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Lima (Peru)

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    American Idol Meets Arts Journalism, in KCET's Artbound

    Ever been inside a disco ball-esque "steam egg" with a bunch of sweaty, half-naked strangers? Talked to Filipino inmates who wrote, directed and starred in their own musical, filmed within prison walls (and that went viral with more 50 million YouTube views)? Writers for KCET's new arts journalism ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2012

    Takatis Pollo a la Brasa: Sanguchon in the San Fernando Valley

    If you wanted to rank L.A. courthouses by approximate distances to good food -- places to console your stomach before or after, say, dealing with a moving violation or outstanding warrant -- the monolithic Superior Court building in Van Nuys would easily rank near the top. Where else could a jury du ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    L.A.'s Capital Cities Are Big ... in Peru

    In 2011, the Capital Cities' debut EP was released and got a ton of airplay ... in Peru. Catching wind of the band through the blogosphere, a station in Lima took notice of the band's upbeat, electro-pop single, "Safe and Sound," and immediately put it in heavy rotation. Shortly thereafter, Capital ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    November 10, 2011

    Mo-Chica: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

    In 2011, the Capital Cities' debut EP was released and got a ton of airplay ... in Peru. Catching wind of the band through the blogosphere, a station in Lima took notice of the band's upbeat, electro-pop single, "Safe and Sound," and immediately put it in heavy rotation. Shortly thereafter, Capital ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    September 15, 2011

    Jonathan Gold Reviews Picca

    At Ricardo Zarate's restaurant, Peruvian meets the Japanese izakaya

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    Your Counter Intelligence Preview: In Which Mr. Gold Considers Picca

    Anne FishbeinPicca​ This week, Jonathan Gold considers Picca, Ricardo Zarate's bright red new restaurant on Pico Boulevard (the alliteration is purposeful), the state of Peruvian cuisine and -- albeit briefly -- the culinary dream team recently assembled in Lima. Any good chef in town is lik ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2011

    Sneak Peak: Osaka Opens in Hollywood [Photo Gallery]

    Guzzle & NoshThe sushi bar at Osaka.​Adolfo Suaya's (BoHo, Surly Goat) newest restaurant, the Peruvian-Asian concept Osaka, officially opens tomorrow. Given the wave of new Peruvian restaurants like Picca, which offers Ricardo Zarate's spin on Peruvian-Japanese fare, and Chimu, which features ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    July 14, 2011

    Jonathan Gold Reviews Picca

    Guzzle & NoshThe sushi bar at Osaka.​Adolfo Suaya's (BoHo, Surly Goat) newest restaurant, the Peruvian-Asian concept Osaka, officially opens tomorrow. Given the wave of new Peruvian restaurants like Picca, which offers Ricardo Zarate's spin on Peruvian-Japanese fare, and Chimu, which features ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2011

    First Bite: Picca Mixes Peruvian Flavors With Sushi Aesthetic

    F. FriesemaJonagold apples​ If you look at restaurants as movies, and sometimes it's hard not to, Picca is one of those places whose trailers seem to have been running forever. There's Mo-Chica, of course, where Ricardo Zarate first came up with his concept of modern Peruvian food, and his gue ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    Ricardo Zarate: King of Ceviche

    Kevin ScanlonRicardo Zarate​ Ricardo Zarate's path has been a little more circuitous even than most chefs', a peripatetic lot in general. His life in the kitchen began in his native Lima, Peru, where as a teenager he cooked banquets for hundreds and learned from a friend's mother how to make s ... More >>

  • LA Life

    May 19, 2011

    Ricardo Zarate: King of Ceviche

    Kevin ScanlonRicardo Zarate​ Ricardo Zarate's path has been a little more circuitous even than most chefs', a peripatetic lot in general. His life in the kitchen began in his native Lima, Peru, where as a teenager he cooked banquets for hundreds and learned from a friend's mother how to make s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2011

    Local's Jason Michaud to Open 2 New Restaurants: Chimú & Red Hill

    Guzzle & NoshChimu, slated to open next to the Grand Central Market in downtown LA.​Jason Michaud doesn't do things by half-measures. Deep into the arduous and expensive process of securing a liquor license for Local, his two-and-a-half-year-old Silver Lake cafe, he's opening two new restauran ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    April 7, 2011

    Jonathan Gold Reviews Mo-Chica

    Guzzle & NoshChimu, slated to open next to the Grand Central Market in downtown LA.​Jason Michaud doesn't do things by half-measures. Deep into the arduous and expensive process of securing a liquor license for Local, his two-and-a-half-year-old Silver Lake cafe, he's opening two new restauran ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2011

    Ricardo Zarate Wins Food & Wine Best New Chef The Rest of the Winners

    Anne Fishbein​ Last night Food & Wine announced their awards for this year's Best New Chefs. The ten winners, picked from around the country, included one chef from Los Angeles: Ricardo Zarate of Mo-Chica, who can now add this award to his accolades, which include showing up on Coca-Cola billb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2011

    Ask Mr. Gold: What's The Big Deal With Quinoa?

    Anne Fishbeinthe invisible restaurant critic​ Dear Mr. Gold: What's the big deal with quinoa? I couldn't even pronounce it right when I first saw it on the menu at Hugo's in Studio City. Then I saw it at Trader Joe's and then I saw it everywhere. It has probably been around forever, but has on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2011

    Food News Roundup: Tabasco Reports, Tips Reflect Breast Size Mad Men Cocktails

    -- Matt Armendariz reports from Avery Island and the center of the Tabasco universe. [Matt Bites] -- The larger the breasts, the bigger the gratuity. (This is not a surprise, is it?) [LA Observed] -- America's Weirdest Restaurants. [CNBC] -- Ricardo Zarate fights hunger in his native Peru via ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    Peruvian Farmers to Send 1,500 Potatoes to Arctic Seed Vault

    Global Crop Diversity TrustFarmers working at the Cusco Potato Park in Peru.​ Aiming to preserve the biodiversity of the world's potato crop, Peruvian farmers yesterday launched a historic collaboration in which they will send 1,500 varieties of potatoes to a remote seed vault. From the potat ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    November 11, 2010

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

    The modern L.A. restaurant, unleashed

  • Music

    November 11, 2010

    Untangling Roots of Chicha

    Born of Peruvian poverty, genre gained worldwide exposure thanks to a Brooklyn Frenchman

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2010

    First Listen: 'Roots of Chicha 2' Samples the Best of Psychedelic Peruvian Surf Cumbia

    First Listen: 'Roots of Chicha 2' Samples the Best of Psychedelic Peruvian Surf Cumbia

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2010

    A New Look for Los Balcones del Peru

    Barbara Hanseninterior of Balcones del Peru​ Los Balcones del Peru reopened last Thursday after a makeover that kept it closed for five weeks. Walk in now and you could just as well be in Lima. A giant photo of the city's historic downtown square covers the back wall. The cathedral is in the c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2010

    This Week's Forecast: Peruvian Causas

    D. GonzalezCausa del Dia at Mo-Chica​ So much of what we eat hinges on the weather. There are days where we seriously consider surrendering to a diet of popsicles , and other times where anything sounds good as long as it's covered in gravy. However there are dishes, such as the uniquely Per ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2010

    Q & A With Mo-Chica's Ricardo Zarate: Moche, Ditching the Venice Commute A New Anticucho Bar

    Go slightly south of downtown, to a concrete and warehouse neighborhood just off the 110, inside the colorful market of La Paloma Mercado, and you'll find, in addition to the last remaining outpost of Chichen Itza, Mo-Chica, undoubtedly the best Peruvian restaurant in Los Angeles. Behind the casua ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    February 26, 2010

    99 Things to Eat in L.A. Before You Die

    Fugu to foie gras, pizza to panuchos

  • Eat+Drink

    August 27, 2009

    Jonathan Gold’s 99 Essential L.A. Restaurants

    Between a tweet and a truck

  • Eat+Drink

    May 28, 2009

    Mo-Chica: The Best Peruvian Ceviche Might Be in a Warehouse South of Downtown

    Raw deal

  • Eat+Drink

    April 24, 2008

    Fishing for Ceviche: Los Balcones

    A lot of pescado in the sea

  • Eat+Drink

    March 13, 2008

    Nightlife Nobu

    Matsuhisa dresses up at home

  • Eat+Drink

    August 23, 2007

    Hearts On Fire

    A Peruvian exile pines for anticuchos

  • Eat+Drink

    February 16, 2006

    Swimming to Peru

    A Peruvian exile pines for anticuchos

  • Eat+Drink

    November 3, 2005

    Lima and Vine

    A Peruvian exile pines for anticuchos

  • Eat+Drink

    February 17, 2005

    The Gringo Killer

    A Peruvian exile pines for anticuchos

  • Eat+Drink

    August 12, 2004

    Love, From Los Angeles

    A Peruvian exile pines for anticuchos

  • Eat+Drink

    November 27, 2003

    Chicken Madness

    A Peruvian exile pines for anticuchos

  • News

    July 10, 2003

    Ghosts in the Machine

    When you're lost in El Centro's immigrant detention center you may be lost for good

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