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15 Weird Years of Anticon Records

[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] Anticon turns 15 this month but it has been imbued with a teenage spirit since its inception. The artists are frequently mercurial, rebellious, idealisti ... More >>

The Monsanto Menace

The feds see no evil as a belligerent strongman seeks control of America's food supply

22 Mother's Day Food Drink Specials (Bottomless Mimosas! Cupcakes! Tiaras!!)

Mother's Day is this coming Sunday, and if you haven't gotten that one figured out yet, maybe it's time to start planning. Depending on your age and demographic, a crayoned card could work, or maybe your kid's card and a stiff drink. If you want something a bit more professional, turn the page for a ... More >>

Q & A With Nancy Harmon Jenkins: On the Mediterranean Diet, Her Cookbook(s) What Took Us So Long

For many of us whose idea of good food is a bowl of olives, a plate of mezze, a huge dish of paella or Catalan soup or lamb with couscous, Nancy Harmon Jenkins' cookbook The Mediterranean Diet Cookbook, or her newer The New Mediterranean Diet Cookbook, is one of the basic books of the kitchen. First ... More >>

[Updated] Whole Foods Recalls Smoked Salmon

Updated: 1/30 1:54 p.m. Whole Foods is recalling an additional lot code (for a total of two lot codes) of Whole Catch Wild Alaskan Sockeye Salmon (4 oz.), UPC code 0 99482 40880 0, cold smoked and sliced, because it may contain listeria. The second lot code is 7425A2297A. The recall has also expande ... More >>

2012 Election Results: Historic Night for Gay Issues and Candidates Across the United States

Four years ago, Senator Barack Obama won the presidency, but gay folks across the country were outraged that California voters approved Proposition 8, the anti-gay marriage ban. Last night, it was a completely different story -- and one of the most historic and significant nights for the LGBT comm ... More >>

Cousins Maine Lobster Opens in Pasadena Lobster Ice Cream

Opening Friday, September 21 at 5 p.m., Cousins Maine Lobster evolved from food truck to brick and mortar in a mere 5 months, as a response to hundreds of customer requests. Housed within Pasadena's Live Mixx lounge, the shellfish centric brand, known for serving fresh lobster and crab delivered dai ... More >>

The Thirsty Season: Beer Chicks The Question of Summer Beer

The idea was to meet the Beer Chicks for a pint. The topic was summer beer. The Beer Chicks are beer experts with twice the volubility -- because there are two of them, and because they've forgotten more about beer than I'll ever remember and are eager, very eager, to share. I wanted to know if th ... More >>

Cousins Maine Lobster Truck Rolls Out

Two cousins hot for shellfish, lobster delivered daily from Maine and a stove on wheels: Cousins Maine Lobster Truck soft opens from April 27-29 in L.A. and starts serving to the masses on May 4. It's not your typical frozen lobster-dispensing truck, explains co-owner Jim Tselikis. "Beyond our story ... More >>

Mohawk Bend: New Chef Allagash Beer Dinner

[Update: An earlier version of this post incorrectly stated that St. Clair and Pele had been replaced at Golden Road Brewpub by chef Adam Levoe.] When beer-centric, vegan-friendly Echo Park mega-bar Mohawk Bend opened in July 2011, it was with chefs Sera Pelle and Randal St. Clair. The new executiv ... More >>

Raphael's Valentine's Celebration

Dreams of the Washer King

Previews: Water Grill Renovations Continue Apace, with a Vacancy Remaining in the Kitchen

Downtown Los Angeles continually witnesses its fair share of change and reinvention. So it's no surprise that one of its fine dining stalwarts, where notable chefs have developed careers and power brokers wheeled and dealed through many a seafood and martini-fueled lunch, is in the middle of a top-t ... More >>

Bisexual, Lesbian, Gay Youths Less Likely to Use Condoms, More Likely to Use Drugs, Alcohol -- Study

Infidelic​As if life isn't hard enough for them, the Centers for Disease Control on Monday reports that gay, lesbian and bisexual high school students are more prone to drug, alcohol and tobacco use. The study (PDF) includes data from Southern California and indicates, according to a CDC stat ... More >>

Valentine's Day Round-Up, Part 1: Prix-Fixe Menus

Flickr/Bakerella​ These days, every time we walk into a supermarket, pharmacy or even drive past certain intersections of town, we're faced with an explosion of red and pink, well, everything: "Be My Valentine" cards, heart-shaped boxes of chocolate, fake long-stem roses, and endless tins of ... More >>

REAL GENTEEL

Best Clam Chowder: Roy Choi's Bowl at A-Frame

N. GalutenA-Frame's clam chowder​ If you've spent any time at all on the East Coast, you will have had the obligatory bowl of clam chowder. Lots of them, really. And whether you're in the New England camp or the Manhattan camp, you will have had many bowls of truly awful clam chowder. As some ... More >>

In Search Of: Chad Brown on Rare Country From Prison, Johnny Paycheck and the Phillipines

courtesy chad brown​ Chad Brown is an L.A.-based DJ and the singer/guitarist in CB Brand, and he may well know more about country music than anyone you're likely to encounter in this city. He is a true historian who recalls the backstories of each record in immense detail--from how he found i ... More >>

First Bite: Lobster Rolls on The Lobsta Truck

"You're eating what off a truck?" a friend asked when I told him I would be sampling the wares at The Lobsta Truck (@lobstatruck). There's nothing like seafood -- tricky to source, expensive and prone to spoilage -- to fortify or chip way at one's prejudices about food trucks. If there's an ident ... More >>

Lobsterfest Gets Cracking

Lobsterfest A lobster meal​ Set to go off tonight, tomorrow, and Sunday at Ports O' Call Village in San Pedro, the Port of Los Angeles Lobster Festival is sure to be a polarizing affair. Committed locavores will lock up their bibs at the notion of celebrating New England's quintessential crus ... More >>

Your Walter Manzke Update: 4 Days at Test Kitchen, El Bulli, Chicago, Etc.

A. ScattergoodSanta Barbara prawn with brown butter, lemon and capers​ As you will know if you read Jonathan Gold's most recent review, the Test Kitchen has been up and running for a few weeks now, featuring a rotating group of chefs like guest performers in a how-do-you-get-reservations-for- ... More >>

LOVE TO LOBSTER, BABY

Top 10 Songs About Food (But Not Buildings)

Books about food; art about food; movies about food. What about songs about food? Here's 10 songs to put on your foodie playlist. For this list--which is in no particular order--children's songs, instrumentals and songs using food as a euphemism for, em, other activities, have been excluded. Also d ... More >>

Clammed Up: Double Tide

JiRaffe Joins the Circus (Metaphorically) With A Prix Fixe Menu

Erinn EichingerKooza Tickets​If you've been anywhere near the Santa Monica pier lately, you know the circus is in town: dominating the landscape these days is the yellow and blue striped big top that is Cirque du Soleil. The troupe is in town with their new show Kooza. Chef Raphael Lunetta ... More >>

Consider the Oysterette

Bivalvular (and other) pleasures on Ocean Avenue

Cooking Lobsters With Water Grill's David LeFevre How To Boil One Alive, Properly

Lobsters come with their own iconography. Think Woody Allen chasing one around a kitchen in Annie Hall. Or, more recently, a squeamish Amy Adams in Julie & Julia. Sure, you boil them alive, but that's the way it's done, and they don't have any feelings anyway. Didn't Cobain write a song about that? ... More >>

HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOBSTER?

Queer Town: L.A. Raises Money for Maine's Gay Marriage Fight

On the day anti-gay marriage forces aired their first TV ad in Maine, Los Angeles gays and lesbians gathered for a fund-raiser at West Hollywood's East/West Lounge, hauling in between $5,000 and $6,000 for Protect Maine Equality, the campaign that's fighting to keep same-sex marriage legal in that s ... More >>

Queer Town: Maine's Gay Marriage Fight Comes to L.A.

When gay Californians and their straight allies were battling Proposition 8 last fall, the "No on 8" campaign called on gays and lesbians across the country to contribute money to the cause. The larger gay community came through, and now Protect Maine Equality needs help for the same kind of politic ... More >>

LOVE TO LOVE YOU LOBSTER

Where Art Thy Art Fairs Now?

BY TOM CHRISTIEThe fairs are moving on up: With the Los Angeles Art Show heading downtown to the L.A. Convention Center (Jan. 21-25), both PHOTO LA (Jan. 9-11) and ART LA (Jan. 23-25) are moving into the vacated Barker Hanger at Santa Monica Airport.  All three fairs show improvement, and will ... More >>

Razorback

Legally Corrupt

Don’t expect Phil or Arnold to rush to endorse the clean-money initiative

Finger-Pickin' Good

And the Winners Are...

As I write this, a fresh blanket of snow has turned Park City, Utah into a veritable winter wonderland and, in an unprecedented occurrence, the jury and audience members of the 2006 Sundance Film Festival have proved unanimous in their assessment of the best of the fest. In the dramatic competition, ... More >>

The Life Aquatic

5 List Obsessed Books

Minot Family Values

Minot Family Values

Eat, Drink, Man, Woman: Best New Restaurants

Still Waters Run Muddy

Penis Dentatus

Dreamcatcher is for the boys

Letters to the Editors

Immaculate Contraception

Liberty and Justice for All

The Democratic Party platform you won’t see

DOG GONE IT ALL

Man Bites Prawn

A Koreatown seafood adventure

The Six-Strings Mystique

Better living through metal

Survival, Revivalle

Mutants, campers, martyrs . . .