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  • Blogs

    April 9, 2013

    Pork Contamination in IKEA's Moose Lasagna

    This past weekend Swedes woke up to news of a pork contamination in the moose lasagna previously sold at their local IKEA stores -- in addition to 18 other European countries. Reuters reported that a little over 17,000 packs of the frozen entrees were quietly pulled from shelves after they were foun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2013

    How Much Should I F***ing Tip?: The Internet Just Made Tipping Abroad Easy

    So there you are in Belarus, supping on beet soup and rye bread, getting all stinky on kvas. The bill comes and you reach for your wallet. To tip or not to tip, you wonder. You try to remember the advice dispensed in your uncreased copy of Lonely Planet: Belarus, but the details are pretty fuzzy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2013

    Horse Meat Found in IKEA Swedish Meatballs

    Across the Atlantic, the horse meat scandal continues to rock Europe -- and now it appears that IKEA's Swedish Köttbullar meatballs are the latest ready-made product found to contain horse meat. The Czech State Veterinary Administration alerted the public to traces of horse DNA found in meatballs p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2013

    Garrett McNamara Conquers Massive Wave In Portugal; Is It a Record Breaker? (VIDEO)

    Last year Garrett McNamara, a Hawaiian surfer who reportedly has a home in L.A., set the Guinness World record for biggest wave ever ridden after he was towed into a 78-foot face at Cortes Bank off the coast of San Diego. This week McNamara topped himself and gave biggest-wave bragging rights to .. ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    November 1, 2012

    AFI Fest 2012: Who Will Win the Oscar for Best Foreign-Language Film?

    Last year Garrett McNamara, a Hawaiian surfer who reportedly has a home in L.A., set the Guinness World record for biggest wave ever ridden after he was towed into a 78-foot face at Cortes Bank off the coast of San Diego. This week McNamara topped himself and gave biggest-wave bragging rights to .. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2012

    Biggest Wave Ever Surfed: Garrett McNamara Takes Crown From SoCal's Mike Parsons

    Up until this week the biggest wave ever surfed was right here in Southern California, believe it or not. While SoCal beaches don't exactly comprise a big-wave Mecca, sometimes the spot known as Cortes Bank, 105 miles from San Diego, produces monsters. San Clemente's Mike Parsons set the biggest-wa ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 10, 2012

    Missionary Position

    Up until this week the biggest wave ever surfed was right here in Southern California, believe it or not. While SoCal beaches don't exactly comprise a big-wave Mecca, sometimes the spot known as Cortes Bank, 105 miles from San Diego, produces monsters. San Clemente's Mike Parsons set the biggest-wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2012

    Fellowship!: the musical parody of Lord of the Rings Returns to the Steve Allen Theater, Plus the Latest New Theater Reviews

    Bryan Harnetiaux's new play, Holding On -- Letting Go is difficult to watch for the way it captures the realistic agonies of a wife slowly losing her husband to liver cancer. It is nonetheless a tender drama, well rendered under James Reynold's direction at the Fremont Centre Theatre in South Pasade ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    Lawrence of India: Lizardfish The Cuisine of Goa

    With the exception the Kerala-style dishes at Mayura, most of the Indian restaurants clustered along Culver City's Venice Boulevard focus on the same vegetarian-centric vaguely Southern Indian style of cooking. This is far from a bad thing -- can one ever have too many choices for jackfruit curry, p ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 3, 2012

    Confessions of a Mormon Boy (Part I in The Mormon Boy Trilogy)

    With the exception the Kerala-style dishes at Mayura, most of the Indian restaurants clustered along Culver City's Venice Boulevard focus on the same vegetarian-centric vaguely Southern Indian style of cooking. This is far from a bad thing -- can one ever have too many choices for jackfruit curry, p ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    April 12, 2012

    Rick Steves, Famed Travel Writer and Pot Advocate: 20 Questions

    "I'm a travel writer, and for me, high is a place"

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2012

    Top Ten Sexiest Album Covers We've Ever Seen

    See also: Top 20 Sexiest Male Musicians of All Time: The Complete List Sex and rock 'n' roll go together like insanity and reality TV. Many musicians' best work has been inspired by their desire to get laid. So, when they're looking to visually represent their work, naturally the physical act of lo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    9 Alternatives For Burning Man Lottery Losers

    John Halcyon Styn​So you couldn't get a ticket. Join the club. Burning Man has been a rich man's game for a while now, and since BMORG, the group behind it, can't seem to figure out any way to prevent scalpers (like by, say, printing your name on your ticket), prices will surely be jacked up e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    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 >>

  • Film+TV

    December 22, 2011

    L.A. Weekly Critic J. Hoberman's Top 10 Movies of 2011

    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

    December 19, 2011

    11 New Restaurants for New Year's Eve

    Anne FishbeinPicca​On New Year's Eve, restaurants celebrate with live bands, festive décor, theme dinners, exceptional ingredients, multi-course meals, tasting menus and endless glasses of bubbly. How to choose the best spot? We've selected 11 restaurants that opened in 2011 to represent a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2011

    Best Wine Book Of The Year: The Food Lover's Guide To Wine

    Not because Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg co-authored it, though that would be reason enough. But because their latest book is good. Very good. And it's organized like their books Culinary Artistry and What to Drink with What You Eat -- classics for every thoughtful cookbook shelf. Like those ... More >>

  • Music

    September 8, 2011

    G-Funk All-Star Kurupt Sails Uncharted Rap Waters

    Not because Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg co-authored it, though that would be reason enough. But because their latest book is good. Very good. And it's organized like their books Culinary Artistry and What to Drink with What You Eat -- classics for every thoughtful cookbook shelf. Like those ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Last Night: Second Glass Wine Riot at Santa Monica Place

    ​ They came with their propaganda and their party fever. They welcomed everyone, invited the masses into the cavernous space where they assembled at Santa Monica Place mall, jamming to the driving beats of DJ Andie Cassette. And they poured wine. Lots of wine. Wine from all over the world. Sec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2011

    DJs, Sips and Apps: Second Glass Brings Wine Riot to L.A.

    ​ Who said wine tasting had to be full of stuffed shirts? Add a few DJs, a photo booth, and snacks from L.A.'s cool food trucks, and you've got Second Glass's Wine Riot, wine tasting for the iPhone generation. And, yes, there's an app for it, too. "The average wine event was in a stale borin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2010

    Barokes Canned Wine: Yep, Wine in a Can

    Wineinacan.comBaroke's Canned Wine​ A few weeks ago we shared Britain's single-serve wine glasses. While you still can't get them in California, another single-serve wine product is hot on its heels and as it turns out, actually winning awards at seriously legitimate International wine competi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2010

    Is Your Olive Oil Really Extra Virgin? U.S. Called a "Dumping Ground for Cheap Olive Oil"

    Flickr/Kevan"Extra virgin" olive oil may contain safflower, canola or peanut oil--and there's nothing you can do about it.​BP isn't the only disreputable oil company in the United States. Apparently there are no rules regulating olive oil here. Which means that purveyors can sell consumers any ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2010

    Pound of Flesh: Jamon Ibérico de Bellota

    Ben CalderwoodSlivers of Jamon Ibérico glisten​ Consider for a moment the casual brutality of the jamonera, little more than a wooden plank and a upright clamp in which to mount a leg of ham. The shank end is secured to the clamp via a spike or bolts, making it easy to shave the gelatinous fl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2010

    Silver Lake's Territory BBQ Closes, Record Store Next

    ​Call the number listed for Silver Lake's Territory BBQ Records and all you'll get is a telling, "We're sorry. You have reached a number that has been disconnected..." Yeah, we're sorry too. West Coast Sound was excited when the perfect-on-paper double-sided dream opened up last year at the ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    November 5, 2009

    AFI FEST 2009: Final Weekend

    Festival moves to Santa Monica, premieres more films; our critics weigh in

  • Film+TV

    May 21, 2009

    Movie Reviews: Dance Flick, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Easy Virtue

    Also, The Boys: The Sherman Brothers Story, Fados and more

  • Film+TV

    May 21, 2009

    Dreaming in Film: At Cannes and Its Renegade Festivals

    Where the best movies aren't necessarily the ones in the competition

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2009

    Coachella Day 1: Buraka Som Sistema and Conor Oberst

    Timothy NorrisBuraka Som Sistema Buraka Som Sistema Gobi, 5:35 5:50 - 6:20   A sizeable crowd has gathered for Buraka Som Sistema in the Gobi tent, but the music hasn't started. Several men are running around the stage, chasing cables, jiggling things, playing music, stopping and starting again. ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 19, 2009

    Missionary Position

    Timothy NorrisBuraka Som Sistema Buraka Som Sistema Gobi, 5:35 5:50 - 6:20   A sizeable crowd has gathered for Buraka Som Sistema in the Gobi tent, but the music hasn't started. Several men are running around the stage, chasing cables, jiggling things, playing music, stopping and starting again. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2009

    Run Naomi Run

    For the next 10 days, I'll be posting regularly from the Berlin International Film Festival (a.k.a. the Berlinale), generally considered to be the second largest festival in Europe (after Cannes) and, at 59, one of the oldest. This year, the Berlinale's international competition will feature the wor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2009

    Berlin Film Festival: Run Naomi Run

    For the next 10 days, I'll be posting regularly from the Berlin International Film Festival (a.k.a. the Berlinale), generally considered to be the second largest festival in Europe (after Cannes) and, at 59, one of the oldest. This year, the Berlinale's international competition will feature the wo ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    May 22, 2008

    Shots in the Dark at Cannes 2008

    Reflecting its moment, the festival takes a decidedly serious tone

  • Film+TV

    April 24, 2008

    UCLA's Manoel de Oliveira Retrospective Enters Final Week

    99-year-old Portuguese director translates the mystery

  • Film+TV

    April 3, 2008

    Manoel de Oliveira: Man of the Century

    Portuguese director, 99, lives long and prospers

  • Film+TV

    March 27, 2008

    Manoel de Oliveira: A Man for All Seasons

    As he prepares to celebrate his centenary, nothing can stop the Portuguese director

  • Film+TV

    October 18, 2007

    The Films That Got Away

    As he prepares to celebrate his centenary, nothing can stop the Portuguese director

  • Stage

    August 2, 2007

    Hail, Farewell

    As he prepares to celebrate his centenary, nothing can stop the Portuguese director

  • Calendar

    July 13, 2006

    Music Picks

    For the week of July 13 - 20

  • Art+Books

    July 13, 2006

    Alvaro Siza

    For the week of July 13 - 20

  • Film+TV

    July 6, 2006

    The TiVo Hog

    For the week of July 13 - 20

  • Columns

    June 22, 2006

    Iran Loses Game, Keeps Hair

    For the week of July 13 - 20

  • Art+Books

    June 22, 2006

    Village Muse

    Monica Ali on her new novel, Alentejo Blue

  • LA Life

    October 9, 2003

    Tat’s Incredible

    Monica Ali on her new novel, Alentejo Blue

  • Film+TV

    June 27, 2002

    American Fútbol!

    The Weird Cup, week 3

  • Film+TV

    June 20, 2002

    Extreme Games

    This is shaping up to be the strangest, most exciting, least predictable World Cup in decades

  • Film+TV

    June 13, 2002

    Games Without Frontiers

    The World Cup, week one

  • News

    June 6, 2002

    Patriot Games

    The World Cup, week one

  • Art+Books

    November 1, 2001

    The Elements

    Terra firma at the Museum of Latin American Art, amusements and an old master at the Norton Simon

  • Stage

    March 23, 2000

    Boys 'R' Us

    Terra firma at the Museum of Latin American Art, amusements and an old master at the Norton Simon

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