Nutella

The Latest Cupcake Trend? Cannabis Cupcakes

With so much talk of late about cupcakes and legalizing marijuana, we should have known a Cannabis Cupcakes cookbook wasn't too far behind. "What better way to take advantage of both [the cupcake and cannabis] trends than with a cookbook that satisfies these guilty pleasures?," the cookbook's press ... More >>

Bay Cities Italian Deli & Bakery: Bread, Nutella A Guy in a Shrek Costume

There are myriad reasons to stop by Bay Cities Italian Deli & Bakery in Santa Monica. The freshly baked bread, often still warm. The jars of Nutella. The Godmother sandwich. The rows and rows of pastas and olive oils and wines and tins of this and that. But it's even more worthwhile than usual -- an ... More >>

Baking Books: A Baker's Field Guide To Doughnuts (Mock Krispy Kremes!) A Peanut Butter Glaze Recipe

Type "Field Guide" into the Amazon book search list, and you'll get, as of this typing, 39,688 results. These are the moments when we suspect the A Baker's Field Guide to Doughnuts, to be released in a few weeks, will come in handy. A little rainbow sprinkle, Boston cream, or old-fashioned buttermil ... More >>

Top 4 Back-to-School Snack Trends

In late August, composition books fly off the shelves. Kids and parent shuffle through Office Depot, grabbing rulers, graphing calculators, highlighters and fancy mechanical pencils the kids will lose six days into the new school year. It's the opening ceremony of a ritual reintegration of scholar ... More >>

Awesome Craigslist Ad For Crappy Apartment Written So Well it Makes Us Want to Move In

When LA Weekly music writer Drew Tewksbury posted this Craigslist ad on Facebook, we just had to check it out. It's the best ad ever for what amounts to an East Hollywood apartment that appears quite dumpy by this Westsider's stuck-up standards. But it was written so persuasively that we're ready t ... More >>

10 Best Doughnuts in Los Angeles

They say sex is like a doughnut: even at its worst, is it ever really bad? Well, once you consume, in rapid succession, as many doughnuts as we have in the last few weeks, you start to believe it can be. Of course there's never a reason to eat a doughnut. No amount of self-delusion will allow you t ... More >>

10 Best Milkshakes in Los Angeles

David Lynch has written at some length about his creative meditations and the fact that for many years they were fueled by little more than the chocolate milkshake at Bob's Big Boy in Burbank. We're big Lynch fans. We think his films are beyond brilliant. Still we can't help but wonder at the height ... More >>

Mother's Day Flowchart: Where to Take Your Mom for Brunch

Mother's Day is on Sunday, which, depending on your relationship with dear Mom, is the best day of the year, or just another day to hear, yet again, about all the pain you caused during childbirth and the ensuing 18 years thereafter. In either case, there are many, many restaurants and eateries ce ... More >>

Nutella Settles Lawsuit Over 'Healthy Breakfast' Claims

Nutella isn't a health food? But it's made with hazelnuts -- nuts are good for you. And chocolate -- doesn't chocolate contain healthy antioxidants? Two class-action lawsuits against Ferrero, the maker of Nutella, say the company's claims in a recent TV commercial that Nutella spread on toast makes ... More >>

The Popsicle Queen: Kaileigh Brielle, Suck It Popsicle Adventures

Kaileigh Brielle went to film school, dabbled in filmmaking and then, realizing that she needed a more concrete profession, became a licensed optician, working for someone else before opening her own optical shop in Toluca Lake. That should have been enough creative productivity for a lifetime, but ... More >>

Willpowder: New Fun with Molecular Gastronomy

Molecular gastronomy was born from the never-ending quest by certain chefs to expand the boundaries of cuisine. Innovators borrowed tools from science labs and incorporated industrial food additives to manipulate the texture and appearance of what goes on the plate, allowing them to showcase ingredi ... More >>

LA Weekly Flickr Pool Reader Photo of the Day: Nutella Brownies for Valentine's Day

This LA Weekly Flickr pool photo, taken by photographer Cooking On The Weekends, manages to combine most of the key elements of Valentine's Day into one shot -- and one recipe. You've got the hearts, the chocolate, the pretty colors. You even have Nutella, which is what some of us plan to eat for di ... More >>

Happy World Nutella Day 2012: Or, What to Eat During the Super Bowl Halftime Show

In addition to being the Super Bowl (Patriots vs. Giants, by the way), this Sunday, Feb. 5, is the sixth annual World Nutella Day. OK, this is one of those holidays (Arbor Day, National Cream Puff Day) that may seem arbitrary and slightly ridiculous at first, when in fact it is a serious vindication ... More >>

LA Weekly Flickr Pool Reader Photo of the Day: Nutella Truffles (Enough Said)

LA Weekly Flickr pool/Cooking On The WeekendsNutella truffles​If you're the sort of person who buys jars of Nutella in bulk, has a mental map of all the shops in L.A. where you can get the European-made stuff, and has toured this town more than once to find Nutella-related dishes on menus, the ... More >>

Jared Meisler: Il Covo, Coach & Horses, etc.

Guzzle & NoshCharcuterie platter (left), arrancini (right) at Il Covo (bottom).​When we last checked in with Jared Meisler (Roger Room, Bar Lubitsch) nearly a year ago, he and business partner Sean Macpherson were in the very early stages of revamping beloved Sunset Blvd. watering hole Coach & ... More >>

Top 10 Food-Related Lawsuits of 2011

Taco BellTaco Bell gives thanks for being sued over the contents of its meat​A look at this year through the lens of the food-related lawsuits is like watching the first season of The Killing: an exercise in frustration, bewilderment, and, occasionally, excitement. From the mother who sued N ... More >>

Cookbook Of The Week: The Art of Living According to Joe Beef's Testicle Pizza Theory A Vienna Sausage (!) Martini Recipe

When we first flipped through The Art of Living According to Joe Beef by Frédéric Morin, David McMillan and Meredith Erickson, we thought it was yet another pretty but also pretty lackluster restaurant cookbook (Joe Beef is Montreal's restaurant du jour). There's even the requisite foreword by a w ... More >>

Jonathan Gold Reviews Settebello

Settebello: Neapolitan Pizza, Nutella Pizza Italian Condoms!

F. FriesemaJonagold apples​What's the Italian equivalent of barbecue? Neapolitan pizza, I'm betting. Because proper Neapolitan pizza, fashioned from Caputo tipo 00 flour imported from Naples, crushed tomatoes from San Marzano and cheese from the finest buffalos, is a man's game through and thr ... More >>

Top 5 SoCal Pantry Essentials To Pretend It's Really Fall

Those lazy burger grilling summer days may officially be over, but in L.A., that notorious September sun and surf is still going strong. And so if you're not quite ready to retire those local burger condiments for cassoulet beans, these Top Five SoCal Pantry Essentials To Pretend It's Really Fall wi ... More >>

Good Food Pie Contest: Photo Gallery

Guzzle & NoshPies from the Good Food Pie Contest.​220 pies were submitted in yesterday's Good Food Pie Contest, and how many of them did event host and fairy godmother Evan Kleiman sample? Not a single one. The pie perfectionist explained that just that week she had baked what might be her bes ... More >>

Book Review: Eat This, Not That!, Again!

You Choose​Authors David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding are releasing another edition of Eat This Not That!. The 12th edition, we are told via a press release, with new "easy swaps to help consumers lose pounds fast!" (their emphasis, not ours). Are you ready? In the Introduction, the book begi ... More >>

Local Pantry: Fat Uncle Farms Will Make You Rethink Your Nutella Habit

jgarbeeCall It What You Will, We Call It Good​Fat Uncle Farms is one of those guilt-inducing farmers market stops by default, meaning that even something healthy like almonds feels like an indulgence when you are surrounded by piles of carrots. But you really do need a bag of rosemary-sea salt ... More >>

30 Scoops in 30 Days: Millions of Milkshakes (Day 28)

Where an ice cream shop like Milk builds layered, elegantly crafted milkshakes replete made with superlative ingredients in carefully constructed combinations, Millions of Milkshakes devotes itself to diversity, an array of candy, fruit and syrup toppings in a mind-boggling array of permutations. ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 6/27-7/1

Flickr/Lauren Manning​ In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "If there happens to be a bottle of illegal añejo in your purse, that's between you and your conscience." Ask Mr. Gold: Seeking Romantic, Inexpensive, Healthy, Not Boring, Wheat- and dairy-free Re ... More >>

Man Eats Whole Jar of Nutella

No matter how addicted you are to Nutella, you probably haven't powered down an entire jar in one sitting, never mind in four minutes. Former-anoxeric-turned-bodybuilder-turned-champion-competitive-eaterFurious Pete shows how it's done and also -- what you might look like during the experience. W ... More >>

Taste of Beirut: Shanto's Bakery

Photo courtesy of Shanto's BakeryFreshly made manakish bread with a variety of toppings bubble up in the oven at Shanto's​ Before Shaunt Adessian opened Shanto's Bakery in La Crescenta, he traveled thousands of miles from Los Angeles, arriving in Lebanon to discover the Levantine culinary meth ... More >>

Pietro Ferrero Dies: Co-CEO of Ferrero, Makers of Nutella

Flickr/klavrjar of Nutella​ Time to get out your jar of Nutella and raise a spoonful. According to The Telegraph, Pietro Ferrero, the co-CEO of Ferrero group, the makers of Nutella, has died. The 47-year-old Ferrero died April 18th in South Africa, where he collapsed while cycling near Cape To ... More >>

Epicure Imports Warehouse Sale: This Weekend

D. Gonzalez"This is why they come." William Boyd, President of Epicure Imports said about the cheese cave​ We know the feeling. Why didn't anyone tell me about this before? We actually have. But good news bears repeating: For a couple of days, every few months Epicure Imports, a wholesale i ... More >>

Reader Comment of the Day: Nutella Labeling, Pork Chops Fugitive Squirrels

Instead of nodding your head in agreement, yelling obscenities -- or throwing your lunch at your computer screen, which is problematic at best -- the Reader Comment option on this and other blogs is a very useful way to weigh in on the conversation. This reader comment, from Fuzzymcsnorkle, was in a ... 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 >>

California Mother Sues Nutella: OMG It's Not Health Food

A. Scattergood​ Americans have historically been as lawsuit-happy as we've been gun-happy, which may or may not be related. Witness a recent case in which a California mother sued McDonald's over Happy Meals. Now another California mother is suing the makers of Nutella over alleged false adver ... More >>

Happy World Nutella Day 2011: Your Lawsuit, Our Excuse to Eat Chocolate

​ If you've been thinking of joining San Diego mother Athena Hohenberg's lawsuit against the makers of Nutella, you might want to wait until Monday to call your lawyer. In a lovely example of irony, it turns out that tomorrow, February 5th, is the 5th annual World Nutella Day. Okay, this is ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 1/31-2/4

Flickr/Lauren Manning​ In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Vegans have hangovers, too, I guess. At Mas Malo, the vegan hangovers are organic." First Bite: Chips, Chips Especial, Menudo Vegan Hangovers at Mas Malo. "Sure the scene is fratty and the name s ... More >>

Food News Roundup: Nutella Cakes, Desert Food, Papa Cristo's New Look Pot Soda

-- Papa Cristo's finally renovating their old (and beloved) space. [Eater LA] -- Pot meets pop: Soquel entrepreneur plans medical-marijuana soft drinks. [Mercury News] -- Molten Chocolate-Nutella Pudding Cakes. Nutella. Need we say more? [Noble Pig] -- Palm Springs eats: What's new in the desert. ... More >>

Top Ten 2010 Cookbook And Drink Pairings: The AA Edition

J. GarbeeCook's Illustrated's Meticulous Instructions Require A Lot Of Caffeine​Still pretending you are sticking to your New Year's resolutions? Fine, just please don't tell us you gave up Nutella. To tide you over, we bring you the AA, or in polite company if you will, the "Get Up" Early Sho ... More >>

Baciami Brings Gelati and Crepes to Larchmont

B. Hansengelato at Baciami​ There's so much sidewalk dining on the west side of Larchmont Boulevard that you can scope out what to eat by eyeing plates as you walk by. Joining the crowd is Baciami, a crepe and gelato place that opened a couple of weeks ago. Gelati, in flavors such as cheeseca ... More >>

Sweet Butter Kitchen: Market, Café, Kitchen A Ludo-approved Croque Monsieur

A. ScattergoodSweet Butter Kitchen ​ For those of you who only head over to the San Fernando Valley when Ludo Lefebvre pops up on that side of the hill, there is another reason to actually go to Sherman Oaks. Open now for only six days, Sweet Butter Kitchen on Ventura Boulevard -- that's a fe ... More >>

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