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Meatless Mondays: Sotto Chefs Zach Pollack and Steve Samson A Chickpea Panelle Recipe

The sensibility of Zach Pollack and Steve Samson's Pico-Robertson restaurant Sotto is clearly laid out on their menu. Take the appetizer of chickpea panelle, a traditional Sicilian street food, that's been available at the southern Italian restaurant since it was opened in 2011. "They're basically ... More >>

Ask Willie D: I'm a Pastor Who Cheated, and My Wife Will Kill Me. Help!

Editor's note: Rap pioneer and Get Boys member Willie D answers reader questions for our sister paper, Houston Press. Something on your mind? Ask Willie D! Dear Willie D: My boyfriend behaves like he grew up in the sticks. Well, actually he did. He's from Pensacola, Florida, but he doesn't have to ... More >>

Electric Car Racing Coming To L.A. Streets?

The city of Los Angeles hasn't seen big-league, sanctioned auto racing in years as far as we know (and if anyone out there knows the history here feel free to comment below or email the author). But L.A. is scheduled to host the world's newest race, called Formula E. It's the brainchild of FIA, the ... More >>

UPDATE: Brett Shaad, West Hollywood Lawyer, Brain Dead after Contracting Meningitis

Update: Shaad family releases a statement about the tragedy, after the jump. Shock. That's what a lot of people in West Hollywood were feeling after hearing the news that Brett Shaad, a gay man and lawyer in his early 30s, was announced brain dead after contracting bacterial meningitis. As of Frid ... More >>

The Medieval Origins of April Fools' Day, Explained

Hollywood writer David Misch wanted to investigate the true nature of humor -- or, as he puts it, the "history, mythology, anthropology, psychology, philosophy, biology, neuroscience and theology of humor" -- so he went about crafting the new tome Funny: The Book -- Everything You Always Wanted to K ... More >>

Spring Breakers Review: Godard Meets Girls Gone Wild

Research Says Convenience Food Isn't all That Convenient for Families

Convenience food doesn't quite live up to its promise of speed when it's used in the making of family dinners, says a study on the eating habits of middle-class families in Los Angeles. Nor does it necessarily help with each family's long-term nutritional goals.

Porchetta Hits L.A.: The Mysteries of Pigsburgh

Porchetta is the thing to eat right now -- but deep roots belie its current trendiness

Best L.A. Novel Ever: Joseph Mattson's Empty the Sun vs. Carolyn See's Golden Days , Round 1

L.A. Weekly is determining the best L.A. novel ever by holding a tournament featuring 32 of our favorites in head-to-head matchups, until there's only one novel standing. For further reading: *Best L.A. Novel Ever: The Tournament Brackets *Best L.A. Novel Ever: More Matchups Any true rambler knows ... More >>

How Did Caravaggio Influence Movies?

A LACMA film series asks the question

Best L.A. Novel Ever: T. C. Boyle's The Tortilla Curtain vs. Hector Tobar's The Tattooed Soldier, Round 1

L.A. Weekly is determining the best L.A. novel ever by holding a tournament featuring 32 of our favorites in head-to-head matchups, until there's only one novel standing. For further reading: *Best L.A. Novel Ever: The Tournament Brackets *Best L.A. Novel Ever: More Matchups Set in Topanga Canyon ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain's Top 10 No Reservations Episodes

Today on his blog, Anthony Bourdain pens a long and thoughtful piece about his 10 favorite episodes of No Reservations as the show's run comes to an end. Bourdain will be leaving the Travel Channel for CNN, where he will host a similar show that will launch next year.

Audrey Napoleon Performs Like She Has Sex

Audrey Napoleon is a lot to look at: all ink black precision-cut hair, pale skin, black cat eyeliner, four inch gold heels and perfectly applied red lipstick. Sitting in front of a wall of windows a dozen floors above Hollywood on an overcast Friday morning, she's a perfectly assembled goth dream gi ... More >>

Slutwave, Tumblr Rap, Rape Gaze: Obscure Musical Genres Explained

Everything You Wanted to Know About Metal but Were Afraid to Ask Top Ten Metal Albums for People Who Don't Know Shit About Metal Top Ten Jazz Albums for People Who Don't Know Shit About Jazz Top Ten Rap Albums For People Who Don't Know Shit About Hip-Hop In our music feature this week, Jason Roche ... More >>

Fugly Gets a Facelift: How Will Massimiliano Fuksas Polish the Turd That Is the Beverly Center?

Seems like everybody hates the Beverly Center. A local "landmark" of sorts, the Beverly Center has been regularly mocked for decades due to its downright fugliness, impenetrable facades that block out the sun, and awkward siting along the Los Angeles/Beverly Hills border.

Five Artsy Things to Do This Week, Including Google Street View Disasters

This week, creatures in crocheted suits wander Barnsdall Park, a role-player tries to make a virtual battle real, and an artist digs up the dark side of Google Street View. 5. Handmade monsters When I first met artist Zac Monday, he was crocheting a cashmere scarf in a coffee shop. The scarf was so ... More >>

Eat This Now: Flan

Tacos, tequila and one more dish should be an ingredient for a proper Cinco de Mayo feast. On menus from Highland Park's My Taco to downtown's Border Grill to Santa Monica's El Chollo to almost every Mexican or Spanish-accented eatery in between, under desserts (postres) there will be flan. The ubiq ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain: Now Portable Via Travel Channel's New Layover App

We've all wished we could carry Anthony Bourdain around in our pockets when traveling to a new city, and now, the marketing geniuses over at the Travel Channel have figured out a way to make such a thing possible. In digital form, at least. Today they announced the new "Travel Channel Layover Guide ... More >>

Cypress Hill Smokeout Festival - NOS Events Center - 3/3/12

See also: Cypress Hill Rallies Medical Marijuana Advocates for Smokeout at City Hall (With Photos) Cypress Hill Smokeout Festival with Rusko, Wiz Khalifa, Korn, Sublime with Rome, Thievery Corporation NOS Events Center, San Bernardino 3/3/12 Love was in the San Bernardino air Saturday. Well, that, ... More >>

Emanuela Bellezza: Hand-Picked by Juanes, She's About to Pop

Emanuela Bellezza isn't from L.A., but she decided a long time ago this was where she wanted to be. Born and raised in Italy, she'd dreamed of making music here since her teenage years in Rome, when she first started writing original songs. Now, four years into her L.A. life -- with two albums under ... More >>

Mr. Brainwash's 'Art Show 2011' Gets Populism Right

photo by Nanette GonzalesMr. Brainwash's "Art Show 2011"​ Update: Show has been extended, and will be open one more day, on Jan. 8. Doors open at 2 p.m. Location is 960 N. La Brea Ave. At "Art Show 2011," equivocal street artist Mr. Brainwash's 80,000 square-foot feat, Mr. Brainwash sat at a ... More >>

Top Books We Read in 2011, by L.A. Weekly Writers

Yes, bookstores are closing all around us, from the giant Borders to the tiny Village Books. But Angelenos still read, and to prove it, we asked LA Weekly's staff writers, editors and freelance contributors to tell us their favorite book they read this year, and why. Answers after the jump. What's ... More >>

Bäco Mercat: An Exam in Culinary Poststructuralism

F. FriesemaJonagold apples​Some new small-plates restaurants are content to serve you hamburgers and fries. Others bring in influences from Singapore, Copenhagen or Tokyo. But the menu at Bäco Mercat, the new restaurant from Joseph Centeno of Lazy Ox, reads almost like a graduate exam in culi ... More >>

Neo-Realism at UCLA

... and the birth of the docu-fiction aesthetic

Best History Lecture

Sam Sifton Steps Down As New York Times Restaurant Critic

New York Timesthe anonymous (?) restaurant critic​After two years as restaurant critic for The New York Times, Sam Sifton is getting a new table. As he tweeted this morning, "I'm stepping down as restaurant critic to be the national editor of The Times. #checkplease." Sifton, who replaced Fr ... More >>

The Ettes, Sade, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Benefit for Nick Curran

Also, Kendrick Lamar, the Punk Rock BBQ, Katy B and others

Cy Twombly and Los Angeles: A Shaky Relationship

Photo credit: Paula Goldman. Courtesy MOCA LA. A view of the 1995 Cy Twombly retrospective at MOCA​ The painter Cy Twombly, who died Tuesday at the age of 83, has always, perhaps unfairly, been associated with high culture headiness. Sure, he came of age in New York alongside pop forerunners ... More >>

Otis College in Ruins

Live Review: Yeasayer at The Music Box

Leslie KalohiAnand Wilder and Chris Keating rock out ​ Who: Yeasayer Where: The Music Box When: 5/23/11 If you don't believe in magic, this is not the band for you. If you are unable to suspend disbelief for an evening, this is not the band for you. If you are unable to trust your imaginati ... More >>

From the Archives: Jonathan Gold's "13 Ways of Looking at Nirvana" (Kurt Cobain, RIP 17 Years Ago Today)

Kurt Cobain, RIP (1967-1994)​Today, on the 17th anniversary of Kurt Cobain's untimely death, we reprint the following reflections from Jonathan Gold, originally written seven years ago. 1. A friend's East Village studio somewhere in July 1989. Nirvana, who had slept on the floor, are pissed, ... More >>

Book Review: Italy Dish by Dish, Airfare Not Required

​How often do we pre-order books these days? Hardly ever, as the book market is so flooded with new and "gently used" copies today we aren't exactly worried that Italy Dish By Dish: A Comprehensive Guide To Eating in Italy is going to sell out as quickly as LudoBites reservations when it is re ... More >>

Cookbook Review (Sort Of): Or How The Nordic Diet Leads To Horses In The Sky

flickr user browners82Chicken With Baked Rhubarb From The Nordic Diet​ There are those moments in life when what you intended to do - say, review a cookbook - turn you on to something else entirely. Such is the case when flipping through The Nordic Diet by Trina Hahnemann, a slim paperback tou ... More >>

October 25th is World Pasta Day: Celebrate Responsibly

Patent and the Pantry/Flickr​ On October 25th, kids will still go to school.  Mail will arrive as it normally does.  Stores will remain open.  Although the state gives it little respect, World Pasta Day is coming on Monday, and people all over the world will celebrate--perhaps, we might sug ... More >>

Movie Review: THE SICILIAN GIRL

It is the Water: Focaccia

D. GonzalezTomato focaccia from Dolce Forno​ Developed centuries ago in Rome and still found in most supermarket bread aisles, focaccia is not rare. What is rare, however, is freshly made focaccia that has a thin crisp crust while maintaining a soft airy interior. The kind that can be eaten ... More >>

Q & A With Wolfgang Puck, Part 2: Spago (The Musical), Life in an Austrian Kitchen The Joys of HSN

In yesterday's first part of our interview with Wolfgang Puck, the chef talked about his new downtown restaurant WP24 and gave us a little backstory of Ma Maison, Spago and the invention of his famous pizza. Speaking of pizza, turns out that Puck decided to detour, mid-interview and en route to the ... More >>

Top 10 Food Tumblrs: The World of Tom Selleck Sandwiches

Selleck Waterfall SandwichFeatured Sandwich: Kielbasa​ Tumblr is a blogging platform that bridges the gap between social networks like Twitter or Facebook, and a Word Press or Blogspot blog. It has yet to be utilized for a Presidential campaign or propagate any false celebrity death rumors, b ... More >>

Movie Reviews: When in Rome, Edge of Darkness, Legion

Also, Extraordinary Measures, Saint John of Las Vegas

Brainy Tacos

Gray Anatomy Con Queso

Be Happy. Be Bottega Louie.

Downtown L.A.'s grand new emporium has a little something for everyone

You, Nero

Coriolanus

Tails, You Win

Where to find coda alla vaccinara

Ask Mr. Gold: Spaghetti Aglio e Olio

My Life With the Radical Nuns

Immaculate Heart, home of the brave

Office Space

The Delivery Diaries

From pâté de foie gras to deli ham to Nabisco Cremewiches — calling out for inspiration

Cook Your Own Damn Dinner!

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

A Real Drago

Great Sicilian food in West Hollywood