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Heather Taylor: Culver City Gallerist and Lifestyle Maven

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2013 issue. Check out our entire People 2013 issue here. To gallery owner, blogger, fashionista, lifestyle maven and all-around It girl Heather Taylor, life consists of "little moments of making things pretty." Sitting barefoot and cr ... More >>

More Top Events: Taco Madness, Ham & Whiskey Dinner, Kraut Fest An Eggs Cooking Class

5th Annual L.A. Taco Madness L.A. Taco is hosting an outdoor taco fest with art and KCRW DJs at Grand Park. Participating restaurants and food trucks include Mexicali Taco, MexiKosher, Guerrilla Tacos and Leo's Taco Trucks. WHAT: 5th Annual L.A. Taco Madness WHEN: Saturday, April 20, noon to sunset ... More >>

Top 10 Peeps YouTube Videos: Duck Wars, Microwave Explosions A Peeps Recipe!

For many people, Easter means church services, maybe watching Judy Garland and Fred Astaire circa 1948 in Easter Parade, Sunday brunch, decorating eggs and orchestrating an egg hunt in the backyard. For others, the holiday is synonymous with those neon yellow duck-shaped marshmallows called Peeps. ... More >>

Pink's: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

The 1997 Edition Was the Best MTV Video Music Awards

Tonight is the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards. Now in its 29th year, it's had its share of memorable moments, none more so than during the 1997 broadcast. On the occasion of its 15th anniversary, here's the case for why it was the best VMA's ever televised.

Al Qaeda's Grand Scheme to Set Our Forests On Fire a Dud, California Officials Discover

You remember that American enemy number one that had us scared and at war for most of the last decade? Yeah, Al Qaeda. Well, not to belittle our tragedies, but this group isn't exactly a well-honed army. It's been about as good at warfare, pound for pound, as Tom Cruise is at staying married to hot ... More >>

New Beer Books: Beer Awesomness The Beer Tasting Tool Kit For Summer Beer Fun

Summer beer books are a lot like summer movies. Fun, if not always a Utopias sort of memorable moment. But if you have ever done, or maybe still do, crazy things like keg stands when the summer days (and subtitles) get longer, the just-released Beer Awesomeness: A Champion's Guide to Party Skills, A ... More >>

Cookie Monster Slays "Call Me Maybe" With Rich, Cookie-Focused Parody

We liked Cookie Monster when we were five. We realized we loved him seven years ago when he went nuts on Martha Stewart, begging like a pitiful junkie for the cookies she hadn't finished baking, even trying in vain to pimp out Bert for a freshly iced specimen. Now there's yet another reason to app ... More >>

10 Last Minute Mother's Day Gift Ideas: A Mom Beverage Pairing

Mother's Day is on Sunday. Yes, this Sunday. No need to get into a Google-ing gift search frenzy, as we have already compiled a handy last-minute Mother's Day gift list. Only here, you won't find the typical clichés like roses or chocolate, but gifts mom can drink. Heaven knows she deserves a stron ... More >>

Roy Choi of A-Frame and Kogi on How Cookbooks Changed His Life

New Health Department Policy Lets Dogs on Patios, Still Not on Chairs

For dog owners who have nice, well-behaved pups, going out to eat with your pack just got a little bit easier: a new Los Angeles County Public Health policy grants restaurants with outside dining areas with the authority to decide whether to give dogs a seat at the foot of the table. As the Dail ... More >>

Martha Stewart Says Women Should Pay the Dinner Bill on Valentine's Day

You don't expect your boyfriend to start sentences with "Well, Martha Stewart says..." but this Valentine's Day, he just might. On tomorrow's episode of The Martha Stewart Show, which features Seth Meyers, the SNL star learns that women are expected to uphold one major responsibility on the big nig ... More >>

Best 2011 Baking Books For Those In Need Of A Martha Stewart Detox

CakeSpyRainbow Cake From "CakeSpy"​We all have a friend or two who is in dire need of being weaned from their Martha Stewart entertaining habits or persistent Rachael Ray cookie book fixes. But handing them the latest crémeux-filled pastry book from Michel Roux is only going to send them into ... More >>

Top 5 Halloween Pumpkins from Your Local Farmers Markets

Felicia FriesemaOne of many pumpkin displays at the Hollywood market.​Second only to fireworks and the old Victorian tradition of lighting actual candles in a dead pine tree (the stuff of California nightmares), the Halloween jack-o'-lantern tops the list for ways to make your local fire depar ... More >>

Tucker & Dale vs. Evil Review

A Recipe From the Chef: Kristin Ferguson's Strawberry Galette

Eugene Ahn of Forage Restaurant in Silver LakeChef Kristin Ferguson's Strawberry Galette​ A traditional French fruit galette is a free-form tart made with a basic pâte brisée dough. The galette shell is rolled out into a disk, topped with fresh berries or fruit and the edges folded over by h ... More >>

Indie Rock Food Blogs: The Steve Albini Interview

mariobatalivoiceSkirt Steak with Jasmine Rice and Apple-Wine Chutney, Albini-style.​ Back in March, when we wrote about the Monsters of Folk crème brûlée blog, we said that famous recording engineer, musician, wicked amateur poker player, and gourmand Steve Albini should have a food blog ... More >>

Food News Roundup: Martha vs. Letterman, Deep-fried Worms Homemade Nutella

screenshot of YouTube CBS videoDavid Letterman​ -- Martha Stewart hits David Letterman in the face with a cheese ball. ("You're a strong wonderful woman, and I'm an asshole.") [Eater] -- Croatia's own Chocolat. [Reuters] -- Shrimp Without Guilt: BC Spot Prawn Fishery Provides Sustainable Ind ... More >>

Food News Roundup: Gordita Supreme Court, Martha Stewart's New Show Why Your State Drinks

-- Vanishing America at Clifton's. [Ruth Reichl] -- Stephen Colbert's Gordita Supreme Court. [The Colbert Report] -- Cold Sauce, or how a New York Times Congressional reporter makes insanely easy spaghetti. (Making this recipe as we speak.) [food52] -- Food blogger's home burglary makes the 11 o' ... More >>

Best Almond Paste: Fat Uncle Farms Calls It Marzipan, We Call It Good

J. GarbeeAlmonds, Honey And Apricots (Or Oranges) = The Marzipan Of Your Dreams​ In today's world of health-touting food packaging, even hard alcohol is boastfully going organic (you would think 80 proof would make anything pesticide free). And so there is an insidious pleasure in buying farm ... More >>

A Holiday Survival Guide for Nondrinkers: Top 10 (Mostly Legal) Coping Mechanisms

Flickr/erik jaeger​ It's the holidays, the season of giving, family gatherings, and coping mechanisms. So what's the number one way people traditionally survive the holidays? Alcohol. Which is great for many people, not so great for those who do not drink. Why you don't drink -- religious prin ... More >>

Not The Same Old Plate Of Sugar Cookies: Top 10 Food Scenes In Xmas Movies

​What is it with Christmas movies and food? Whether it's George Bailey borrowing his mother's good dishes for the high school dance in It's a Wonderful Life or Ralphie's little brother showing Mom "how the piggie eats" in A Christmas Story, eating is inextricably linked with holiday festivitie ... More >>

Q & A With Madhur Jaffrey, Part 2: Martha Stewart, The Definition of Vindaloo Collating for Ismail Merchant

Random HouseMadhur Jaffrey​ In the first part of our conversation with Madhur Jaffrey, the Delhi-born legendary actress, award-winning cookbook author and Indian cuisine authority spoke to us about her latest movie, a foodie comedy in which she plays a peppily invasive mom called Today's Spec ... More >>

Santa Monica Farmers Market All-You-Can-Carry Pumpkin Patch

LA Weekly Flickr pool/Lucyrk in LApumpkins​ As you can doubtless tell by all the paraphernalia up in peoples' yards, Halloween is this weekend. Get out your candy baskets, shrink your apples, whatever. Perhaps the best holiday accouterments are pumpkins, especially since you can actually cook ... More >>

Udon: The Second Best Japanese Movie Ever Made

The Weekly's food critic on his LAFF presentation

Web Surfing: A Roundup of Posts from L.A. Food Blogs & Beyond

-- The reason why fat servers get better tips. [Slashfood] -- Pat Saperstein checks out Eagle Rock's new Four Cafe. [Eating L.A.] -- Martha Stewart hangs with Sarah Palin. No word on who shot what for dinner. [The Martha Blog] -- A recipe for cowboy beans a new book deal. [MattBites] -- Hot ... More >>

Meet Your Food Blogger: Matt Armendariz of Matt Bites

Alex PerelmanARMENDARIZ BITES!​Food blogger Matt Armendariz, of Matt Bites, is living the dream. He specializes in food photography and is married to Adam Pearson, a stunning, red-headed food stylist. He has appeared on the Martha Stewart Show, and spent January at Club Med in the Bahamas with ... More >>

Los Angeles Public Library Cookery Ephemera Collection

Los Angeles Public LibraryWonder Sandwich Suggestions​Food is as much about history as it is about taste, and digging into that history offers often mouth-watering illumination about who we are and where we came from. Angelenos are fortunate to have a renowned culinary treasure available to th ... More >>

Seasonal Produce Products: Asparagus Hits the Haute Accessories Aisle

Judy does asparagus. Judith Leiber has a way of bringing out the silly out of the stiffest of upper Botoxed lips within the Beverly Hills and Upper East Side sets. And yet while some bejeweled diminutive purses are beautiful and tasteful, other ones we'll just never get. (Some readers might also rec ... More >>

Busted Watermelon: Refreshing Summer Fruit, Racy Alcohol-Soaked Party Pal or Marijuana-Corrupted Melon Felon?

So you think watermelon is just a delicious summer fruit best served cold and sliced in drippingly sweet wedges? Arizona Department of Public SafetyWhat lies beneath? Not just another load of watermelon. Arizona Department of Public SafetyThe watermelon fakes: seized marijuana bundles > > The ... More >>

Wrap It Up, I'll Take It

Last-minute hostess gift ideas

I Am Not a Housewife

Caitlin Flanagan fights the mommy wars

Beyond Bubbly

The Style Council’s New Year’s Eve party mixes

Blogs & iPods & Jay-Z & (non-ironic) Metal

The Hipster’s musical year-end predictions and post-game analysis

Reality Without Apologies

Straight Eyes for the Queer Guys

Monkey Business

Cooking 101

For the culinary hipsters in all of us

Party Flavors

Real-Life Tales

Oh, Grow Up!

How to throw a party like a real adult

Martha Stewart: Lying

Clean and Sober

And heading straight to Dubai

No Crystal Method

Edited by Kateri Butler

Business Gals: But How’s Her Risotto?

The Feminine Mistake

Between a lark and a hard place

Kitchen Gods

The Food Network

Toasting Immortality

Spamming the Globe

(or Culver City at least)

Punch Lines

Director David Fincher works the ropes