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Lebanon

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2012

    Get Ready For Los Angeles' Biggest Rap Battle in Years

    Rap battles have always been important in hip-hop. Many aspects of the genre's evolution and spirit of competition have sprung from the art form, and each generation has had its landmark battles. The 1981 Kool Moe Dee vs. Busy Bee battle at New York's Harlem World took MCing to the next level, while ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    What's In Season at the Farmers Markets: Sour Plums Your Stone Fruit Update

    Most tree fruit farmers would dearly like to sweep last year under the rug. The last winter frosts nailed several prominent growers hard -- Scattaglia and Tenerelli among them -- reducing or completely eliminating whole crops of apricots, peaches, pears, and plums. The cool spring that followed di ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    Best of Coachella: Sunday, April 22

    See also: Our complete Coachella coverage By the third day of Coachella's second weekend -- the sixth and final day of this year's festival -- folks had more or less learned to ignore the dust and the heat. Here are our intrepid writers' favorite things about the final hours of the 2012 event.

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    Brouwerij West, an L.A. Microbrewery That's Turning Its Bottles Into an Art Gallery

    Beer talk runs the gamut from the frat boy refrain "beer is beer" to craft beer enthusiasts sparring in fermentation terminology. If there is any "art" to the drink, it lies within the bottle, and rarely will the conversation veer to what's outside it: the label. "It's not like you can open up the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2012

    Cookbook Of The Week: Mighty Spice That Mighty Big (Recipe) Legal Disclaimer

    Yes, we chose our Cookbook of the Week, Mighty Spice: Fast, Fresh and Vibrant Dishes Using No More than 5 Spices for Each Recipe, in part for the publisher's legal disclaimer (more on that later). It waives them not only from potential recipe disasters but also includes medical warnings (?!). Keep i ... More >>

  • Stage

    January 5, 2012

    Danny and the Deep Blue Sea at Crown City Theatre, Reviewed

    Yes, we chose our Cookbook of the Week, Mighty Spice: Fast, Fresh and Vibrant Dishes Using No More than 5 Spices for Each Recipe, in part for the publisher's legal disclaimer (more on that later). It waives them not only from potential recipe disasters but also includes medical warnings (?!). Keep i ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    November 10, 2011

    Marouch: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

    Yes, we chose our Cookbook of the Week, Mighty Spice: Fast, Fresh and Vibrant Dishes Using No More than 5 Spices for Each Recipe, in part for the publisher's legal disclaimer (more on that later). It waives them not only from potential recipe disasters but also includes medical warnings (?!). Keep i ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    November 10, 2011

    Mantee: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

    Yes, we chose our Cookbook of the Week, Mighty Spice: Fast, Fresh and Vibrant Dishes Using No More than 5 Spices for Each Recipe, in part for the publisher's legal disclaimer (more on that later). It waives them not only from potential recipe disasters but also includes medical warnings (?!). Keep i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2011

    National Geographic's Top 10 National Dishes Guess What Americans Like To Eat

    Anne FishbeinBurger Kitchen's breakfast hamburger​Food blogs aren't the only publications with endless lists or pictures of pretty things people like to eat. National Geographic, the magazine many of us fondly remember from grade school science classrooms and dentists' offices, is the latest t ... More >>

  • Music

    September 29, 2011

    Music Picks: Esperanza Spalding, Elbow, Toro Y Moi, Blink-182

    Also, Glen Campbell, the Smashing Pumpkins, Lanie Lane and others

  • Film+TV

    August 25, 2011

    Bi-curious Girls in Tehran, in Circumstance

    Also, Glen Campbell, the Smashing Pumpkins, Lanie Lane and others

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Don't Call It a Comeback: Red Hot Rio 2's Paul Heck

    ​Since the late 1980s the Red Hot Organization has released over a dozen music compilations to help raise funds for AIDS research with help from artists as varied as George Michael, Wu-Tang Clan, Nirvana and Alice Coltrane. This year the Organization will be releasing Red Hot Rio 2 - a star- ... More >>

  • Music

    June 2, 2011

    DJ Quik: Trials and Tribulations of a West Coast Legend

    ​Since the late 1980s the Red Hot Organization has released over a dozen music compilations to help raise funds for AIDS research with help from artists as varied as George Michael, Wu-Tang Clan, Nirvana and Alice Coltrane. This year the Organization will be releasing Red Hot Rio 2 - a star- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    Taste of Beirut: Shanto's Bakery

    Photo courtesy of Shanto's BakeryFreshly made manakish bread with a variety of toppings bubble up in the oven at Shanto's​ Before Shaunt Adessian opened Shanto's Bakery in La Crescenta, he traveled thousands of miles from Los Angeles, arriving in Lebanon to discover the Levantine culinary meth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2011

    Venn Food Diagrams: L.A.'s Idea of Armenian Food Vs. What Armenians Eat

    The Venn Food Diagram train has ventured west of India and landed in Armenia, the ancient landlocked country wedged between Iran, Azerbaijan and Turkey, which recently produced the world's earliest leather shoe and wine-producing facility. Steady immigration from Armenian communities in Lebanon, Ira ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    November 11, 2010

    A Movable Beast: L.A. Weekly's 99 Essential Restaurants

    The modern L.A. restaurant, unleashed

  • Stage

    November 11, 2010

    Theater Reviews: Lemon Durang Pie, Hyperbole: Origins, Lucia Mad

    Also, Into the Woods, Barrymore and more

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2010

    Stage Raw: Hyperbole: Origins

    NEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on John Steppling's Phantom LuckNEW REVIEW  GO HYPERBOLE: ORIGINS ​ Photo by Rogue Theatre Ensemble It's not easy to wrap sentences around this fantastical storytelling spectacle created by a collaboration of artists under Sean T. Calwelti's direction, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2010

    Best Turkish Delight: Nory Locum in Canoga Park

    A. ScattergoodTurkish delight at Nory Locum​ If you've never had excellent Turkish delight, deceptively simple bits of chewy, gelée-like candy often flavored with bergamot or rosewater, sometimes shot through with pistachios, you haven't been spending enough time in Middle Eastern shops or r ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    October 21, 2010

    The Day of the Jackal

    What can't Olivier Assayas do?

  • Calendar

    September 16, 2010

    Beyond Egoyan

    What can't Olivier Assayas do?

  • Eat+Drink

    June 10, 2010

    Chefs With Tattoos

    A colorful rebellion against kitchen rules

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

    SapphireBlue22stack of newspapers​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 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2010

    Lebanon vs. Israel: World Record Set For Bowl Of Hummus

    CNNworld record hummus​ It seems as if Lebanon and Israel have moved the battlefield to the kitchen. This past Saturday Lebanon set the world record for the largest bowl of hummus in the village of al-Fanar, near Beirut, surpassing the previous record set four months ago by Israel in the Arab ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    April 1, 2010

    Middle Culver: Mezza, After Mosque or Movie

    CNNworld record hummus​ It seems as if Lebanon and Israel have moved the battlefield to the kitchen. This past Saturday Lebanon set the world record for the largest bowl of hummus in the village of al-Fanar, near Beirut, surpassing the previous record set four months ago by Israel in the Arab ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    March 25, 2010

    Sunnin: Westwood's Middle East

    New digs and a new vibe at lebanese cafe

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2010

    Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Aladdin Nuthouse Nuts

    I am a regular patron of Aladdin Nuthouse, one of the better Armenian nut vendors in town, a place with a half-dozen kinds of melon seeds, delicious sesame peanuts, and a way of roasting hazelnuts and almonds that not only brings out the full, round flavor of the nuts but leaves them rimed with salt ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    January 7, 2010

    Far From the Lebanese Crowd

    Mantee, via Beirut, on Ventura Boulevard

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2009

    Propaganda, War

    ​The Toronto International Film Festival doesn't exactly have a reputation for being a lightning rod for political controversy, but it became one in the early days of this year's edition thanks to a new festival sidebar, City to City, designed to explore "the evolving urban experience by immersing ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    September 10, 2009

    Zahle in the Valley: The Middle-Eastern Polish of Alcazar Express

    ​The Toronto International Film Festival doesn't exactly have a reputation for being a lightning rod for political controversy, but it became one in the early days of this year's edition thanks to a new festival sidebar, City to City, designed to explore "the evolving urban experience by immersing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2009

    How Do You Say "Oscar Scandal" in Hebrew?

    Much as I am loathe to give any further wind to the orgy of self congratulations and poor taste that was this year's Academy Awards, given that it has been something of an ongoing discussion on this blog I do feel obliged to offer a few words to the outcome of the Best Foreign Language Film contest. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2009

    How Do You Say "Oscar Scandal" in Hebrew?

    Much as I am loathe to give any further wind to the orgy of self congratulations and poor taste that was this year's Academy Awards, given that it has been something of an ongoing discussion on this blog I do feel obliged to offer a few words to the outcome of the Best Foreign Language Film contest ... More >>

  • News

    February 19, 2009

    Enslaved in Suburbia: Inside the World of Trafficked Indentured Servants and the Visa Violators Who Care for Our Old

    Two women, two fractured American dreams

  • Eat+Drink

    November 13, 2008

    Jonathan Gold's 99 Essential LA Restaurants

    Local culinary classics, plus some new stars on the scene

  • Film+TV

    October 30, 2008

    AFI Fest: A to W

    Our comprehensive guide to more than 40 festival titles

  • News

    February 28, 2008

    City Hall's "Density Hawks" Are Changing L.A.'s DNA

    Bitter homes & gardens?

  • Eat+Drink

    March 15, 2007

    Good, Better, Best

    In search of the Armenian gold standard

  • News

    August 31, 2006

    Marching Orders

    In search of the Armenian gold standard

  • News

    August 17, 2006

    The T-Word

    Coming out for Hizballah on the streets of L.A.

  • News

    December 15, 2005

    Guess Who’s Coming to Iftar

    A meal to remember with Hezbollah

  • News

    May 12, 2005

    A Beirut Diary

    Inside the forest of the Cedar Revolution

  • Eat+Drink

    July 29, 2004

    Ask Mr. Gold

    Inside the forest of the Cedar Revolution

  • Eat+Drink

    July 22, 2004

    Ask Mr. Gold

    Inside the forest of the Cedar Revolution

  • News

    June 10, 2004

    Bye Bye, Bonzo

    Reagan was double-dealing long before Iran-contra

  • Columns

    June 6, 2002

    War Talk: Reserve Judgment

    Reagan was double-dealing long before Iran-contra

  • Art+Books

    January 3, 2002

    Our Favorite Books of the Year

    Reagan was double-dealing long before Iran-contra

  • Eat+Drink

    June 8, 2000

    Keba-ba-ba-bin Along

    Lebanese food in Sherman Oaks

  • News

    August 19, 1999

    Piecemeal Peace

    Shifting politics end 14-year siege in Lebanon

  • Eat+Drink

    June 24, 1999

    Fava Knows Best

    Lebanese bean stew in Pasadena

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