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How Can Entertainment Attract Eyeballs While Making the World Better?

I was a little nervous about attending USC and UCLA's joint annual Transmedia Hollywood Conference, whose focus this year was on how social media and storytelling are changing the face of digital marketing and philanthropy. Sure, I'm interested in web entertainment, but am I eight-hours-of-panels in ... More >>

Le Grand Fooding Crush: From Paris to Los Angeles

There is a fine distinction between gourmet and gourmand in French, according to Anna Polonsky, the U.S. Associate Director of Le Fooding. "The whole idea of Le Fooding is to speak with people who like food but are not necessarily foodies. Gourmet is more foodie in a geeky way, whereas gourmand is j ... More >>

L.A. Weekly's April Fools Day Issue 2013

If you visited our website yesterday, you probably saw a few stories that didn't seem so believable. If you'd like to re-live our second annual April Fools' Day experience, click on the image above to see it larger. Here are links to the stories:

MOCA to Merge With Pinterest

Beset by financial troubles and a series of staff departures, the Museum of Contemporary Art has announced a surprise move: It will merge with the social networking site Pinterest. Effective today, MOCA is closing its brick and mortar locations, including its Grand Avenue headquarters, Geffen Conte ... More >>

Cookbook Review: Nigellissima, The (British) "Italian" Celebrity Chef Nigella Lawson's "Tiramisini" Recipe

British celebrity chef Nigella Lawson's latest cookbook, Nigellissima, focuses on Easy, Italian-Inspired Recipes per the subtitle and BBC series by the same name. Nigellissima promises to be, in essence, the "shortcut sausage meatballs" to modern Italian domestic bliss. How to be a Domestic Goddess, ... More >>

Eva Restaurant Rallies for Help to Solve Parking Debacle

In an unique move, and in light of recent parking related issues, Mark Gold, chef/owner of Eva restaurant, made a plea via his newsletter and Facebook fan page, asking friends of the restaurant to help them raise money towards appealing to the city for a variance on their parking situation. The vari ... More >>

6 Great Food Museums: Food as Art, Or Not

Last week, the Carpigiani Gelato Museum opened in Anzola dell'Emilia, Italy, just outside Bologna; the first in the world, it says, to "delve into the history, culture, and technology of artisan gelato." Inside, you'll learn about the history of the frozen treat, from an 11th century recipe for pom ... More >>

HipSwap, Craigslist for Rich L.A. Hipsters, Will Deliver Your Used Louboutins in Pink Van With Mustache

No, that is not the tour bus for Echo Park's new ironic K-pop girl band. Somehow, it's even more perfect than that. The pink van driving around L.A. with the groovy font and the mustache -- as of this morning! -- is actually a delivery vehicle for HipSwap, the Santa Monica-based online marketplace ... More >>

Five Cheap Ways You Can Support Your Favorite Artists

Art shouldn't be intimidating, but when you walk into a gallery and note that even the low priced items are several hundreds of dollars, it can be. But fear not, art lovers. There are plenty of ways you can support the artists whose work you've reblogged on Tumblr or pinned to Pinterest even when ... More >>

Invasion of the Beauty Bloggers

Erika Brechtel's kid is only 3 years old, but she knows the perils of being raised by a fashion blogger. "Mom, put your iPad down," she'll say. Or rather, scream: "Mom! Put! Your! iPad! Down!" Brechtel, 38, is a mom, homeowner and full-time graphic designer married to "a workaholic architect husban ... More >>

LA Weekly Nominated for Over 20 National, Regional Journalism Awards: Read the Stories That Got Us Here

It's award season again for America's journalists, and LA Weekly is racking up the noms like a fat chick on Pinterest. On a national scale, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia just released its list of finalists for the annual AltWeeklies Awards, the most coveted alt-plaques around. At that Ju ... More >>

A Primer of Dining Venue Terms, From Secret Supper Club to Pop-up Restaurant

A restaurant is a place where people pay to eat meals. That applies to all the variations: café, bistro, diner, pizza parlor, gastropubs, etc. We all know what we're getting when we go to one of those versus another. But what about all the off-the-grid dining establishments? What can you expect w ... More >>

Lighten Up Your Funeral With a Bacon Casket

The overzealous kitchen tinkerers at J&D's who brought us Bacon Salt and whimsical bacon-flavored envelopes have taken their obsession one step further. While you're not going to die of clogged arteries from any of their products since they are Kosher and (though we can't vouch for their tacky fact ... More >>

Pinterest Porn? 'Snatchly' is Adult Version of Virtual Pinboard

Pinterest is the "virtual pinboard" site that lets you post photos and arrange them around a theme, like inspiration for home redecoration. It has, apparently, been wildly successful, particularly among women who seem to use it the same way you might tear pages from a magazine and pin them on a cor ... More >>

8 Things on Pinterest That Annoy the Crap Out of Me

See our previous story, "Pinterest Makes Me Feel Like I'm Bad at Being a Woman" Pinterest -- the latest social media craze sweeping our laptop screens -- can be many things to many people. As a virtual vision board on which you can bookmark little internet finds that strike your fancy, it's your ca ... More >>

2012 Grilled Cheese Invitational: Registration Open Now

Has any sober person ever pondered why grilled cheese sandwiches are called that, when they aren't typically made on a grill? They're griddled. It's a griddled cheese sandwich. Griddled, grilled, baked or battered and deep fried, they're still utterly delicious and the focus of the 10th Annual Gr ... 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 >>

5 Places to Eat When Your Parents Are Treating

It's not a special occasion, your parents just miss you and want to treat you to a good dinner and catch up. Awww. That's the best -- and if your budget is stretched thin and theirs isn't, all the better. The only issue is that their criteria for dining out is completely different from your own. The ... More >>

Ze Frank, Online Video Pioneer, Is Back With a $146K Kickstarter Campaign. But What Is His New Show All About?

Ze Frank sometimes makes you feel a little stupid. But it's not on purpose -- he's pretty brilliant. In case you've forgotten, Mr. Frank was the occasionally singing, speed-talking, non-blinking (he edited out his blinks) online genius from the The Show, an early exercise in interactive internet vid ... More >>

Is Sugar Toxic? Research Says Yes

We hope everyone knows by now that sugar is bad for you. But just how bad? Is it merely empty calories we have to spend an extra hour at the gym to sweat off? Apparently, no. A research team from the University of California, San Francisco says it's so bad it should listed as a toxic substance. W ... More >>

The Truth About Trutanich

Pinterest Makes Me Feel Like I'm Bad at Being a Woman

This is Pinterest​Pinterest, much like the little black dress or the Birkin bag (depending on your tax bracket), has suddenly become the new must-have for women. It's the latest social media craze -- and it's blowing Google out of the water, despite, or perhaps because of, what some media ... More >>

5 Great Foods of Great Britain: Spotted Dick More Hilarity

Jodi Louie, via Flickr​The United Kingdom has such a confusing culinary reputation. At once birthplace to a few of the world's blandest dishes, and yet, the same place that brought us Gordon Ramsay and some of the most hilariously named foods imaginable. It's those foods that we honor today: ... More >>

Jonathan Gold Reviews Baco Mercat

Your Counter Intelligence Preview: In Which Mr. Gold Considers Baco Mercat

This week, Jonathan Gold visits Josef Centeno's Bäco Mercat, the chef's recently opened bäco palace in downtown L.A. The ideal customer would be someone who knows what salbitxada is, but also doesn't get upset if she accidentally splashes a little on her shirt. If Bäco Mercat were any more of t ... More >>