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Food News Roundup: Gross Stuff in Your Food The Patron Saint of Hangovers

Grist: It turns out that Subway is not necessarily any more healthful than McDonald's. Huffington Post Politics: The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Monsanto in a soybean seed patent violation case that pitted Indiana farmer Vernon Hugh Bowman against the biotech giant. Mental Floss: From bacon t ... More >>

Think You Like the Hollywood Bowl? These People Really Like the Hollywood Bowl

See also: *More articles about the Hollywood Bowl *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *10 Annoying Things About Summer in L.A. Tickets for the Hollywood Bowl went on general sale to the public Saturday morning at 10 a.m., and for Alisha Staten, Gwen Corben, Sheila Tunnel and their cohorts, this ... More >>

Fast Food Holiday Strategies: Fish McBites Other Limited-Time Offers

It's no coincidence that McDonald's, Carl's Jr., and Wendy's have each rolled out a new fish option on their menus around the time of Lent. In time for St. Patrick's Day, participating Micky D locations also offer the Shamrock Shake, a limited-time mint milkshake. Fast food chains are relying more o ... More >>

Morrissey - Staples Center - 3/1/13

Morrissey Staples Center 3/1/13 Better than... bacon-wrapped hot dogs. There was the requisite Morrissey drama, for that's who he is, who we want him to be: the postponement last year of the Staples Center gig with Iggy Pop & The Stooges because of his mother's health; the postponement of earlier ... More >>

She's So Heather

YouTube Wars: Readers Weigh In

Pumpkin Beer: Good for what Ales Ya, Or Not

Is there really a demand for pumpkin beer? Do squash aficionados start summer letter writing campaigns to make sure their fridges are stocked in November? Do brewmasters have a secret fervor for Charlie Brown cartoon reruns? Do they respond to skewed surveys that weigh the answers of the ardent few, ... More >>

Drive-thrus and Breakfast Coming Soon to Chipotle?

It seems that nothing is safe in today's era of slow-growing economies -- not even Chipotle. According to a report from Bloomberg, Chipotle's founder is so unhappy with the company's slow growth rate that he's considering adding drive-thru windows and a breakfast menu to the chain's offerings. The r ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 10/22 - 10/26

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "We're kind of worried that the folks at the big box store know something we don't, as the new seasonal catalogue has some sobering emergency food options." 6 Things on Sale at Costco.com: Your Holiday Dinner Party, My Apocal ... More >>

The Pumpkin-ification of Everything: McDonalds Jumps on the Bandwagon With a Pumpkin Shake

When the air begins to turn crisp (or, in L.A.'s case, when it turns 60 degrees for two days, then goes back to 80), certain desires are set off in our brains. I, for one, all of a sudden have a burning desire to buy boots. Our emotions become football-addled. We begin to cook stews and soups again. ... More >>

Burger Lounge: A Lesson in the Classics

The past few years have been good to Los Angeles burger lovers. Led by chains like Umami, Stout and The Counter, the city has experienced what can only be described as a full-fledged burger renaissance. A confluence of factors -- the increasing casualness of dining out, the rising popularity of comf ... More >>

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The Bank That Looks Like a Del Taco: 6348 Sepulveda Blvd., Van Nuys

You can walk in and ask for a "Del Fargo" burrito at this Wells Fargo branch in Van Nuys but, sadly, you probably aren't gonna get one. Built in 2007 where a Mobil gas station used to sit at the corner of Victory and Sepulveda Boulevards, this fairly new, ketchup and mustard-colored building could ... More >>

Top 5 Reasons Not to Eat Meat on Mondays

5. You work at the USDA (or maybe don't anymore): And thus got an internal memo last week, which helpfully pointed out that "one simple way to reduce your environmental impact while dining at our cafeterias is to participate in the 'Meatless Monday' initiative." (Meatless Mondays is a 2003 non-profi ... More >>

Eats at the London 2012 Olympics

LONDON -- Game on for eating well during the Olympics, which begins today, July 27, and run through August 12. Already one of the best dining cities in the world, London has been spiffed mightily up for the Olympic games. Billions have been spent on new athletic venues; streets have been reconfigur ... More >>

Smashburger Opens Next Month In Thousand Oaks

There's another contender in L.A.'s ongoing burger-chain war, expect this time you'll have to visit Thousand Oaks to get a taste. Denver-based chain Smashburger, which derives its name from the way its patties are smashed into the grill to, according to a press release, "seal in the juices," will be ... More >>

Katie Wilkins, Malibu 25-Year-Old, May Have Overdosed on Heroin With Chris Benton, Pepperdine President's Son

Updated on Page 2: We speak with sheriff's detectives about Benton's role in all of this. Originally posted at 10 a.m. The young graphic designer found dead in her parents' Malibu mansion on the evening of Saturday, April 28, may have overdosed on heroin, L.A. County Sheriff's investigators tell t ... More >>

Food News Roundup: Food Fraud, Defining "Gluten-Free" Starbucks as Third Largest U.S. Chain

Huffington Post: Olive oil, milk, honey, saffron, orange juice, coffee and apple juice are among the most-adulterated food products. With this kind of food fraud, even careful label-reading won't help. The Washington Post: What is truly "gluten-free?" The FDA has been trying to decide for seven yea ... More >>

Study: Customers Prefer Half-Sizes of That Giant Side of Chow Mein

If given the choice, would you opt for a half-sized portion of chow mein to accompany your orange chicken? Research by Tulane University marketing professor Janet Schwartz and Duke University behavioral economist Dan Ariely suggests that not only would a significant number of diners prefer smaller ... More >>

Chicken McNuggets 'Addict' Collapses

Flickr/Calgary ReviewsA 10-piece serving of McNuggets packs 470 calories, 270 of those pure fat.​McDonald's Chicken McNuggets are causing all sorts of mayhem lately. First there was the woman who allegedly tried to trade sex for McNuggets (no word on what kind of dipping sauce she wanted). Now ... More >>

Five Artsy Things to Do This Week, Including the Longest Film Ever Made

Courtesy 1301PE GalleryA still from Modern Times, Forever, which might be the longest film ever made​ Pacific Standard Time's performance-art festival continues through this weekend, but there are a few great exhibitions to see as well. One in Chinatown is almost therapeutic, while another, o ... More >>

Eggslut Truck: 30 Sandwiches in 30 Days (Day 25)

Guzzle & NoshBacon & egg sandwich from Eggslut.​Ah, the breakfast sandwich. A marriage of two disparate meals in a single dish: the sunny disposition of eggs cradled between two slices of bread. As much as it may be galling to admit, every breakfast sandwich from the hoitiest toitiest brioche ... More >>

Thoughts From A Random Black Guy: Heathcliff, aka Raw Man Noodle

Frank Miles​[Editor's note: Odd Future member Lionel Boyce writes a weekly column for West Coast Sound. His archives are available here.] In a recent column I introduced everyone I was touring with, but I left out Heathcliff -- the co-tour manager and publicist for Odd Future -- on purpose be ... More >>

McRib Returns to Southern California!

McDonald's much-loved McRib Sandwich returns today.​Rejoice, McRib lovers! Beginning today, the McRib sandwich, with its strange but undeniable sway over its devotees, returns to McDonald's restaurants in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties. Shaped to look like ... More >>

Top 5 Athlete Diets: Wade Boggs's Chicken-a-Day, Kenyan Ugali Steve Nash's Nuts

Wheaties may be the breakfast of champions, but plenty of athletes don't swear by dry flakes for their daily sustenance. Lakers forward Ron Artest used to drink Hennessey at half-time. His teamate Lamar Odom likes jelly beans and gummy bears. Former Yankees slugger Babe Ruth once inhaled 24 hot d ... More >>

Food News Roundup: Lots of Pie, 200 Year-old Desserts Teaching Kanye West to Cook

-- Gordon Ramsay teaches Kanye West how to cook. [The Mirror] -- How to make a 200 year-old dessert. [Zester Daily] -- How to open your own pop-up restaurant. [Forbes via food52] -- Pie-a-day #45, or white peach-brown sugar tart. [Good Food] -- Ricardo Zarate and Gary Menes cook a dinner ben ... More >>

Top 5 Westwood Dishes UCLA Grads Will Miss

Flickr/Kyle StricklandIn-N-Out Double-Double​ With the mass exodus of thousands of UCLA graduates from their picturesque Westwood neighborhood -- picturesque if you've always envisioned a neighborhood where you'd search 30 minutes for a parking space before giving up, or if you've dreamed all ... More >>

The New KFC: Korean Fried Chicken

Anne Fishbeinthe invisible restaurant critic​ Dear Mr. Gold: You seem to be writing about a lot of Korean restaurants recently. The new KFC is Korean Fried Chicken. I've tried BonChon and Kyochon. While both are good, I have to give the edge to Kyochon, although BonChon gets points for easy pa ... More >>

Your Ilan Hall Update: Second Restaurant Scouting Report

Anne FishbeinIlan Hall​Ilan Hall, downtown's favorite Top Chef and the man behind The Gorbals, plans to open a second restaurant somewhere in Los Angeles. (Thanks to Eater for the tip on this one.) When we spoke to Hall yesterday, he said he's been looking at locations for years -- ever since ... More >>

Why Los Angeles Schoolkids Get Lousy Meals

Top 5 Apocalypse Movie Food Scenes

Alle your McDonald's are belong to us.​There's a scene in "War of the Worlds," the 2005 remake not the 1953 original, when Tom Cruise finds berserker survivalist Tim Robbins holed up in his basement. After sheltering him from the aliens, Robbins offers him peach schnapps. Even then, he (and th ... More >>

In-N-Out's Longest Surviving Location Demolished in Baldwin Park: City Officials Shocked

In-N-Out​Update and correction: In-N-Out says it isn't the oldest surviving location. Plus, why L.A. Conservancy director Linda Dishman says this could happen again. All of that after the jump. Oops. In a typically L.A. move, the corporate folks at In-N-Out tore down what many believe is the ... More >>

The Cavemen Were White Dudes, and Other Intriguing Notions from Science for Christian Schools Grade 5

​ Science for Christian Schools Grade 5 Author: Joseph Henson, Ph.D; George Mulfinger, Jr., M.S.; Emmett Williams, Ph. D Date: 1977 Publisher: Bob Jones University Press . . . Yes, that South Carolina college that demands its students "abstain from lust and immorality" yet still goes by ... More >>

Found Footage Festival: Back to the Future

One man's trash is another's beloved time capsule

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Movement Afoot to Make California Medical Marijuana What it Already is: A For-Profit Enterprise

KCETAmerican Eagle Collective.​One of the more farcical aspects of medical marijuana in Los Angeles is the flouting of state law, which says pot shops must be nonprofit. A recent SoCal Connected report estimated that one Eagle Rock pot shop (American Eagle Collective) saw one customer a minut ... More >>

Mother Sues McDonald's Over Happy Meals

Flickr/itspaulkelly​ Your kid's Happy Meal just got a little more unhappier, at least for McDonald's. Yesterday a Sacramento mother, Monet Parham, filed a class action lawsuit against the fast food giant. The suit was filed in conjunction with the Center for Science in the Public Interest in C ... More >>

New Fast-Food Joints Barred From Opening Near Old Ones In South L.A.

babble.comFight for your right​The Los Angeles City Council is painting itself green and health-conscious again -- this time, with a strict city ordinance that holds down a temporary South L.A. ban on new fast-food restaurants opening within a half-mile of existing ones. The zone also includes ... More >>

Where Have All the Library Hours Gone?

Downtown Skid Row Rapist Has Struck Twice, Binding Victims With Tape: LAPD On The Hunt

Skid Row.​Police on Thursday were on the lookout for a rapist they say has struck twice this month along downtown's Skid Row, binding victims in both cases with duct tape. The latest incident happened Monday. Los Angeles Police Department Detectives say the middle-aged, balding man in a brown ... More >>

Fast Food Using Slow Food?: Talking With Chipotles' Steve Ells

Lucy LeanChipotle Opens New Restaurant in Hollywood​ With the opening of Chipotle on Vine and Sunset this month and another being built on Sunset just west of Fairfax it seems like these fast food restaurants are popping up like mushrooms all over Los Angeles. But did you know this might actu ... More >>

Jack In The Box, Ronald McDonald, the Burger King and Other Beloved Icons in Hookers and Blow Scandal!

Los Angeles filmmaker Nicholaus Goossen just posted the new video for Rad Omen's "Rad Anthem," a catchy slice of repetitive Daft Punkery. The concept? Several much-loved fast-food spokescharacters go out for a night on the town that turns out to be very much like the Prodigy's video for "Smack My B ... More >>

Stage Raw: A Rubicon Family Christmas

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTHIS WEEK'S STAGE FEATURE on Palestine, New MexicoNEW REVIEW GO A RUBICON FAMILY CHRISTMAS ​Though Andy Williams and his fancy sweaters are nowhere to be seen, the Rubicon company misses little else this corny Christmas delight. Not a word of spoken ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: The Week in Food

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. Got something better? (Funny, tragic, ridiculous, or an actual Jon Stewart quote.) Comment below.

What You Know Will Still Hurt You: New CA Law Forces Chain Restaurants to Print Calorie Counts

Goodbye unconscious binge, hello nutrition facts. Thanks to Senator Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima), who signed a bill to force fast food joints to publish nutritional information for their customers, you will now be able to face the caloric reality of your food next time you sit down at a major chain rest ... More >>

WOULD YOU LIKE FRIES WITH THAT?

L.A.'s Newest McSupergraphic?

Anti-clutter activists are irked again by the billboard industry's latest affront to good taste. Over the weekend, an office building on Overland Avenue in West Los Angeles put up a five-story supergraphic of a giant frosty coffee beverage as part of McDonald's advertising campaign to break into th ... More >>

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