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    August 14, 2012

    Food News Roundup: Kicking the Refined Sugar Habit, Bon Appetit's 10 Best Restaurants Deep-Fried Butter

    GOOD: Why banning junk food in school vending machines actually seems to work. Mother Nature Network: 12 tips for kicking the refined sugar habit. Bon Appetit: Bon App names its top 10 restaurants of 2012. (Congrats, Baco Mercat!) The New York Times: "There is no dignified way to eat deep-fried ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    10 California Summer Wine Events

    Summer is a wine-drinking marathon in California, and up and down the coast, each weekend brings pleasant opportunities to imbibe outside. The diversity of events reflects the state's varied wine-growing regions. Those on hotel grounds come with a room night package -- a smart way to go. Because i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2012

    What's In Season at the Farmers Market: The Many Colors of Rhubarb

    Rhubarb doesn't do well in L.A. gardens. The sleeping rhizomes that sit dormant underground in winter need many chilly days and nights in order to even think about poking above ground in spring. Freezing, chilly weather doesn't help either, as they are barely frost tolerant. Their ideal situation ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Top 5 Local Farmer-Made Jams and Preserves

    Felicia Friesema​Farmers markets and the vendors who populate them with table bending piles of bumper crops and hard-to-find seasonal produce rarely sell every last item before it's time to collapse the pop up tents and head home. Portlandian pickle jokes aside, what do farmers do with all th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2011

    5 Local Farmers Who are Doing it Right

    Felicia FriesemaThe Hollywood market earlier this year.​After reading Beth Barrett's piece about farmers markets this week, it might be tempting to hang up the locavore hat and head out for an angsty and cathartic mouthful at the local McDonald's. We're envisioning an army of market goers as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Jimenez Family Farm: For "Thrifty" Lamb Necks And Whole Rabbits How To Cook Them

    JgarbeePre-Roast Pet Rabbit Guilt​The Jimenez Family Farm motto, "everything under the sun," is more than apt for this Santa Ynez-based family business that offers up an assortment of produce (check out the gorgeous blueberries and boysenberries this time of year), salsas and preserves, and ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2010

    The Brothers Launch a Cookbook Their Filet Mignon Crispy Tacos Recipe

    B. HansenMatt and Jeff Nichols, with their new book​Brothers Matt and Jeff Nichols weren't in the kitchen, and their popular restaurant, Brothers at Mattei's Tavern in Los Olivos, was closed on a recent Sunday afternoon. Then why was it full of people eating great food and drinking local wines ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2010

    Small Town Bans Chain Restaurants -- Gets Sued

    Flickr/Simon ShekShould this sandwich be illegal?​ Some towns, to maintain their unique personality, have an ordinance in place banning "formula restaurants" like McDonald's and Applebee's from opening up within their borders. One of those towns -- Springdale, Utah -- has been doing it since ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

    SapphireBlue22stack of newspapers​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 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2009

    An Infusion of Danish and Neighborhood Character into South Park: Hygge Bakery

    From a storefront located in the highly controlled, non-spontaneous South Park district of Downtown glows a business that is actually an important piece of any real neighborhood: the local bakery. Open since June 30, Hygge Bakery is stocked with fresh traditional Danish baked goods, including the ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    October 21, 2004

    Rare Vintage

    Sideways is good to the last gulp

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