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April 29, 2013
Meatless Mondays: Susan Feniger A Burmese Gin Thoke Melon Salad Recipe
A three-week trip to an ashram in the Indian town of Ahmednagar in 1981 shifted Susan Feniger's (Street, Top Chef Masters, etc.) aesthetic and approach as a chef. Before then, her professional purview was almost exclusively located within traditional French restaurants on the East coast to the West, ... More >>
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March 29, 2013
Cookbook of the Week: Vegetable Literacy Deborah Madison's Chive Saffron Crepes Recipe
Today's cookbook market is flooded with vegetable-focused books from every vegan, sustainable and backyard-grown perspective. But when Deborah Madison promises Vegetable Literacy, we listen. We weren't disappointed. As with Madison's other cookbooks, Vegetable Literacy is an incredibly fresh persp ... More >>
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March 29, 2013
A Recipe From the Chef: Beachwood Cafe's Chai-Ginger Hot Cross Buns
If, like any good Episcopalian, you feel that you should enjoy hot cross buns but, like many of us, you nonetheless loathe the yeasty rolls with their bitter bits of candied citrus peel, chef Minh Phan of Hollywood's Beachwood Cafe may have a solution for you. She replaces the citrus bits (currants ... More >>
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March 25, 2013
Meatless Mondays: BLD Chef Lewis Chan A Vegan Pâté Recipe
A vegan pate, or any charcuterie not reliant on meat either faux or real for that matter, is not commonly found as a regular menu item at restaurants Los Angeles. It may be why the smoked mushroom vegan pâté at BLD on Beverly Boulevard was met with wariness at first. "Initially, when we first la ... More >>
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March 19, 2013
DIY Porchetta: How to Make Your Own Porchetta Feast Recipes From Barbrix Chef Don Dickman
Porchetta, as we recently discovered, is having its moment in Los Angeles. Or maybe it's having another moment, as the glorious Italian ode to pig is hardly a recent discovery. The roasted pork dish had been gracing Italian menus, Italian food trucks and rustic Italian kitchens for a long time befor ... More >>
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March 13, 2013
Happy National Pi Day: Talent Show, Pie-Eating Contest A Recipe for Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
Still dreaming of those idyllic high school days of talent shows, math problems and after-school slices of pie? Yeah, we're not either, but this Thursday night at Machine Project, you can have your strawberry rhubarb pie and eat it too -- at the first-ever American Pi-dol talent show and pie-eating ... More >>
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February 1, 2013
Former S. Pasadena Kid (and Little Bro) Wins Today Show Chicken Wing Challenge Recipe
Malcolm Bedell, a food blogger from Rockland, Maine, was the big winner in the Today show's first Super Bowl chicken wing cookoff today, with his Apricot-Shellacked Ghost Chile Wings. Why, exactly, is this so unspeakably thrilling? Because he is my little brother! I never would have imagined, when ... More >>
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January 15, 2013
The Benefits of Broccoli A Classic Recipe From Mollie Katzen
Broccoli doesn't bring to mind romance, adventure or fun. But maybe it should. The latest Berkeley Wellness Letter reminds us of the ways this vegetable might help us stick around longer, to enjoy all of life's good stuff. Part of the Brassicaceae family, broccoli is a powerhouse of nutrients and a ... More >>
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January 4, 2013
What's In Season at the Farmers Market: Stinging Nettles A Recipe For Nettle Pancakes
Let's forgive the Stinging Nettle -- an herbaceous weed currently popping up all over Southern California following our December rains -- for evolving those highly annoying tiny little hypodermic needles that give it its name. The poor plant has been unceremoniously ripped out of the ground for tho ... More >>
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December 20, 2012
Copenhagen Pastry: Marzipan Pigs A Recipe for Danish Rice Pudding
There are many reasons to stop by Copenhagen Pastry, the bakery and retail shop in Culver City owned and operated by Danish native and longtime Angeleno Karen Hansen. The dark, seed-covered loaves of rye bread. The little bags of holiday sugar cookies. The LAMill coffee. The trays of freshly baked f ... More >>
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December 18, 2012
Chefs Cook At Home, The Holiday Edition: Tar and Roses' Andrew Kirschner A Recipe For Apple Chutney
This week and next, we'll be featuring the holiday food traditions of L.A. chefs. Today, Tar and Roses' Andrew Kirschner tells us about his Hannukah and Thanksgiving traditions. "Being that I am Jewish, I lean to towards Hannukah inspired treats. This year, I made some killer horseradish and leek l ... More >>
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December 14, 2012
Chefs Cook At Home, The Holiday Edition: Sotto's Zach Pollack A Recipe For Brisket
This week and next, we'll be featuring the holiday food traditions of L.A. chefs. Today, Sotto's Zach Pollack tells us about his relationship with brisket. "Growing up a reformed Jew in West Los Angeles, I developed a relationship with brisket around the same time that I developed a relationship wi ... More >>
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December 7, 2012
Bake This Now: 3 Must-Have Holiday Cookie Recipes
Take a look at the calendar. It's time to do some major baking. Hanukkah beings Saturday; after next weekend, you'll be down to the Christmas shipping wire. And for those of us who simply use the season as a joyful excuse to eat more cookies, we'll be more than happy to take some of those Röckenwag ... More >>
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December 3, 2012
3 Latke Recipes From Joan Nathan for Hanukkah
Most Jewish holidays are associated with special foods. Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is no exception. Taking center stage during the eight-day celebration, which starts this Saturday evening, are latkes, which is the Yiddish word for pancakes. The holiday commemorates religious ... More >>
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November 12, 2012
Martha Stewart's Cooking School: Episode 6, Rice
See also: The Martha Stewart Cooking School archives. Rice can be an unsung hero at times -- taken for granted, treated as merely a bed on which to lay more interesting food, or as filler, say, in a burrito. It's an everyday item, thus we often forget to appreciate the many roles it can play in our ... More >>
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November 5, 2012
Cookbook Of The Week: New Classic Family Dinners Campanile's Clams Casino Recipe
Cooking is often about remembering -- actively, looking forward and without regret. You might be inspired by a family member, an incredible vacation, a certain farmer's produce or a neighborhood restaurant dish that you loved. A dish, perhaps, in New Classic Family Dinners by Mark Peel. This isn't ... More >>
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October 29, 2012
Martha Stewart's Cooking School: Episode 4, Stocks
Squid Ink is going back to basics with Martha Stewart's Cooking School, airing every weekend through the end of the year on PBS. Join us. See also: Martha Stewart's Cooking School: Episode 1, Eggs See also: Martha Stewart's Cooking School: Episode 2, Sauces See also: Martha Stewart's Cooking School ... More >>
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October 26, 2012
The End of Cookbooks? Consider The Epicurious Cookbook A Do-Ahead Thanksgiving Recipe For Sweet Potato Salad
In the online recipe empire, Epicurious is the culinary equivalent of Alexander the Great, an online conqueror of our weeknight stockpots in unprecedented proportions. A press release for the just-released The Epicurious Cookbook even dubs the entity a "digital food brand," not merely a website, wi ... More >>
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October 22, 2012
Martha Stewart's Cooking School: Episode 3, Vegetables
Squid Ink is going back to basics with Martha Stewart's Cooking School, airing every weekend through the end of the year on PBS. Join us. See also: Martha Stewart's Cooking School: Episode 1, Eggs See also: Martha Stewart's Cooking School: Episode 2, Sauces It seems a difficult undertaking to show ... More >>
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October 15, 2012
Martha Stewart's Cooking School: Episode 2, Sauces
Squid Ink is going back to basics with Martha Stewart's Cooking School, airing every weekend through the end of the year on PBS. Join us. See also: Martha Stewart's Cooking School: Episode 1, Eggs Martha Stewart believes in studying the classics, she says, as images of Einstein, Shakespeare and Ab ... More >>
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October 8, 2012
Martha Stewart's Cooking School: Episode 1, Eggs
Squid Ink is going back to basics with Martha Stewart's Cooking School, airing every weekend through the end of the year on PBS. Join us! It seems fitting for Martha Stewart to kick off her latest series, Martha Stewart's Cooking School, with eggs, since it's the way many of us begin our days. We a ... More >>
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September 14, 2012
Sweet Arleen's Bakery: Heirloom Tomato Bread Pudding A Recipe
All good things must come to an end -- in this case, tomato growing season in Southern California. But before we head into fall, you can have one last summer fling, with Sweet Arleen's heirloom tomato bread pudding. Cheesy and toasty on top, dense and rich inside, with bursts of home-grown heirloom ... More >>
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September 11, 2012
Yom Kippur Break-the-Fast Tips From Leah Schapira A Leek & Sweet Potato Quiche Recipe
With Labor Day a distant memory, it's time to think ahead. We don't want to stress you out, but if you're hosting a Yom Kippur break-the-fast, it's time to start planning. (This year, break-the-fast is the evening of Sept. 26.) A break-the-fast gathering can be especially challenging to put togethe ... More >>
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August 16, 2012
A Recipe For Sardine-Stuffed Piquillo Peppers with Lemony Greens and Whole-Wheat Croutons
While the weather might be cooling off a little, it's still too hot to ignite the oven, stove and maybe even the barbecue. But it's never too warm for a nice meal. Especially when it's served with a cold beer. The trick is to make a satisfying, colorful and appetizing dish without cranking the heat, ... More >>
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August 13, 2012
Cake Pops: Popularity Persists A Snickerdoodle Cake Pop Recipe From Surprise Surprise Bake Shop
At a recent fancy event, when the dessert table was unveiled, we were startled by how many adults elbowed past children to get to the cake pops display. (Hey, that little kid was going for the last red velvet one! We couldn't let that happen.) This got us thinking about how cake pops seem to be eve ... More >>
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August 6, 2012
Tips for Better Meringues From Shirley Corriher A Blueberry Lemon Meringue Pie Recipe From Cutie Pie That!
On paper, meringues look like the easiest thing to create, basically just egg whites and sugar. But looks can be deceptive. While the goal is a melt-in-your-mouth crispy texture, often the disappointing result is a sticky puddle of goo. Determined to find out what we're doing wrong, we turned to re ... More >>
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July 18, 2012
Cookbook Review: The Truck Food Cookbook An Oatmeal Cookie Recipe
John T. Edge is not the young, Hipstamatic-driven author we expected would write The Truck Food Cookbook, more so as there are already several food truck-related cookbooks out there. But short of perhaps Jane and Michael Stern, Edge is exactly the sort of old school journalist we'd hoped would explo ... More >>
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July 17, 2012
Robert Danhi's Easy Thai Cooking A Recipe for Grilled Lemongrass Chicken
Feel like eating Thai food? Then cook it yourself -- which isn't as hard as it sounds, because there's a book to help. It's Easy Thai Cooking, by Robert Danhi (Tuttle: $16.95). Danhi knows the kind of Thai food you like, because he lives here and has eaten his way through Hollywood's Thai Town as w ... More >>
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June 20, 2012
LudoBites, The Cookbook: Pre-Order Now A Recipe For Ludo's Foie Gras Miso Soup
For all of you who constantly check Los Angeles chef Ludo Lefebvre's Twitter feed and LudoBites website for updates on his latest pop-up, who surf the Sundance Channel and drive by Gram & Papa's to check for rooster paraphernalia, who DM the chef and his wife offers of babysitting, soon you can thum ... More >>
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June 1, 2012
Game of Thrones Official Cookbook Debuts A Recipe for Medieval Applecakes
This Sunday marks the finale of the second season of Game of Thrones, in which fans will finally find out if Daenerys gets her dragons back from the weirdo magician dude(s) and whether Jon Snow does, in fact, know anything. If you're planning to lay out an epic feast worthy of a Valyerian prince an ... More >>
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May 23, 2012
Cookbook Review: Grow, Cook, Eat, For Gardening Kitchen Tips A Recipe For Roasted Beets With Citrus Vinaigrette
Grow, Cook, Eat by Willi Galloway is a handy little book, despite the entertainingly transparent subtitle: A Food Lover's Guide to Vegetable Gardening including 50 recipes, plus Harvesting and Storage Tips. If you are spending your Saturday tending to your vegetable garden rather than pruning roses, ... More >>
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May 15, 2012
Norwegian Cakes and Cookies: Sverre Saetre's Norwegian Pastry Book A Recipe for Wreath Cake Tart
Scandinavian cuisine is newly hip, thanks to René Redzepi and Noma in Denmark. Now Norway is getting into the act with something that just might steal Redzepi's show: glorious, buttery pastries and rich, creamy desserts. The contender is Norway's star pastry chef Sverre Saetre, whose book on moder ... More >>
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April 6, 2012
A Last Minute Easter Recipe: Nigel Slater's Lamb Tagine With Apricots
It's the Friday before Easter weekend (Really?) and you (we) have no idea what to cook on Sunday (oops). Lucky us, Nigel Slater's new book Ripe: A Cook in the Orchard, which hits stands next week, has just shown up at our doorstep. We're considering the book's arrival a premonition. We should real ... More >>
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March 30, 2012
Weekend Baking: The Pie it Forward Cookbook A Chocolate Stout Pie Recipe
Those summer berry and fall holiday pies may get all of the seasonal baking attention, but spring really is the ideal time to Pie it Forward, isn't it? There are those rainy weekends best left to indoor dough rolling, the partly cloudy ones that aren't quite ready for berry picking outings, and thos ... More >>
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March 16, 2012
Guinness and Ice Cream for St. Patrick's Day: A Recipe for Stout Float
I don't know if a stout float is an Irish dessert but it doesn't really matter, as Saint Patrick's Day celebrations aren't really Irish anyway. A beer float can be awesome, and when done right, it's the perfect creamy-sweet refresher after the traditional American-Irish, salty dinner of corned beef ... More >>
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March 2, 2012
Happy Birthday Dr. Suess: Green Egg Cookies for Larchmont Elementary Recipe
Dr. Suess spent a lifetime weaving cunningly benign rhymes for children about the environment, the dangers of isolationism and materialism, racial equality and the arms race. But ask a kid (or most adults for that matter) what they remember most about Suess and they're likely to zero in on the food ... More >>
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February 22, 2012
Happy Margarita Day: Sticky Finger's Sweets Vegan Strawberry Margarita Cake Recipe
flickr user aliciagriffinSticky Fingers' Vegan Margarita CupcakesDepending on your willpower perspective, it's either the first day of Lent or national Margarita Day. Or who knows, it could be both if you make the vegan strawberry margarita cake -- or sure, Happy Hour cupcakes -- from the new ... More >>
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February 8, 2012
Cookbook(s) Of The Week: The World In A Skillet & The Lodge Cast Iron Cookbook A Recipe For "Hot & Numbing Rabbit"
amazonOn first read, we didn't believe it ourselves when we decided to include a hybrid cookbook/anthology from an academic publisher, The World in a Skillet, and what boils down to a promotional cookbook from a cast-iron skillet maker, The Lodge Cast Iron Cookbook, in the same post. But give ... More >>
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January 5, 2012
More with Survivor Coach Benjamin Wade His Peshawr Beef Recipe
Not having a decent meal for almost 100 days as a Survivor contestant, Benjamin "Coach" Wade can't help but fixate on food now. We certainly don't blame him, it's our favorite topic. While chatting all-things-edible with us, he strayed from talking Survivor and shared his list of top five L.A. res ... More >>
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December 15, 2011
The Unofficial Hunger Games Cookbook's Recipe for Freshly Snared Barbecued Rabbit How To Snare A Rabbit
When we talked to author Emily Ansara Baines about her recently published book The Unofficial Hunger Games Cookbook, we asked her about the joys of sourcing squirrel in Los Angeles and about cooking -- and eating -- muskrat. (She suggests substituting chicken for squirrel, unless you're reall ... More >>
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December 7, 2011
A Recipe: Joan Nathan's Moroccan Chicken with Olives and Preserved Lemons
Katie StoopsJoan Nathan's Moroccan chicken with olivesIf you're planning to head to Joan Nathan's talk at the Central Library this Saturday, you could do worse than spend the days prior to the event cooking. Specifically, cooking one of the dishes from Nathan's book Quiches, Kugels, and Cousc ... More >>
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November 29, 2011
Perfect Pies: The Best Sweet and Savory Recipes From America's Pie-Baking Champion A Chocolate-Pecan-Bourbon Pie Recipe
Just in time for holiday baking, pie-maker Michele Stuart offers Perfect Pies: The Best Sweet and Savory Recipes From America's Pie-Baking Champion (Ballantine Books, $25). Stuart opened the first Michele's Pies in Norwalk, Conn. in December 2007. Since then, she has won 26 National Pie Championship ... More >>
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November 28, 2011
Ahn-Joo: Debbie Lee's Korean Pub Food Restaurant, Her Cookbook a Recipe for Chicken Meatballs
AmazonAhn-joo is the Korean word for pub food. It's what Debbie Lee serves at her newly opened Ahn-Joo, a Korean snack bar in the Americana mall in Glendale. No liquor there, but Lee frequents Koreantown pubs so she knows the dishes well. And she adds her own spin to come up with a modern tak ... More >>
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November 23, 2011
An Ode to Dorie Greenspan's Pumpkin Stuffed With Everything Good
Pumpkin Stuffed With Everything Good, from Dorie Greenspan's Around My French Table, is like a soft, fluffy cheese strata with bacon baked inside a pumpkin. It's one of those meals where you don't engage in a lot of analytical conversation, like, "Wow, the fresh nutmeg in the cream really complement ... More >>
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November 11, 2011
Italy Cooks: Judy Zeidler's New Cookbook A Recipe for Bruschetta with Beans and Spinach
B. HansenJudy Zeidler and booksWestsider Judy Zeidler has written what seems like a zillion cookbooks, but she's found a new angle for her latest, Italy Cooks (Mostarda Press, $32.95). It's a personal travelogue as well as a collection of recipes. For decades, Zeidler and her husband Marvin ... More >>
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October 28, 2011
New Cookbook: Easy Chinese Recipes, Including Some from L.A., a Recipe for Pork Dumpling Soup
Courtesy of Tuttle Publishing."Easy Chinese Recipes" (left) & shrimp & yellow chive dumplings (right).You'll find a couple of local dishes in Bee Yinn Low's Easy Chinese Recipes (Tuttle Publishing, $24.95). This is because Low lives in Irvine and eats Chinese food all over California as well ... More >>
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October 12, 2011
The Dead Celebrity Cookbook: Frank DeCaro Goes from The Daily Show to Peter Falk's Pork Chops A Recipe
Sure, there are plenty of cookbooks out there written by chefs or celebrity chefs or home cooks or people who somehow cook things for a living. But who needs kitchen experience to write a cookbook when you've been the movie critic on The Daily Show. Which is what Frank DeCaro, author of The D ... More >>
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October 12, 2011
Finally, An A.O.C. Cookbook, A Preview Curried Cauliflower Recipe Suzanne Goin & David Lentz's Cooking Channel Debut
Eatocracy.cnn.comSuzanne GoinIf you are a devout Sunday Supper at Lucques fan (the printed version), you have probably wondered, as most of us have, when that A.O.C. Winebar cookbook follow-up is going to finally going to happen? Impossible as it is to believe, Goin's first cookbook was print ... More >>
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October 11, 2011
Tandoori Masala: The Rub King of the Spice Jungle A Recipe
Sudha Koul Tandoori masalaIn India, people always go out for Tandoori; now hardly anyone owns a tandoor, the North Indian clay oven after which the cuisine is named. Even when they did back in the day, it was more for baking quotidian nans and other mouthwatering breads, than for roasting the ... More >>
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October 7, 2011
Katherine Tidy's Very Yellow Lemon Meringue Pie: A Recipe
In our conversation with Katherine Tidy, the food stylist on BBC Film's coming-of-age food comedy Toast, we spoke of a lemon meringue pie that presented Tidy with one of her biggest challenges on the shoot. "It was pivotal," says Tidy, "so I did lots of samples of it and took pictures of it and e-ma ... More >>
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