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30-Minute Lunch: Rayhun Gourmet Sandwiches & Salads in Glendale

Place: Rayhun Gourmet Sandwiches & Salads in Glendale. Vibe: Rayhun Gourmet Sandwiches & Salads is in a convenient location, across the way from the Americana and rows of offices alongside Brand Blvd. There are no shortage of options with Porto's and Carousel within close walking distance; then ag ... More >>

Derek DelGaudio and Helder Guimarães Created the Most Popular Show at the Magic Castle in Years. But They're Not Finished

AltaMed's In Their Own Words II A Recipe for Pescado a la Veracruzana

What's your favorite Mexican restaurant? It just might be one of the 17 in AltaMed's new book, In Their Own Words II, by Sergio C. Muñoz. Rather than a restaurant guide, the book tells how Mexican cuisine flourished in and around Los Angeles in the words of the restaurant owners who made it happe ... More >>

6 Great Potluck Dishes for the Non-Cook to Bring to the Party

Depending on what kind of person you are, potlucks are a source of either great excitement or enormous dread. Excitement if you have your famous potato salad recipe to show off; dread if you don't have a famous anything at your ready. And yet you must bring something; after all, potlucks are like ... More >>

Food News Roundup: A Vegan's BBQ Solution, A $2 Cocktail in West Hollywood Radioactive Tuna

Eating L.A.: On the Altadena Farmer's Market. Gastronomy: A recipe for a whole wheat strawberry cake. The Associated Press: Radioactive bluefin arrives in Southern California. Consuming LA: The 7 best Cuban pastries at Porto's Bakery and Cafe. E*star LA: The best places to eat oysters in L.A.

L.A.'s Best Body Painters Explain Their Secrets

Plenty of people walk around Los Angeles in various states of undress, but not many know what it's like to show up somewhere clothed only in paint. Yet body painting is alive and well in our fair city, practiced by a handful of artists who varnish nude or nearly nude models for film, commercials and ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 12/26-12/30

Flickr/Lauren Manning​ In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "I am imagining six years as an ABD in Dumpling Science, and my fear smells a lot like goose noodle soup. Or is that what's simmering downstairs on the stove?" The World in Dumplings: Or, Not Livin ... More >>

The Dulce de Leche Kiss at Porto's Bakery

D. GonzalezNot your usual plate of Porto's: Dulce de Leche Kisses​There are always certain points a holiday parties. The point at which someone has had just enough to drink to say something catty about the person who just happens to be standing right behind them. Then there is the point of t ... More >>

85°C Bakery-Café Opens in Hacienda Heights

Jim ThurmanLine at grand opening of 85°C Bakery-Café, Hacienda Heights​ The number of international chains with outlets in Los Angeles County grew by one when 85°C Bakery-Café opened in Hacienda Heights on Saturday. The Taiwanese chain, with nearly 500 stores in Taiwan, China and Australia ... More >>

JUST DESSERTS

New No Age Songs Unveiled in Portugal

No Age (plus cake)​The Ashtape website (via Pitchfork) has uploaded Soundcloud versions of a short set of new No Age songs premiered in, of all places, Portugal: As we've told you before, No Age's recent stay in Portugal didn't go that well. First, they were beaten up in Lisbon and the day af ... More >>

Best of L.A.: Sandwiches

Best Day in the 'burbs

Going carless in Glendale and Montrose

The Breast of Times: Go Topless Protest Day

And other things to do in L.A., August 22-28

Beautiful Downtown Magnolia Park

Where to Eat Now

Pressed Success

Where to find the best Cuban sandwich

Nirvana Cubana

Claves, Cohibas and Che at Echo Park Lake

Where To Eat Now

Where to Eat Now: New to the List

Ask Mr. Gold

Splendor in the Grass

. . . and on the sand and in the canyons. The lost art of picnicking

Winter Restaurants 2002

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