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Blogs
September 28, 2012
Serious Drinking: The Manhattan
I think we can all agree that a summer cocktail's main reason for existence is refreshment. Fall cocktails, though, are a little more complicated. Like the season it's a category of drinks that falls to a more nocturnal hue. Amber, oak-aged spirits play a central role in the repertoire, perhaps refl ... More >>
Blogs
August 8, 2012
Q & A With Chop Suey's Adam Acuff: Craft Sake, Collaboration Beers The Manhattan Project
Little Tokyo's historic Far East Café has for years been divided up into two establishments. One is L.A Weekly's most-improved craft beer bar of 2011, Far Bar, and the other is an underutilized restaurant and lounge next door called Chop Suey. For the last few years, we admit we've skipped over e ... More >>
Blogs
June 25, 2012
A Shortage of American Rye: No Booze in Your Pockets
Here's the thing about the brown spirits -- that brown color is largely the product of aging, usually in oak casks, and at the risk of stating the obvious, aging takes time. So when the popularity of a brown spirit spikes, it is very difficult for a spirits company to ramp up production. They can di ... More >>
News
May 22, 2008
Pellicano Juror Reveals Inner Workings
Juror No. 7 speaks out on Anthony Pellicano, Anita Busch and Christian values
Blogs
May 15, 2008
Guilty As Charged: Anthony Pellicano trial ends with prosecution victory
Anthony Pellicano, onetime “P.I. to the Stars,” was convicted today of 76 of the 77 counts he faced for racketeering, wire fraud and identity theft. As Judge Dale Fischer began reading the first of the jury’s guilty verdicts at 12:15 p.m., Pellicano displayed the stoic bravado he showed throu ... More >>
Film+TV
July 12, 2007
Steve Buscemi: Second Glances
Looking back at the landmark gay film that launched Buscemi's career
Film+TV
December 14, 2006
Film Reviews
Backstage, Charlotte's Web, Eragon and more