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Morocco

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    Paula Wolfert Comes to L.A.'s Central Library: Moroccan Food, Favorite Kitchen Tools Issues of Sous-Vide

    If you love couscous, Moroccan cuisine and the many glorious cookbooks of Paula Wolfert (not necessarily in that order), you have someplace to be this Saturday morning. Wolfert will be speaking at downtown's Central Library in an event brought to you by the Culinary Historians of Southern California ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    Top 5 Weekend Food Events: Can You Dig It?, Global Food Porn, Test Kitchen Burger Night, ColLAboration Winterfest, Market Basket Cocktails

    Anne Fishbein/LA WeeklyRoasted beets and cheese at MB Post​Can You Dig It? Chef David LeFevre kicks off a seasonal series where he hosts a guest chef who will cook a three-course meal of shareable small plates. For the inaugural event, it's LeFevre's pal Giuseppe Tentori (Boka, GT Fish & Oyste ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    L.A.'s Idea of Jewish Food vs. What Jews Really Eat

    ​Our latest attempt in Understanding Cuisine through Racial Profiling finds us examining the dietary habits of Jews. But what kind of Jews? One respondent wrote, "You meant to ask what American Jews eat, right? Otherwise you will get sucked forever into separating Moroccan Jews from Polish Jew ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2012

    Cookbook Of The Week: Bi-Rite Market's Eat Good Food Is Really Good

    amazon​If your New Year's resolution list includes something along the lines of eating more good food -- home cooked, farmers market-inspired, healthier or whatever your definition -- you're going to want to add Bi-Rite Market's Eat Good Food cookbook to your Amazon wish-list. If for no other ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2011

    Top 5 Weekend Food Events: Winter Cocktails, Latkes, Caviar, Tasting Menus, Recovery

    Winter Cocktail Launch Bartender Jaymee Mandeville's unveils her seasonal cocktail lineup featuring warming libations like Breaking Castagne (cognac, mezcal, housemade chestnut syrup, mole bitters and nutmeg), Grimhilda (apple brandy, chipotle honey, pama and lemon) and Remedy X (rosemary-infused wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2011

    The Best Cookbooks of 2011 (And Sure, They Double As Great Last Minute Gifts)

    jgarbeeStill Life With (Good) 2011 Cookbooks​Because if you still haven't gotten a gift for someone of genuine or obligatory importance on your list (your closest friend; your boss/mother in law), check those Amazon availability lists right now. Or better yet, stop by your local bookstore. W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2011

    A Recipe: Joan Nathan's Moroccan Chicken with Olives and Preserved Lemons

    Katie StoopsJoan Nathan's Moroccan chicken with olives​If you're planning to head to Joan Nathan's talk at the Central Library this Saturday, you could do worse than spend the days prior to the event cooking. Specifically, cooking one of the dishes from Nathan's book Quiches, Kugels, and Cousc ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    November 24, 2011

    Jonathan Gold Reviews MB Post

    David LeFevre brings Manhattan Beach up to speed on L.A. restaurant trends

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    November 24, 2011
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    November 10, 2011
  • Blogs

    October 6, 2011

    The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

    What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free), it's where most of your content comes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2011

    Cookbook Of The Week: Paula Wolfert's The Food of Morocco, Now That's A Cookbook

    There are a handful of cookbook authors -- Diana Kennedy (hyper local Mexican cuisine), Maida Heatter (home baking), Paula Wolfert (Moroccan cuisine) -- whose personal obsession not only with cooking, but truly with a culinary culture, is so focused, so resolute, that when they finally release anoth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Robuchon's $18 Algerian Egg Roll Two Easy Recipes

    Chong B. OoiRobuchon's Langoustine Wrapped in Brick Pastry​ Paula Wolfert introduced North African pastry leaves to Americans using the Moroccan name for them: warka. Over the years we've received a lot of emails from people who had trouble finding warka pastry leaves in the U.S. However, most ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    David LeFevre's Manhattan Beach Post: Now Open

    M. B. Post​ For those of you who have been pining for chef David LeFevre's cooking since he left Water Grill last year, you can now find it on the menu again. His own menu, at his first restaurant. LeFevre's Manhattan Beach Post (abbreviated to M.B. Post) opens today. As for why Manhattan Beac ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    February 24, 2011

    Of Gods and Men

    M. B. Post​ For those of you who have been pining for chef David LeFevre's cooking since he left Water Grill last year, you can now find it on the menu again. His own menu, at his first restaurant. LeFevre's Manhattan Beach Post (abbreviated to M.B. Post) opens today. As for why Manhattan Beac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    Mezze: Opening Next Month in the Former Sona Location

    L. Balla​ There should be a show like Moving Up for restaurants, where the former tenants of a space get a peek at what the new tenants have done, and comment on it. Mezze would be at the top of our list for screen time. The new Mediterranean restaurant, slated to open next month in the form ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2010

    Eat and Drink Well for Auld Lang Syne on New Year's Eve 2011

    So, it's time to plan New Year's Eve if you haven't already. Avoid the amateur's night problem by putting your 2011 celebration in the hands of restaurant pros who will handle the fine food and drink part. And save you clean-up troubles. Merriment, cheer, reflecting on the past year (which may or ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    Thanksgiving Dining: 6 Holiday Dishes With A Global Spin

    Cham Korean Bistro​ You eat kimchi pizza, Filipino adobo burritos and Japanese rice patty burgers. So when it comes to Thanksgiving, the most traditional of American food holidays, boring old stuffing won't do. Here are six Thanksgiving options that will make your globetrotting palate sing wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2010

    Paula Wolfert and The Watched Pot Her New Book

    A. ScattergoodPaula Wolfert considers a pot of couscous​ As you may know, if you got your fix of Merguez sausage, roasted lamb and Tuareg weaponry this past weekend in Pasadena, Paula Wolfert was in town for the Couscous Festival. The celebrated cookbook author, couscous expert and friend of ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 14, 2010

    JUST DESSERTS

    A. ScattergoodPaula Wolfert considers a pot of couscous​ As you may know, if you got your fix of Merguez sausage, roasted lamb and Tuareg weaponry this past weekend in Pasadena, Paula Wolfert was in town for the Couscous Festival. The celebrated cookbook author, couscous expert and friend of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2010

    Top 5 Just-For-Drinks Restaurants

    Los Angeles may well be ground zero for the let's-meet-for-a-drink cocktail culture, what with all the aspiring Sammy Glicks running around. And the city is crammed with bars and restaurants that cater to them, most of which have the plastic, glossy newness of a TCA chemical face peel. For the rest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    A Recipe From the Chef: John Sedlar's Scallops Arabesque

    A. ScattergoodJohn Sedlar's scallops Arabasque​ John Sedlar, chef-owner of Rivera and the subject of our most recent interview, is cooking some ambitious food at his downtown restaurant these days. Three menus, three rooms, three continents, and a lot more than three dishes. And while we coul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    Momed Explores the Eastern Mediterranean

    Momed, the new Mediterranean restaurant in Beverly Hills, was lucky. It inherited a wood burning oven from the previous occupant, the Italian restaurant Rosti. And so you can have Turkish flatbreads straight from that oven with such toppings as oven-roasted wild mushrooms, akawi cheese and broccoli ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 29, 2010

    MEDITERRANEAN DREAMS

    Momed, the new Mediterranean restaurant in Beverly Hills, was lucky. It inherited a wood burning oven from the previous occupant, the Italian restaurant Rosti. And so you can have Turkish flatbreads straight from that oven with such toppings as oven-roasted wild mushrooms, akawi cheese and broccoli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2010

    Top Chef Masters Recap: Cheese, Crying and Marcus Samuelsson

    Bravo TVEpisode 2 of Top Chef Masters​ Episode 2 of Top Chef Masters kicked off last night, and while there were no L.A. chefs represented in this episode, the show does take place in L.A., so we got to enjoy a lot of B-roll shots of Union Station. This week's chefs were Marcus Samuelsson (R ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2010

    10 Leg of Lamb Recipes I Briefly Considered Making Yesterday

    Flickr/One from RM​ 1. Julia Child's gigot a la moutarde. Bea Arthur's favorite, sure. But powdered ginger and pounded dried rosemary? Even on Easter, this one requires a leap of faith. 2. Chorizo-stuffed leg of lamb from Suzanne Goin's Sunday Suppers at Lucques. The Mexican-Moroccan-Prove ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Chameau Restaurant & Catering Reopens As Chameau Deli Bar

    French-Moroccan restaurant, Chameau, located in the Fairfax district, and originally opened in Silver Lake in 2001, reopened last Saturday as Chameau Deli Bar. Prices have been slashed and the restaurant is much more casual than its previous design. Co-owners Kelly Klemovich and chef Adel Chager dec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    Passover Planner: Restaurant Seders Around Town

    Photo: J. RitzEvan Kleiman's matzo ball soup at Angeli.​ The two nights of Passover seder 5770 fall on Monday, March 29 and Tuesday, March 30. Our local, trusty, sophisticated Passover mavens honor the broad Jewish culinary diaspora while hewing to some familiar traditions as well. Bottom lin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2010

    Today In WTF: Man Serving Time For ID Theft Does It Again From Behind Bars, Graduates To Federal Prison

    ​An identity thief got an extra 102 days behind bars Monday, this time in federal lockup, after he was caught taking out credit card lines in other people's names as he served time in a state prison in El Centro, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Authorities say he even obtained persona ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    January 7, 2010

    Celebrating Centeno at the Lazy Ox Canteen

    ​An identity thief got an extra 102 days behind bars Monday, this time in federal lockup, after he was caught taking out credit card lines in other people's names as he served time in a state prison in El Centro, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Authorities say he even obtained persona ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    Staff Meals Today: From Duck Fried Rice to the Mysterious Urasawa

    If you're lucky, your job buys you dinner. If you're really lucky, that doesn't just mean P.F. Chang's or Daily Grill. We talked to ten more top restaurants around L.A. and tried to find out what they're feeding their staff tonight. Picasa user KeithChefs eat too.​

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2009

    The Cryovacked Kitchen: Lazy Ox Canteen To Open Next Thursday

    Lazy Ox Canteen​Lazy Ox Canteen, the much-anticipated Little Toyko restaurant from Josef Centeno and Michael Cardenas, will open for dinner next Thursday night. It will be a soft opening, with a formal opening party scheduled once things get going, probably the following weekend. Last night ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2009

    Like a Rainbow in Curved Air: An Interview with Terry Riley

    Legendary composer-performer Terry Riley is the creator of such groundbreaking "Minimalist" works as In C, A Rainbow In Curved Air, Poppy Nogood and, with the Kronos Quartet, decidedly un-Minimalist works as Cadenza on the Night Plain and Salome Dances for Peace. He'll perform solo and in collabora ... More >>

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    August 27, 2009
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    April 17, 2008

    Syrian Brunch Sundays at Sham

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    November 30, 2006

    Sideways at Vertical

    Summer Restaurants 2007

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    July 13, 2006

    Super Swank

    Social Hollywood

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    June 1, 2006
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    June 16, 2005

    Ironic Chef America

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  • Art+Books

    June 16, 2005

    Beatnik Renaissance Man

    Stitching together the multiple visions of Brion Gysin

  • Columns

    October 21, 2004

    Diamonds in the Rough

    Stitching together the multiple visions of Brion Gysin

  • News

    August 12, 2004

    Hell Hath No Fury

    Exorcist: The Beginning, a story of Hollywood possession

  • Eat+Drink

    July 8, 2004

    Ask Mr. Gold

    Exorcist: The Beginning, a story of Hollywood possession

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    June 10, 2004

    Office Space

    Exorcist: The Beginning, a story of Hollywood possession

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    February 27, 2003

    Tonally Correct

    Exorcist: The Beginning, a story of Hollywood possession

  • Music

    August 30, 2001

    Rhythm & Belief

    African America calls across the water

  • Stage

    May 13, 1999

    Opera Elsewhere

    African America calls across the water

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    April 2, 1998

    Among the Golems

    African America calls across the water

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