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M.F.K. Fisher

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    James Beard 2012 Award Winners

    The James Beard awards are the food equivalent of the Oscars: prestigious golden whatsits, fancy dress event, silly acceptance speeches, requisite grouching about the whole thing being rigged. Oh, yes, and lots of highly talented people getting much-deserved recognition. This year's awards ceremony ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2012

    What's In Season at the Farmers Markets: Green Garlic Baby Goats

    Two things immediately signal spring at the Hollywood Farmers Market: Julian Pearce of Soledad Goats begins trotting out the newest -- sometimes only days old -- baby goats in a blatantly crafty emotional sales tactic (and it works beautifully), and the potent scent of soft and vulnerable green garl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    2012 James Beard Foundation Award Nominees Announced: The Mozza Edition

    Yesterday the James Beard Foundation announced its 2012 nominations for book awards, journalism, design and graphics, broadcast and media, and restaurant and chefs. It is a very long list. There were also awards given for lifetime achievement (Wolfgang Puck!) and humanitarian of the year (Charlie Tr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    10 Great Places To Dine Alone in L.A.

    "A is for dining alone," M.F.K. Fisher wrote in An Alphabet for Gourmets, "...and so am I, if a choice must be made between most people I know and myself." We feel ya, Fisher. Like Fisher, we would much rather dine alone, or not at all, if the alternative is being forced to indulge some twat droni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    High Bonnet: Medlars, Literature & Idwal Jones

    You're only two pages in when Jean-Marie Gallois, the hero of Idwal Jones' 1945 novel High Bonnet: A Novel of Epicurean Adventures, is seduced away from a life at sea and into a life spent behind the stoves. Blame it on the peddler traversing the Toulon wharf with a basket of medlars on his head. "T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2011

    Top Books We Read in 2011, by L.A. Weekly Writers

    Yes, bookstores are closing all around us, from the giant Borders to the tiny Village Books. But Angelenos still read, and to prove it, we asked LA Weekly's staff writers, editors and freelance contributors to tell us their favorite book they read this year, and why. Answers after the jump. What's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2011

    The Unofficial Hunger Games Cookbook's Recipe for Freshly Snared Barbecued Rabbit How To Snare A Rabbit

    ​When we talked to author Emily Ansara Baines about her recently published book The Unofficial Hunger Games Cookbook, we asked her about the joys of sourcing squirrel in Los Angeles and about cooking -- and eating -- muskrat. (She suggests substituting chicken for squirrel, unless you're reall ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    Last Night: The 2011 James Beard Foundation Awards The Winners

    J. RitzOutstanding Chef nom Suzanne Goin and Best NYC Chef winner Gabrielle Hamilton on the green carpet outside the JBFAs. ​ We Californians have a reputation, however fictional or exaggerated, for looking on the bright side of things. So when it comes to reporting on the 2011 James Beard Fou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    2011 James Beard Media Award Winners

    ​It's a case of local boy makes good -- make that two local boys -- at this year's James Beard Awards. Our own Jonathan Gold won the MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award while Patrick Kuh of Los Angeles magazine won the Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Review Award. In the first ever ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    2011 JBF Journalism Awards Nominees: Jonathan Gold, Patric Kuh

    James Beard Foundation​Less than half an hour ago, the James Beard Foundation announced the nominees for the 2011 JBF Journalism Awards, and the Weekly's own Jonathan Gold earned two nods (for Food-Related Feature and for the M.F.K. Fisher award) as did Los Angeles magazine restaurant critic ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    February 24, 2011

    30 Burgers in 30 Days

    Five of the best (... so far)

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    Top 10 Food Books in My Pants

    Want any of these in your pants?​ Over the past few days, Twitter has been atwitter with tweets about things showing up in people's pants. There were #MoviesInMyPants, #SongsInMyPants, #BandsInMyPants, and #TVShowsInMyPants. But if you follow people like, say @thejgold, or just about any chefs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2010

    Best Wartime Cookbook: M.F.K. Fisher's How to Cook a Wolf

    Amazon​The late 1930s and early 1940s were kind of a grim time in Southern California. The Great Depression hit Los Angeles as hard as it hit practically anywhere in the country, and the vast influx of penniless retirees from cold states put an unusual burden on the state. Although the agricul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    2010 James Beard Finalists Announed: Suzanne Goin, Matt Molina, Michael Cimarusti, Jonathan Gold, Patric Kuh Nominated

    James Beard​Twitter is at it again. The 2010 James Beard Award Finalists were announced this morning via the foundation's Twitter account. L.A's Suzanne Goin, of Lucques, AOC Wine Bar, Hungry Cat and Tavern was nominated for Outstanding Chef, while Matt Molina of Mozza and Michael Cimarusti of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2009

    Meet Your Food Blogger: Pat Saperstein of EatingLA

    Pat Saperstein is senior editor at Variety and the grand dame food blogging in Los Angeles. Her blog, EatingLA, is playful and pithy, offering up restaurant reviews, Top Chef updates and local food news. Squid Ink caught up with Saperstein to ask about Peter Bart's foodie side, her take on comped me ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    November 13, 2008

    Jonathan Gold's 99 Essential LA Restaurants

    Local culinary classics, plus some new stars on the scene

  • Eat+Drink

    June 21, 2007

    99 Essential - List Only

    Local culinary classics, plus some new stars on the scene

  • Eat+Drink

    June 21, 2007

    99 Essential Restaurants: The Metropolitan Palate

    Summer Restaurants 2007

  • News

    April 19, 2007

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    First time for a restaurant critic, first for L.A. Weekly

  • Eat+Drink

    April 19, 2007

    Jonathan Gold Wins Pulitzer Prize

    First time for a restaurant critic, first for L.A. Weekly

  • Eat+Drink

    February 1, 2007

    Where To Eat Now

    First time for a restaurant critic, first for L.A. Weekly

  • Eat+Drink

    January 4, 2007

    Where To Eat Now

    First time for a restaurant critic, first for L.A. Weekly

  • Eat+Drink

    November 9, 2006

    Where To Eat Now

    First time for a restaurant critic, first for L.A. Weekly

  • Calendar

    October 17, 2002

    L. A. Flaw

    The case against the city becomes its lore — and much of its charm. The evidence? Writing Los Angeles: A literary Anthology

  • Film+TV

    September 20, 2001

    Pauline Kael

    On the critic

  • Art+Books

    July 26, 2001

    Under the Table

    A conversation with Ruth Reichl

  • Eat+Drink

    February 19, 1998

    Bread

    And the crimes against it

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