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April 16, 2013It looks like an April opening date for Fishing with Dynamite, David LeFevre's seafood restaurant in Manhattan Beach. The restaurant hasn't yet given an exact date, but confirms that doors will open by the end of the month.
The diminutive restaurant -- it's 1,100 square feet and will seat only 36 ... More >>
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November 27, 2012Celebrating this year's Best of L.A. issue -- now out in print and online -- we're counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes.
8: Smoked Salmon with Mango at Kiriko.
Few itamae balance the stylings of modern and classic sushi with the flair of Kiriko's Ken Namba. Some nights ... More >>
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November 15, 2012The oceanfront sushi restaurant has a beautiful new home – and the same classics that made Nobu Matsuhisa famous
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October 19, 2011How often do you see an immense animal in its full form just before you eat it? Unless you are serious about fishing and hunting, live on a farm, or spend a lot of time at Lindy & Grundy, that experience is rare.
If the idea sounds intriguing, and you enjoy yellowfin tuna, the place to be is the ... More >>
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October 14, 2011sushi from AFC
Another day, another food recall. The latest is of frozen tuna that has been linked to illnesses caused by elevated histamine levels. According to Food Safety News, the FDA found evidence of food decomposition and elevated histamine levels in frozen tuna packed by Osamu Corpora ... More >>
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July 25, 2011Hush puppies aren't the reason you bought the fried fish platter, but they're maybe what you enjoy most. Once you irrigate your breaded whiting pieces with liberal splashes of hot sauce and tuck them between a few porous slices of tartar-laden bread, these humble balls of fryer-blasted cornmeal dou ... More >>
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June 14, 2011bartonseaver.orgBarton Seaver isn't your average National Geographic fellow. For starters, the Washington D.C.-based chef didn't earn his chops covering war ravaged coastlines, investigating dolphin atrocities or some similar magazine-worthy massive reporting project.
The author of For Cod ... More >>
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March 18, 2011T. NguyenRicky Piña Ricky Piña is the "Ricky" in "Ricky's Fish Tacos," who, according to some, slings the best fish and shrimp tacos this side of Baja. When Ricky tweets his hours -- currently Thursday through Sunday, around 11:30 a.m. to 4 or 5 p.m. -- a line of people shows up at his sta ... More >>
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December 22, 2010So, it's time to plan New Year's Eve if you haven't already. Avoid the amateur's night problem by putting your 2011 celebration in the hands of restaurant pros who will handle the fine food and drink part. And save you clean-up troubles. Merriment, cheer, reflecting on the past year (which may or ma ... More >>
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December 14, 2010Here's something new to add to your phone if you're a seafood lover. No, not a bluefin tuna version of Angry Birds, although that would be kind of fun. Slightly more useful is Project FishMap, a new feature of the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch app, which lets you tag any of more than ... More >>
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September 10, 2010A. ScattergoodJohn Sedlar's scallops Arabasque
John Sedlar, chef-owner of Rivera and the subject of our most recent interview, is cooking some ambitious food at his downtown restaurant these days. Three menus, three rooms, three continents, and a lot more than three dishes. And while we coul ... More >>
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September 9, 2010*That's lobster tail, pervert.
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August 13, 2010A. ScattergoodNorman Fierros' Sea of Cortez ceviche
Norman Fierros, the new chef at the Pan Am Room at the Santa Monica Airport, has been having a good time with his menu, which he's been playing with since the restaurant reopened (new name, same airplanes) about two months ago. (Read our int ... More >>
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December 31, 2009January 1st will be the time for resolutions. For losing weight. For spending less money, and more time with your family. For getting a job, or quitting one. Yes, January 1st you will start again. And that's good. Because tonight, December 31st, New Year's Eve, from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m., the lovely peop ... More >>
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October 5, 2009Lobsters come with their own iconography. Think Woody Allen chasing one around a kitchen in Annie Hall. Or, more recently, a squeamish Amy Adams in Julie & Julia. Sure, you boil them alive, but that's the way it's done, and they don't have any feelings anyway. Didn't Cobain write a song about that? ... More >>
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July 14, 2009File this under Good Stores Doing Bad Things. The environmentally sensitive consumer's dilemma is embodied in Four Story blogger Nathan Walpow's recent post, "My World Is Coming Down Around Me," about charges that Trader Joe's is not green enough when it comes to protecting fish.
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April 30, 2009The one day of the year when no matter how many oysters one consumes, it is not nearly enough
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