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Cookbook Author Mollie Katzen Begins a New Chapter

When we talked with cookbook author Mollie Katzen in January, she was deep into book number 12, The Heart of the Plate: Vegetarian Recipes for a New Generation, due out in September. During that conversation, Katzen wondered if this might be her last cookbook. "The first time you talked to me, I wa ... More >>

IACP 2013 Food Writing Award Finalists Announced

The IACP, which would be the International Association of Culinary Professionals and not the International Association of Chiefs of Police -- yes, that's an old joke now, but you try googling IACP and see what you get -- announced their 2013 award finalists this morning for four of their prestigious ... More >>

Gael Garcia Bernal Stars in No, About a Political Campaign in Pinochet's Chile

Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including a Mesmerizing Child's-Eye View of Grief, Walking the Tightrope

Child-like views delighted our critics this week, with Mike Kenney's Walking the Tightrope at the 24th Street Theatre taking Pick of the Week, and a nod to Albie Selznick's magic show Smoke and Mirrors at the Lankershim Arts Center in North Hollywood. There's also a recommendation for an adult comed ... More >>

Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including Family Strife and Sexual Taboos in Machu Picchu, Texas

Family trauma drama Machu Picchu, Texas (pictured above) grabs our Pick of the Week this week. Good reviews also for Noel Coward's Fallen Angels at the Pasadena Playhouse and David Henry Hwang's Chinglish at South Coast Rep. For all New Theater Reviews, and this weekend's comprehensive listing ... More >>

Taliesin Jaffe Talks Working in Anime and Tales of the Extraordinary

Every Monday night this month, in the back room of Meltdown Comics, the team behind radio drama-styled podcast Tales of the Extraordinary has been recording it's latest chapter. Created by actor/writer Michael Coleman (who you might recognize from the interactive theater performance Dungeon Master), ... More >>

Over the Weekend: New Year's Eve Giant Maximus, Stone Temple Pilots, Bank Run, Art Core, Haunted Vogue Theater and Anime Convention

Goodbye 2008 and hello 2009. It's funny how a five-second countdown can turn into a five-day party just to ring in the new year. You'd think one late night would do it, but then again, this is Los Angeles and moderation has never been in vogue. Let's put it this way, I doubt I'm the only one that ha ... More >>

Rock Picks: The Wailers, Thelonious Dub, Halfmonk, Mike Watt & the Secondmen

Plus, Good for the Jews, Legowelt, Resistant Culture, and others

Quartet New Generation's Pipe Dreams

The stylish foursome brings the recorder into the 21st century

Pipe Dreams

Stylish quartet brings the recorder into the 21st century

Stuff to Do Before Snakes On a Plane Opens

The NYT Goes Way Off-Broadway and Other Big Hits

WEB UPDATE: LAT moves off the mat, Baquet goes ballistic, Brando monkeys around, and Babs butters up

Of Gods and Smog Monsters

Japanese cinema, old, new, weird

The Femme Mystique

French actresses at the American Cinematheque