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March 29, 2013
Scientists Use DNA to Determine Food Contents
Wondering what's really in those meatballs? German scientists have come up with a way to determine the precise quantities of plant, animal and microbial substances in foods using DNA analysis. The technique could prove beneficial for people with food allergies, to test for pathogens in foodborne-ill ... More >>
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January 10, 2013
The God Particle Complex
Wondering what's really in those meatballs? German scientists have come up with a way to determine the precise quantities of plant, animal and microbial substances in foods using DNA analysis. The technique could prove beneficial for people with food allergies, to test for pathogens in foodborne-ill ... More >>
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December 12, 2012
Westvletern 12: World's Best Beer Finally Released in the U.S.
Today marks the release of Westvleteren XII in the United States. The most highly-acclaimed, rarest beer in the world, "Westy" as it's known to beer fanatics, hails from Brouwerij Westvleteren in the Trappist Abbey of St. Sixtus in Vleteren, Belgium. The reason its release is so significant, why you ... More >>
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December 7, 2012
Al Walser: Our Interview With a Beguiling Grammy Nominee
Since the Grammy nominations were announced Wednesday, folks have been wondering how the hell someone named Al Walser was able to swing a nomination for best dance recording. The DJs also nominated in his category -- Avicii, Calvin Harris, Swedish House Mafia and Skrillex -- are quite famous, but ... More >>
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November 13, 2012
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Pecking Order, Episode 302: Portia Umansky on the Rise
See also: *L.A. Weekly's Real Housewives archives *Real Housewives: Our Season 1 Pecking Order Taking a cue from Mark Lisanti over at Grantland, we're organizing our Real Housewives of Beverly Hills coverage into a weekly Pecking Order. Check us out every Tuesday to see if your favorite Housewife ... More >>
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August 31, 2012
The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Weekend
Friday, August 31 Mark de Clive-Lowe BLUE WHALE As one might expect from a hapa Japanese-New Zealander who arrived in L.A. via Boston, New York and London, this keyboardist/DJ/music producer is a complex synthesis of musical styles and cultures. Mark de Clive-Lowe honed his craft in the United King ... More >>
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August 31, 2012
Is There Such a Thing as a New (and Real) da Vinci?
On Monday night a fine-feathered crowd assembled in Beverly Hills at the historic Greystone Mansion. Once the home of the patrician Doheny family, the manicured grounds and grand architecture (specifically the flagstone courtyard and arched coach house) were the perfect backdrop for the official int ... More >>
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August 22, 2012
Five Artsy Things to Do This Week, Including Techno in a Car Wreck
This week, an exhibition feels like a haunted graveyard, a performer turns his body into a chemistry experiment and a sculptor exploits building codes. 5. Devil's Night in the middle of the day In urban Detroit in the 1970s and '80s, the night before Halloween, called Devil's Night, was a mess of a ... More >>
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August 22, 2012
The Chef's Library: Corina Weibel Patricia Wells' Bistro Cooking
The Chef's Library is a series in which we ask chefs around town to tell us about their favorite cookbooks. Today, we talk to Corina Weibel, chef and owner at Canele in Atwater Village. "For all around cooking, I still really love my Bistro Cooking by Patricia Wells" Weibel says. "It was one of t ... More >>
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July 26, 2012
Food News Roundup: Farewell to Yujean Kang's Gourmet Chinese, Swiss Take Over Olympic Dining Recipes for Cherry Desserts
L.A. Eater: A sad farewell to Yujean Kang's Gourmet Chinese in Pasadena. Food GPS: Following up with the progress of Pipe Dream Brewery. Zester Daily: The House of Switzerland venue to cook the Olympics. Grub Street: The opening of Dogtown Coffee in Santa Monica brings us back to the days of "ska ... More >>
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July 23, 2012
Nestle Acquires Stake in "Brain Food" Company
Your teeth may be rotten, but your brain will be sparkling! Nestle, best known for making candy bars like Butterfinger and Kit Kat, is branching out into "brain health products" by purchasing a stake in a company that makes milkshakes for Alzheimer's patients, The Wall Street Journal reports. Broom ... More >>
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April 26, 2012
'Bachelor' Producers Who Met on Set Are Getting Married (and Chris Harrison's Officiating)
This is too perfect. According to Glamour Magazine's wedding blog, two producers who met and courted each other while filming ABC's hit romance series The Bachelor (and The Bachelorette) are getting married in California this summer. And Chris Harrison, career goob behind the tearful interviews and ... More >>
Art+Books
April 12, 2012
Rick Steves, Famed Travel Writer and Pot Advocate: 20 Questions
"I'm a travel writer, and for me, high is a place"
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April 4, 2012
The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest of 1957: An Educational Video
When one thinks of Switzerland, one conjures images of a happy, armed and yet war-adverse people who wear chic watches, carry fussy little knives and hike in majestic mountains while eating milk chocolate bars. (Hopefully we crammed every possible stereotype in to that one sentence.) Who knew they'r ... More >>
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February 23, 2012
Henry Rollins: The Column! The Time a Religious  Swiss Guy Beat Me Up
[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] In Switzerland at the moment. Ah, the memories! This is from a journal entry from this day, 2 ... More >>
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January 4, 2012
Cookbook Of The Week: Bi-Rite Market's Eat Good Food Is Really Good
amazonIf your New Year's resolution list includes something along the lines of eating more good food -- home cooked, farmers market-inspired, healthier or whatever your definition -- you're going to want to add Bi-Rite Market's Eat Good Food cookbook to your Amazon wish-list. If for no other ... More >>
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November 10, 2011
Your Weekly Movie To-Do List
AFI wraps edition
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September 6, 2011
Q & A With Amavi's Jean-Francois Pellet: On Wine Life, Tequila (Why Not?) Coors Light
pepperbridge.comPellet And Friends At Pepperbridge, with ChampagneWhen Washington winemakers like Jean-François Pellet of Pepper Bridge and Amavi Cellars swoop into town, there is usually one thing on the tasting agenda: Serious wine talk. About their own wines, of course. But during our rec ... More >>
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July 6, 2011
Recipe for Foie Gras Fingerling Potato Chips: Or, More Fun with Potatoes and Animal Fat Wine Pairing
Susan ParkFoie Gras Fat Fingerling Potato Chips If you imagine that Test Kitchen has a full pantry of ingredients from all over the world, including luxury products like foie gras, you would be correct. We happen to have half a case of IQF frozen foie gras in our freezer. We use them to make ... More >>
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July 1, 2011
A Recipe from Clifford Wright: Gomser Cholera
Clifford A. WrightGomser Cholera, a Swiss potato and cheese pie Clifford Wright is a James Beard award winning author and culinary instructor at Venice Cooking School with New York Times columnist Martha Rose Shulman. He's been widely hailed as the foremost English speaking expert on Medit ... More >>
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June 15, 2011
New Avi Buffalo MP3 Available For One Week Only!
Avi Buffalo, arguably Long Beach's most successful band to feature an animal in its name, is gearing up to release the new single "How Come" on Sub Pop in two weeks but interested parties can take an early listen by following this link--but beware! This is good for one short week only! (After that ... More >>
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June 1, 2011
Club Cliques Get Wet n' Wild at Summertramp's Downtown Kick-off
Lina Lecaro Swigging and jiggling at Summertramp "LA clubs can be kind of clique-ish ... this party is like Switzerland," says Andres Rigal, the creator of Summertramp, the monthly blow-up toy dec'd blowout that brings together clubbers and rubbers from LA's most popular, often competing, po ... More >>
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April 6, 2011
Food News Roundup: Final Pho, Guy Fieri's Pepper Grinder $250 Worth of Food in L.A.
-- Very cool old kitchen tools. [Alice Medrich] -- An elegy for Bernard Clayton Jr. [The New York Times] -- What $250 Will Get You in Los Angeles. (Love this.) [Diana Takes A Bite] -- The Final Pho championship game, um, dinner. [OC Weekly] -- Guy Fieri is overcompensating. [Warming Glow, v ... More >>
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January 3, 2011
Henry Rollins Column: Rollins' Predictions for 2011 (Protip: It Gets Better)
Maura LanahanOur eminent columnist, Mr. Henry Rollins![The one and only Henry Rollins contributes a weekly column and far-reaching reportage to the music section of the LA Weekly. Look for your weekly Henry Rollins fix right here on West Coast Sound every week and make sure to tune in to Henr ... More >>
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November 11, 2010
Phil Collins Tells Rolling Stone He's Contemplated Suicide -- Well So Have We, Every Time We've Ever Listened To 'In The Air Tonight'
Last.fmThe last thing we saw before we slit our wristsThis week's issue of Rolling Stone featured an EXCLUSIVE interview with Sting -- er, Phil Collins. (Remember when RS wrote about shit that was relevant, instead of resorting to a loop of Mick Jagger career retrospectives and top-5,000 list ... More >>
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October 29, 2010
Q & A With Nick Malgieri, Part 2: Faking References, Ceramic Roosters His Pet Peeve Panzanella Recipe
In the first part of our interview with baking instructor, food writer and cookbook author Nick Malgieri, the baker talked about, well, a lot of things. You'll just have to go read it. We picked up where we left off, when Malgieri suddenly decided to talk about Ferran Adrià. This happens a lot with ... More >>
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May 3, 2010
Roman Polanski Kicking, Screaming As He Runs Out Of Cash
If director Roman Polanski is extradited to Los Angeles, it will be kicking and screaming or, at least, ranting and raving. The man convicted of having sex with a 13-year-old finds his predicament unjust now that his 33-year-old case might finally come to an official and long-overdue disposit ... More >>
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April 23, 2010
Polanski Will Fight Extradition, Lawyers Say
Despite Thursday's setback in which a state appeals court turned down his request to be sentenced while he remains overseas, Roman Polanski said through his lawyers Friday that he will challenge attempts by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office to have him extradited from Switzerl ... More >>
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April 22, 2010
Polanski Appeal To Be Sentenced From Afar Denied; He Could Be Brought To L.A. To Face The Music
Roman Polanski was 0 for 2 today in the state's 2nd District appeals court downtown: First it turned down a move by the victim in his 33-year-old sex-with-a-minor legal saga to have the case thrown out. Then, this afternoon, it turned down his latest bid to be sentenced while he remains overs ... More >>
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March 10, 2010
Do Not Miss This: Ras Michael and the Sons of Negus (and Scientist) Tonight at Dub Club @ Echoplex!
The small island nation of Jamaica has exported a huge variety of musical styles to the world. Sure, stoners worldwide get baked under Marley posters and are down with reggae, and thanks to ambient and indie crossovers the mighty Dub resonates from Switzerland to Timbuktu. There's also ska, m ... More >>
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February 12, 2010
Swiss-Versus-L.A. Standoff In Polanski Case
Amid reports that Switzerland won't extradite famed director Roman Polanski until the fate of his sentencing in Los Angeles is clear, the District Attorney's office stated Friday that it won't make a move until Polanski's extradition is moved forward. "At present, this rests with the Swiss ... More >>
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January 22, 2010
Polanski's Request To Be Sentenced From Afar Rejected
Director Roman Polanski's request to be sentenced "in absentia" for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977 was denied by a Los Angeles Superior Court judge Friday, leaving a smaller possibility that Polanski would get off without extradition from Switzerland or time behind bars in the 33- ... More >>
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January 21, 2010
Polanski's Victim Wants Him Off The Hook
Attorneys for the victim of Roman Polanski indicated they will file papers asking a judge in the 33-year-old case to sentence him to time already served, KTLA reports. An attorney for Samantha Geimer, who was 13 when Polanski had sex with her, wants the director sentenced "in absentia" for t ... More >>
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January 19, 2010
Polanski's Lawyers Say D.A. Misled Judge, Urge Sentencing In Absentia
Roman Polanski.Roman Polanski's lawyers are again urging a judge to sentence the director "in absentia:" They argue that authorities in Switzerland, where he's being held, have been "misled" about a previous court's intentions in Polanski's original sentencing deal in 1978. The New York Time ... More >>
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December 28, 2009
Polanski Speaks Out, Says He Feels 'Comfort And Hope'
Child-sex convict and famed movie director Roman Polanski spoke out over the weekend about his predicament, issuing his first statement since he was arrested in Switzerland in September as part of the Los Angeles County District Attorney's long-running efforts to bring the fugitive to justice ... More >>
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December 3, 2009
Q & A With Corina Weibel of Canelé: Day Trading, Letting Friends Cook & Why She Wants To Be A Librarian
Corina Weibel, chef-owner of Canelé in Atwater Village, cooked for Nancy Silverton at Campanile for five years, and with Suzanne Goin at Lucques for three, then catered before she opened her own restaurant. Canelé, her cozy place on Glendale Boulevard, just celebrated its three year anniversary. B ... More >>
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December 3, 2009
Polanski Could Face More Than A Year Behind Bars
Director Roman Polanski fled the United States in 1978 to avoid what was likely to be a 90-day sentence for unlawful sex with a minor. We recently stated that such a crime today would be treated much more harshly, and the Los Angeles Times on Thursday published an analysis of sentences for si ... More >>
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November 25, 2009
Listening To The Sound...of Woodworms
What do worms sound like? Zimoun knows. He is a 32-year-old sound installation artist from Switzerland. He makes things that make noise. These tend to be mechanical things that make sounds that are strangely organic, like rain or waterfalls. (Go here for examples.) You get the feeling that Z ... More >>
Film+TV
November 19, 2009
Alfred Hitchcock Before America
LAMCA revisits eight British thrillers from the young but hardly innocent Psycho director
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August 24, 2009
Secret World of Cat Ladders: What Is Next? Cat Elevators?
Jimmy Robertson, 37, of Stockholm Sweden blogs about cat ladders. You have to wonder: um, why? How did you become interested in cat ladders? Do you really like cats? Ladders? It started when I was unemployed a couple of years ago. I had the time to take long walks and then I discovered tha ... More >>
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November 22, 2007
Global Grooves
Compression marks its two-year anniversary
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October 12, 2006
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September 14, 2006
Green Without Envy
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July 7, 2005
Hot-Dogging
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Stage
March 13, 2003
From Mediocre to Monster
John O�Keefe�s brilliant new play finds the pulse of our times
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June 20, 2002
Dangerous Liaison
John O�Keefe�s brilliant new play finds the pulse of our times
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December 20, 2001
Our Daily Pain
John O�Keefe�s brilliant new play finds the pulse of our times
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October 4, 2001
The Artists of Gruy�re
John O�Keefe�s brilliant new play finds the pulse of our times
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February 3, 2000
Dystopia, Datopia
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February 11, 1999
Taking No Prisoners
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