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May 2, 2013Place: Vertical Wine Bistro, 70 N. Raymond Ave., Pasadena; (626) 795-3999.
Hours: Tues.-Sat., 4 p.m.-7 p.m. All day Sunday.
Deals: Eleven food options include truffled mac-n-cheese, charcuterie and sliders, ranging from $5 to $10. Cocktails are $7 to $8, which include blueberry lemonade and Kir Ro ... More >>
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August 21, 2012Less than a month after they closed down their Cal Plaza restaurant, the husband and wife duo behind Starry Kitchen, Nguyen and Thi Tran, reopened last Thursday inside Fred Eric's Tiara Cafe.
The new menu boasts family-friendly entrees including Malaysian chicken curry, crispy tofu balls (a crossov ... More >>
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July 25, 2012Royal/T's Farewell Pop-Up with Cordero Negro
Culver City's Royal/T shuts its doors for good after next weekend, but not before going out with a bang. Chef Sandra Cordero, who apprenticed under Neal Fraser and Michael Cimarusti, will serve a special two-night dinner featuring traditional tapas like m ... More >>
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July 20, 2012Fact: Nobody does press releases like Nguyen Tran.
Late afternoon Friday, the founder and proprietor of downtown's Starry Kitchen sent out a lengthy, Hunter S. Thompson-like email explaining that the popular downtown restaurant space in Bunker Hill's California Plaza would be shuttering as of July ... More >>
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April 27, 2012Fresh off his stint of "green-friendly" dinners chef Laurent Quenioux will be taking up residence at Highland's Park Good Girl Dinette, serving four dinners between the dates of May 7-22. On the menu will be the usual kaleidoscope of bizzaro ingredients, which this time will feature escamoles, a ty ... More >>
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April 24, 2012Inspired by The Awl's fantastic -- and surprisingly somewhat difficult -- "Edith Wharton? Or Girls Review?" pop quiz last week, we created our own little take-home exam that may or may not shed some light into the state of food criticism today. Quotes from current food and restaurant reviewers are ... More >>
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April 4, 2012Proving that some menus are way more fun than others, today's food word cloud reconfigures the first of Laurent Quenioux and Starry Kitchen's marijuana-infused dinners, held last weekend. The first, you say? Well, as your mother maybe told you, once you try some things there's no going back. The sec ... More >>
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April 3, 2012Over the weekend, Laurent Quenioux and Starry Kitchen's Thi Tran hosted their first marijuana-infused dinner; it was such a hit that the team already has plans for a second round. The next "(Weed Chinese) Herb Dinner" will take place in a "secret Downtown L.A. location" on -- when else? -- April 20t ... More >>
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March 15, 2012Pop-Up Art Gallery Free Food & Cocktails
Westwood's Palomar Hotel is displaying artwork from Palo Klein Uber, Chris Trueman and Alison Rash for one night only. Free appetizers from Blvd 16 restaurant will be passed around the room, along with cocktails and wine.
WHEN: March 15, 5-7 p.m.
WHERE: Pa ... More >>
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November 17, 2011Chef Gary Menes' latest appears, for a bit, at downtown's Tiara
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October 18, 2011Steven ArmstrongChef CJ Jacobson has fun with liquid nitrogen at the third annual LABFS
Saturday marked the third annual L.A. Beer Float Showdown. And unlike last year's showdown, which featured four local beer bars, this year's competition teamed five L.A. chefs (including three Top Chef alu ... More >>
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October 14, 2011Food GPSA scene from last year's showdown at Verdugo Bar
No LA Beer Week would be complete without an LA Beer Float Showdown, just as no ice cream would be complete without... beer? A sugary sacrilege to some, and a boozy benediction to others, beer floats symbolize the unique strain of genre ... More >>
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October 5, 2011Go west, young cheese cart. LQ's cheese cart is taking a trip, rolling out of its current home at Starry Kitchen in downtown L.A. to visit Hancock Park wine shop Domaine LA. The cart will have almost 40 cheeses, and the sommeliers at Domaine LA will pair up to a dozen wines with them. Expect a Saven ... More >>
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September 9, 2011Guzzle & NoshRabbit albondigas, teriyaki foie gras, green garlic tempura, miso broth by chef Laurent Quenioux at Starry Kitchen.Foie gras, the delicacy beloved by gourmands and protested by animal rights activists, may be off California menus by next summer. SB 1520, which bans force-feeding ... More >>
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August 17, 2011Anne FishbeinDonajiIf you have not yet picked up the latest issue of The New Yorker, you may want to. Turn to page 38, dear reader, and you will find a Dept. of Gastronomy piece by Dana Goodyear on bugs. You will also find happy mention of John Sedlar (Rivera, Playa), Bricia Lopez (Guelaguetz ... More >>
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August 11, 2011Anne FishbeinLaurent Quenioux at Starry Kitchen
In which Jonathan Gold heads downtown to another installment of Laurent Quenioux's traveling French culinary show at Starry Kitchen.
I ended up at LQ@SK on an evening where the restaurant had been block-booked by a group called the Gastronaut ... More >>
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July 29, 2011Guzzle & NoshNguyen TranStarry Kitchen, the downtown restaurant known for giving French chef Laurent Quenioux a place to occasionally hang his toque (or bandana) on a vat of sriracha and a tray of green tofu balls, is looking for line cooks. Here's the Craigslist ad, posted two days ago, whic ... More >>
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July 29, 2011
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 >>
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May 24, 2011
The showstopper at last night's preview of the LQ @ SK pop-up dinner series -- that'd be chef Laurent Quenioux cooking at Starry Kitchen -- came in the third course. After an escamole amuse bouche, the ant larvae served as a spicy, tangy taco filling punched up by a peppery green leaf wrap... B ... More >>
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May 20, 2011Flickr/Lauren Manning
In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad.
"My friends, the ones eating monkfish, assume that I was talking to a dealer. In a manner of speaking, I was." Nathan McCall: The Butcher of Hillhurst Avenue.
"It's self-heating. (That's halfway b ... More >>
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May 18, 2011The interior of Starry Kitchen (left); chef Laurent Quenioux (right).
Update, 05.18.11, 9:41 a.m.: A few specifics on the dish Quenioux will make next week. It's a boudin noir with apple compote, creamed mashed potatoes and mustard tapioca stuffed into either a banh mi or a wrap. Also, Tran t ... More >>
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May 18, 2011Guzzle & NoshNguyen TranDo you want to work in a fun downtown environment with people who used to tour the country singing karaoke? Do you want to hang out with Laurent Quenioux and watch him figure out how to put foie and chocolate in bánh mì? Are you good at putting your resume into iambi ... More >>
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March 30, 2011Elina ShatkinSotto's liquor arsenal: for celebratory or mourning purposes
It can be tricky to determine whether a restaurant is nearing its end. Despite conflicting and vague reports, Bistro LQ is indeed closed. We tracked down chef-owner Laurent Quenioux, who confirmed that "Yes we r closed. ... More >>
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February 23, 2011Anne Fishbeinthe invisible restaurant critic
Dear Mr. Gold:
From what I read, raising insects is far easier on the planet than raising livestock. If I were in the mood to kill two bugs with one stone, where would I go to eat bugs in L.A.?
--Betsy, Montrose
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January 27, 2011Pasadena restaurant offers Quenioux-shaped menu
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January 26, 2011Anne FishbeinMr. Gold, with dim sum menuDear Mr. Gold:
Do you have any recommendations for a restaurant in the San Gabriel Valley where six people can have dinner and actually, really hear each other talk?? We need a variety of suggestions to meet varying dietary needs (gluten-free options, n ... More >>
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January 17, 2011
Update: The Weekly just announced a special presale for this year's Gold Standard tickets, starting today. Save $10 on both regular and VIP tickets. Enter promo code GOLD 11 when purchasing online or calling 1-888-878-9651. Discount available only until 10 a.m. on Thursday, January 20.
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January 10, 2011Anne FishbeinCacao
What to eat during tonight's much-anticipated BCS championship game? Sure, you can grill up bits whatever large animal you have handy, or throw the traditional burgers and brats on the fire. If you're tailgating in Arizona, well, bless you. But regardless of which side you ... More >>
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November 18, 2010Or, for a good bean stew, call ...
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November 17, 2010Anne FishbeinMr. Gold, with dim sum menuDear Mr. Gold:
My wife had a great cassoulet in Paris several years ago. Is there a place in Southern California that has a real French cassoulet? I know this is the time of year they make it.
--Jim Nakano, Glendora
Dear Mr. Nakano:
The Donut Man! It g ... More >>
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October 23, 2009If you're the sort of person whose idea of a fun time is curling up with a mug of Armagnac and a sauce-spattered vintage edition of Paula Wolfert's 1983 classic The Cooking of Southwest France, then you might want to make reservations at Bistro LQ next Tuesday or Wednesday night. Both nights chef La ... More >>
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May 31, 2009News of the closing of another highly regarded French bistro, Mimosa, on Beverly Boulevard -- no more passing of the communal jars of olives and cornichons -- brings word that Laurent Quenioux will soon be returning with his own place, Bistro LQ, in the Mimosa space.
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November 20, 2008Chef Laurent Quenioux shows off a seasonal, soulful rendition
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February 7, 2008Shattering the stereotypes
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November 8, 2007Ludovic Lefebvre’s temporary contemporary
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January 25, 2007Bistro K in South Pasadena
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December 21, 2006Jonathan Gold’s Top 10 dishes of 2006
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March 30, 2006There’s just something about the crackly skin and the dark juicy meat that has us craving duck now and again...
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