    June 14, 2007

    The Art Complex

    The new Landmark is good, but is it right?

  • Eat+Drink

    May 24, 2007

    Wine n' Burger

    Great buns, nice glass

  • Eat+Drink

    March 9, 2006

    Ask Mr. Gold: What the Devil is Fennel Pollen?

    Great buns, nice glass

  • Eat+Drink

    January 29, 2004

    Mr. Baguette Takes on Mr. Lee

    Great buns, nice glass

  • LA Life

    November 20, 2003

    Drive, He Said

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

  • Eat+Drink

    October 30, 2003

    The Big Cheese

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

  • Eat+Drink

    July 24, 2003

    Fajita pitas, Octopus Tacos, and the Birth of California Cuisine

    25 moments — over 25 years — in L.A. restaurants

  • Eat+Drink

    May 8, 2003

    Paris Trance: Searching for the Authentic at Monsieur Marcel

    25 moments — over 25 years — in L.A. restaurants

  • Eat+Drink

    February 6, 2003

    Before . . . and Atwater

    25 moments — over 25 years — in L.A. restaurants

  • Eat+Drink

    September 19, 2002

    Comfort Cuisine

    25 moments — over 25 years — in L.A. restaurants

  • Eat+Drink

    October 4, 2001

    The Artists of Gruyère

    25 moments — over 25 years — in L.A. restaurants

  • Eat+Drink

    April 26, 2001

    Smart Food

    25 moments — over 25 years — in L.A. restaurants

  • Eat+Drink

    November 30, 2000

    The Reluctant Café

    Picholine makes up in quality what it lacks in tables

  • News

    September 7, 2000

    Bobos Get a Break

    Picholine makes up in quality what it lacks in tables

  • Eat+Drink

    March 2, 2000

    My Favorite Things

    Part 1: Bread, and things that go better with bread. Some things, anyway.

  • News

    June 3, 1999

    A Vine Thing

    The tomato worth eating

  • News

    October 8, 1998

    Hall of Fame

    The tomato worth eating

  • News

    October 1, 1998

    What’s New!?

    eight tips for bursting your bubble

  • Eat+Drink

    February 19, 1998

    Bread

    And the crimes against it

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