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Soft Drinks

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    Corn Syrup Can Make You Stupid, Study Finds

    We all know corn syrup can make you fat, but dumb too? According to a new UCLA study published in the May 15 issue of the Journal of Physiology, regular intake of high fructose, such as that found in corn syrup, can negatively impact memory and learning ability -- in as little as six weeks. Resear ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2012

    Majority of Californians Support Soda Tax

    Three out of five California voters would support a special tax on soda and soft drinks to fight childhood obesity, according to a new Field Poll. New data collected as part of the Field-The California Endowment Childhood Obesity Prevention Survey found that 48% of participants cited unhealthy eat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2012

    Jean Paul Gaultier Stars in Bizarre Videos as Diet Coke's New Creative Director

    Jean Paul Gaultier, designer of Madonna's epic cone bra, now is set to style another icon: Diet Coke. The fashion designer was just named Diet Coke's new Creative Director for Europe and, as part of his creative duties, will create limited edition Diet Coke bottles and cans. According to his state ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    Coca-Cola, Pepsi Will Modify Recipe to Use Less Cancerous Caramel Coloring

    As if you need another reason to scale back on all that soda pop: NPR and Reuters report that Coca-Cola and Pepsi will change their recipe slightly to reduce the amount of 4-methylimidazole (4-MI), a chemical that, in high very doses, has been known to cause cancer in animals. In sodas, it's used t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    Coca-Cola Freestyle: The Soda Machine of the Future ( the Past)

    We have seen it, the promised land. The soda dispenser of the future. A machine so sleek it should be in a technology museum and so smart it can dispense more sodas than you can imagine. If you haven't tasted Peach Mello Yello or Raspberry Coke Zero, have you truly lived? We don't normally go gaga ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 2, 2012

    Make Us Laugh, Funny Boy!

    Andy Kindler

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

    Andy Kindler on Dippin' Dots, Wizards of Waverly Place and His Upcoming Appearance at the UnCabaret

    After a too-long hiatus, Beth Lapides, along with musical director Mitch Kaplan, brings back her whip-smart, hilarious comedy series UnCabaret. Hooray! This week's lineup includes Andy Kindler and Patton Oswalt. And Kindler's pretty thrilled about it. Here's our Q&A: How glad are you that UnCabare ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2012

    "Game of Thrones"-Inspired Fire & Ice Cocktail: A Recipe for the Golden Globes

    HBO is hosting its 10th annual Luxury Lounge at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills on January 13-14 to ply the stars of its hit shows, plus all of the Golden Globes nominees who deign to show up, with gifts, services and booze. Basil Hayden's Bourbon, one of the event's sponsors, asked hot L.A. mixol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    Pre-Golden Globe Pampering Noshes: But Not for You

    Let us make clear from the outset that you, Common Person, cannot go. This event is only for celebrities and their hangers-on (aka "plus ones"). Members of the hoi polloi, the riff raff, the masses or the Occupy Movement best not show up. Nine Zero One Salon in West Hollywood is hosting a two-day ( ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2011

    800 Degrees: A Sneak Peek Into Westwood's Newest Pizzeria [Photo Gallery]

    If Adam Fleischman is aiming to become the Henry Ford of the pizza world, he's made a good start of it with 800 Degrees, the Westwood pizzeria he officially opens on January 3rd. It features a long counter where diners choose from dozens of toppings in a process more common to Subway or Chipotle tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2011

    Cocktail Book Of The Week: The PDT Cocktail Book A Classic Champagne Cocktail Recipe

    With New Year's Eve looming, we're forgoing our usual cookbook of the week in favor of the libation version. Not just any cocktail book, but The PDT Cocktail Book by Jim Meehan and illustrator Chris Gall, the only beverage book that made it into our Best of 2011 "cookbook" list. Yeah, we're already ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2011

    DRY Bubbles: The Growing Lemongrass Non-Alcoholic Options

    It's not often that rounding the corner at a chain supermarket leads to New Year's drinking resolutions, but such was the case when we spotted new additions to our local Ralph's soda shelves: DRY Soda. Last we checked in with Sharelle Klaus, the Seattle-based company's founder, her line of lightly s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2011

    5 Best Ice Cream Shops in Los Angeles

    5.1. Rite Aid (everywhere): Their ice cream isn't chic and artisanal, but it's cheap, ubiquitous and features their standout flavor, Chocolate Malted Krunch. Milky, creamy and slightly tart, it's flecked with soft shavings of dark chocolate that melt on your tongue while crisp, malted mini-bombs e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2011

    Does Soda Make Teens Violent?

    fimoculous​Stay away from high schoolers in Boston who drink more than five cans of soda every week. A Boston-area study found that teens who consumed five or more sodas in a week had a higher tendency for violence. They were also more likely to have consumed alcohol or smoked within the month ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    5 Awesomely Weird Japanese Soft Drinks

    B. MesirowThe Soda Case at Mitsuwa​ In recent years the Japanese people have displayed a radical and unique sense of style and an amazing ability to innovate and create in fields as diverse as clothing, video games, game shows, and urination technology, among others. It should come as no surp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    Cola Up: Jellied Japanese Soda

    Guzzle & NoshCola Up: The soda that eats like Jell-O.​If light can be a particle and a wave, why can't cola be a liquid and a solid? Cola Up bridges the chasm between traditionalists who insist that soda should be sipped and hydrocolloidal optimists who believe anything can be slurped down in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2011

    "Poptails" All Around: Galco's & Charles Phoenix Band Together for the Southwest Museum

    J. Ritz​ Galco's Soda Pop Stop is a magical place. For carbonated beverage fans, the Highland Park shop is a retail marvel, an unparalleled source of sweet bubblies and even some sour pops, and everything else along the soda flavor spectrum you knew and didn't know existed. Even folks whose be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    Diet Sodas Make You Fat, Study Finds

    Flickr/GoodNCrazy​ They may be calorie-free, but diet sodas can still make you fat, apparently. A 10-year study by the University of Texas, San Antonio has found that diet sodas can actually make you gain weight, especially in the stomach area, the London Daily Mail reports. The beverages and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    30 Scoops in 30 Days: Jerry's Soda Shoppe (Day 13)

    Guzzle & NoshThe ice cream soda at Jerry's Soda Shoppe at the De Soto Pharmacy.​A spectacular ice cream float doesn't cure the pain of existence, but it goes a long way toward soothing the ache. Yesterday, while Leo Bloom was munching on mutton kidneys and we were sorting through the detritus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    Weird Science: Soda Detectives Ask "What's In Your Cola?"

    With new and ever fancier "gourmet" sodas hitting the market, consumers (presumably) want to know whether those gourmet drinks, advertised as being made with natural ingredients, actually contain natural flavoring. Now scientists think have a way to find out -- at least with cola.

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    30 Burgers in 30 Days: The Fix is In (Day 5)

    The BYOB policy and high-quality, humanely-raised meats at The Fix Burger in Silver Lake, earned it "Best of LA" status in last year's mega-issue. This time, we visit The Fix with an eye toward comparing their classic burgers with their kimchi-laden Seoul burger, a concept we recently sampled at K ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2011

    Weird Soda Review: Dr. Brown's Cel-Ray Tonic

    This is the soda we imagine ourselves drinking at our Borscht Belt summer lodge, while we chuckle at Jackie Mason jokes and our gawky teenage daughter dances inappropriately with her sexy but ultimately honorable dance instructor. In case that subtext was too subtle, we're trying to point out that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    Weird Soda Review: Filbert's Watermelon

    There are two schools of thought among soda connoisseurs: Those who prefer their sodas as naturalistic as possible (cinema vérité) and those who prefer neon-hued creations not derived from any fruit flavors found in this world (science-fiction). A watermelon soda can fall anywhere along this spect ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2011

    Top Ten 2010 Cookbook And Drink Pairings: The AA Edition

    J. GarbeeCook's Illustrated's Meticulous Instructions Require A Lot Of Caffeine​Still pretending you are sticking to your New Year's resolutions? Fine, just please don't tell us you gave up Nutella. To tide you over, we bring you the AA, or in polite company if you will, the "Get Up" Early Sho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2010

    BNWT Jones Soda Releases Collectable Emily the Strange Labels

    Aaron Stein-Chester​ Attention nerds who collect things and eBay store owners who sell to nerds who collect things: Jones Soda Co. has partnered with Dark Horse Comics for the release of six limited edition Emily the Strange soda labels. For the uninitiated: Emily the Strange is a quasi-punk ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2010

    Sweet Potato Pie, 7-Up Cake Banana Pudding: The Cobbler Lady Isn't Just Dishing Out Cobbler

    J. GarbeeOatmeal Cookies Plain and Simple At The Cobbler Lady​There are days when whatever farmers market-inspired creations certain pastry chefs dream up are what you really crave (fine, every day), but there are still plenty of back-of-the-box banana pudding sort of days in all their diglyce ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    FDA Cracks Down on Green Tea Claims

    Flickr/KankoThe real stuff. ​ Seems "green tea-adjacent" doesn't really count. The Food and Drug Administration has told the makers of Canada Dry ginger ale and Lipton tea to stop making unsubstantiated nutritional claims about their green tea-flavored beverages, the Associated Press reports. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2010

    A Brief History of North America, in Coca-Cola Ads

    It's an anniversary of sorts for Coca-Cola. 25 years ago today the soft drink giant launched New Coke, a product that the company hoped would help them win the Cola Wars. It was an unmitigated disaster. People hated it, and quickly began hoarding cases of the original Coke. They staged protests, fil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2010

    Top 10 Cocktails Inspired by Los Angeles A Mulholland Drive Cocktail Recipe

    The Beachcomber CafeThe Beachcomber's Surfrider Cocktail​ New York has the Manhattan, Moscow the Moscow Mule. Even Long Island has a cocktail named after it. But what is Los Angeles' signature cocktail? Something to immortalize the City of Angels in drink? Fortunately, local bars, whether insp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    Root Beer Milk: A Float In a Bottle

    Is this a cry for help? Very well, it is a cry for help. But Hildebrand Farms Dairy, a small, family-owned operation outside Junction City, Kansas, makes something called Root Beer Milk - imagine a cold glass of the richest, sweetest chocolate milk you have ever had in your life, except flavored wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    Top 10 Kit Kat Flavors You've Probably Never Tried

    A licensed product of America's own Hershey Company, the American Kit Kat is a timeless chocolate bar. It's sturdy and it's brown. Like the logs that built Lincoln's cabin and equally as exciting. Yet overseas, and in the rest of the Kit Kat-eating world, the bar is made by the Swiss corporation Nes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2010

    House Now Open on Beverly Boulevard

    Bruce Marder, several partners from his other restaurants (Capo, Broadway Deli, Cora's and Brentwood Restaurant and Lounge) and his son Max have joined forces to open the Cal-Ital café/restaurant House on the former Pastis premises on Beverly. Head chef is Ricky Moreno, of Capo and Cora's. Twenty- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2009

    The Bubbly Bride Cocktail Book: Drinks for the Bride 2 Cocktail Recipes

    Books about weddings are usually sappy and serious, filled with romantic (read: corny) traditions. But for her new book, The Bubbly Bride: Your Ultimate Wedding Cocktail Guide, which comes out today, The Liquid Muse blogger and cocktail consultant Natalie Bovis-Nelsen ups the ante. With cocktail rec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2009

    Now Open: Soda Pop's on La Cienega Is Ready for Lunch

    Soda Pop's, a new mid-city lunch spot, soft-opened Wednesday on La Cienega. The menu is divided in to old and new school, hot and cold sandwiches, ranging in price from $7-$12 and salads. Custom-built wooden tables, benches and a bar, plus antique school chairs make the place look clean, but not sev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    New Culinary Historians Website, Jonathan Gold Podcast, Free Root Beer AND A 1894 Trifle Recipe

    Any residual high school class-cutting guilt can now been assuaged by a fantastic modern invention: podcasts. The Culinary Historians of Southern California (CHSC) has launched a new website that includes podcasts of recent lectures. That means you can catch Jonathan Gold's recent talk on regional c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2009

    CHOW.com Profiles Galco's John Nese, Our Local Carbonation Connoisseur

    John Nese, owner of Galco's Soda Pop Stop in Eagle Rock, is obsessive. That is to say, he's been included CHOW.com "Obsessives" video profile series, which explores the worlds and workings of those members of the national food community who have what they politely term "singularly focused" interests ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    Current Obscure Product Obsession: Schweppes Bitter Lemon

    Photo credit: Dave WhiteStill life with Bitter Lemon​If you were born anytime before the advent of, say, Crystal Pepsi, then you may remember a time when Schweppes Bitter Lemon was widely available and people actually drank it. Around since 1957, it was never incredibly popular in this country ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2009

    The King of (Soda) Pop, or Adventures in Musical Capitalism

    Funeral Potatoes and Bundt cakes may be more traditional culinary offerings when one attends a memorial service, but this is LA, and he was the King of Pop, so traditional is pretty much out.

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    New Kid-Created Root Beer is All Bark, No Bite

    Jessica RitzCute overload! Root beer, kitties and doggies at the Larchmont Larder. If only more kids' school experiments turned into successful entrepreneurial ventures instead of too often becoming emotionally scarring exercises in failure. Seven-year-old Oscar Youd's first grade soda making scie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2009

    Gold Metal Press Release: Customized Vintage Soda Machines for Your Recording Studio

    Each week West Coast Sound gets thousands of emails from bands, publicists, labels, fans, writers, haters, and miscellaneous eager souls looking to spread the word about their band/label/mp3/myspace page/masterpiece. Many of these releases fit neatly into a catagory: Band has new album out. Band pla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2009

    Easter Rescue Package: Take a Farmer John Ham, a Bottle of Vernors Ginger Ale and Two Future In-Laws ...

    The first time I ever made a ham was for my future in-laws. They were in town for a visit and my husband told them that we'd love to prepare them an Easter meal. By "we" he meant me, but what he didn't understand was that as a Reform Jew I ate pork but didn't have a clue about how to prepare it. So ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2008

    Mexican Coke vs. Pepsi Retro, Part 2

    "What does it taste like to you?" ask the promo advertisements for the new soft drink Pepsi Retro on bus stations and billboards in Mexico City. Clearly, they're asking for it. We've dealt with this question before, suggesting that maybe Pepsi is hoping its new product can dig into the market so ... More >>

  • Columns

    July 12, 2007

    Where's the Duff?

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  • News

    October 5, 2006

    Prospecting for Beauty

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  • LA Life

    December 29, 2005

    Beyond Bubbly

    The Style Council’s New Year’s Eve party mixes

  • Calendar

    October 6, 2005

    Inconspicuous Consumption

    The Style Council’s New Year’s Eve party mixes

  • Columns

    January 30, 2003

    Different Chairs

    The Style Council’s New Year’s Eve party mixes

  • Eat+Drink

    September 14, 2000

    The Pig

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  • News

    April 27, 2000

    Mr. Happy Does the Dew

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