Thanksgiving

Now Open: The Larder at Burton Way More Coming!

Chef Suzanne Goin and business partner Caroline Styne (Lucques, A.O.C., Tavern) have opened their third iteration of the Larder -- others are in West Hollywood and Brentwood -- at the intersection of Burton Way, San Vicente and La Cienega, a seemingly awkward location that surprises you with excelle ... More >>

Thundercat Haunted By Austin Peralta's Death

Stephen Bruner Jr., known as bassist Thundercat, isn't afraid to wear whatever the fuck he deems appropriate. Tonight, he's in a colorful poncho over what appears to be a chain-mail jumpsuit -- King Arthur meets The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. It's the sold-out release show for Bruner's new album ... More >>

5 Places to Get Peking Duck Today Happy Peking Duck Day!

Crisp, maltose-glazed skin and dark meat layered together for crackle and crunch on a paper-thin wheat pancake. A heaping of sweet bean sauce and a sprinkling of thin cucumber slices and spring onions for garnish. This is the ritual of the Peking duck -- China's esteemed national dish. Like Thanks ... More >>

Chefs Cook At Home, The Holiday Edition: Providence's Michael Cimarusti

This week and next, we'll be featuring the holiday food traditions of L.A. chefs. Today, Providence's Michael Cimarusti tells us about his Thanksgiving and Christmas traditions. "Thanksgiving is my holiday of choice. This year we had twenty for dinner. The feast began on Tuesday with a pig roast in ... More >>

Touche Amore's Southeast Asia Tour Diary: "Little Regard for Our Personal Well-Being"

Full of emotion and earnestness, Touche Amore's 2009 full-length debut ...To The Beat Of A Dead Horse was a walloping punch to the gut of the hardcore scene. Their 2011 follow-up Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me kept the jabs coming. The Los Angeles group's popularity has grown in large p ... More >>

5 Best Comedy Shows in L.A. This Week, Including UCB's Thanksgiving Feast

Let's all give thanks we have bountiful great comedy in this town. 5. 17th Nerdmelt Horrible Movie Night Hosts John Mathot and Susan Wright, along with the awesome musical improv team Love Jet, get ruthless on Alienator with Jan Michael Vincent. Nerdmelt at Meltdown Comics, Sat., Nov. 17, 8 p.m.

Loreto's Fried Turkey: The Bird is the Word

At Loreto's in Compton, the art of fried turkey extends well beyond Thanksgiving. While most Americans will carve up their centerpiece this holiday -- then subject themselves to a week of leftovers before tiring of the bird -- a small take-out shack in South Central has made a name by specializing i ... More >>

The Curious World of Wine, From George Washington To Emeril Lagasse

In The Curious World of Wine today, uncorking a bottle is often more an invitation for criticism than enjoyment. Was that $15 bottle worth a repeat buy? Did the pricey Pinot Noir you served for Thanksgiving do your heritage turkey justice? In his new book, Richard Vine, an industry consultant and ... More >>

Pumpkin Beer: Good for what Ales Ya, Or Not

Is there really a demand for pumpkin beer? Do squash aficionados start summer letter writing campaigns to make sure their fridges are stocked in November? Do brewmasters have a secret fervor for Charlie Brown cartoon reruns? Do they respond to skewed surveys that weigh the answers of the ardent few, ... More >>

November Review: David Mamet Skewers the Presidency at the Mark Taper Forum

Steven Rea's Hollywood Rides a Bike: Critic Channels His Obsession With Photos of Celebs on Two Wheels

Author and film critic Steven Rea is hip. Well he's not trying to be hip, which makes him even hipper, but we'll get to that in a second. He's got two obsessions -- bikes and Hollywood history -- that he's managed to turn into a pretty hip book. At first glance, it might look like that kind of lou ... More >>

Boos Philly Cheesesteaks: Sandwich of the Week

Of all the regional American sandwich specialties, an authentic Philly cheesesteak may be the hardest to find in Los Angeles. Boos Philly Cheesesteaks is one of the few sub shops where sriracha is offered as a condiment -- a happy California touch, to be sure -- but everywhere else, Boos is righteou ... More >>

Cookbooks Ranked By the Stick (of Butter)

Flickr/Mailloux​In last Sunday's New York Times Magazine, Marnie Hanel's pat-sized graphic ranks a handful of holiday-themed cookbooks by the amount of butter their recipes require. Weighing in at 176 pages and 1.6 pounds, The Gourmet Cookie Book calls for an astonishing 82 sticks of butter - ... More >>

Natural Harvest Semen Cookbook: We Just Threw Up In Our Mouth

Natural Harvest: The cookbook that will make you vomit without even opening it.​If beef is red meat, pork is the other white meat and termite larvae is the clear meat, what in the hell is semen? We don't want to know. [Editor's note: Thanksgiving is over. You're fasting today anyway, right?] ... More >>

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Studies Show Thankfulness Can Lead to Better Health - & Better Sex

It's the day of thanks, when we all gather 'round the table or picnic blanket and hope there's at least one person in the room we're thankful for having in our lives. Food is usually involved, as is wine and other alcoholic splendor, and with all the focus on baking the perfect pie and finding flatt ... More >>

Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend DUI Checkpoints in L.A: Happy Turkey Day (Now Put Your Hands Behind Your Back)

Try not to get too stuffed on beer this Thanksgiving weekend. Because, despite the holiday cheer, cops will be looking for you if you get behind the wheel. If the pilgrims and colonizers were around today they'd be greeted with handcuffs and huge fines (America's settlers apparently loved brew). Go ... More >>

Buche de Noël Meringue Mushroom Tips From A Master Pastry Chef A Recipe

As we can imagine few things more miserable than stepping foot in any retail store on the busiest shopping day of the year, we will be spending the day after Thanksgiving drafting our holiday baking plan of action. Baking Friday, if you will. Up this year: Buche de Noël. Home baking frustrations ... More >>

Cookbook Of The Week: Holiday Dinners With Bradley Ogden

Holiday Dinners with Bradley Ogden is not our chosen cookbook this week for the obvious holiday reasons, though that green bean and persimmon salad (with basil) in the first "Thanksgiving Fest" section actually did cause us to reconsider Thursday's family appetizer for a moment. But these holiday ... More >>

November at L.A. Farmers Markets: Your Virtual Grocery List

It's November at Los Angeles farmers markets, where the stalls have been looking particularly festive for weeks now. Pumpkins. Swan gourds (the folks at McGrath Family Farm say they're decorative more than edible, but you can cook them if you really want to). Pomegranates. Also look for Satsuma mand ... More >>

LinA In LA Party Picks: Be Grateful While You Grind

Life is a Runway; see Sat. ​It's almost Thanksgiving, y'all! Here are a few things to be thankful for while clubbing this week in Los Angeles: 1) the diversity and sheer magnitude of party offerings here, 2) the great DJs bred and based in the city and the great DJs always stopping through on ... More >>

Venn Piagram: The Twain Shall Meet with This Blueberry-Strawberry Pie

HungryHungryHippy​You know the story: Half the family wants one kind of dessert, the other half wants another. (And don't get us started on Aunt Mildred, who can never make up her dang mind.) Normally the solution is two pies, two separate factions, two warring gangs spooning sweets into their ... More >>

What's In Season at the Farmers Markets: Delayed Persimmon Season

Felicia FriesemaFuyu persimmons from Walker Farms at the Pasadena market.​California orchardists just cannot get a break this year. The long, very cold winter we had was followed by a finicky spring that teased trees into blooming and then spanked them with a hard frost. Some crops were lost ... More >>

Q & A With Farmshop's Jeffrey Cerciello: Open For Dinner, Keller, El Bulli Market Plans

A. ScattergoodJeffrey Cerciello at Farmshop​ When Jeffrey Cerciello came to Los Angeles to open Farmshop in the Brentwood Country Mart, in the space formerly occupied by Maury Rubin's short-lived City Bakery, it was a homecoming of sorts. Cerciello, who was culinary director of Thomas Keller's ... More >>

Want Angulas, Spanish Baby Eels? Get the Fake Version

Anne Fishbeinthe invisible restaurant critic​ Dear Mr. Gold: Is there anywhere in L.A. where I can find angulas -- Spanish baby eels? --Anthony Pan, via Facebook

Study Says Lab-Cultured Meat Would Reduce Greenhouse Emissions, Save Energy, and Conserve Water

Sifu Renka/flickrturkey slices​ When you examine a heap of sliced deli turkey from Von's, you see no obvious connection between the slippery pink sheets and a semi-winged, beaked creature, or even a lovely roasted bird like you'd enjoy at Thanksgiving. Had you no prior knowledge, if someone t ... More >>

Top 10 Least Sexy Sex Stunts in Rap Songs

​Rappers aren't known for their ability to make our toes curl at the merest suggestion of sex--they leave that to Jill Scott, or Jodeci, or J*Davey. No, they're likely to get us all twisted up in our bedsheets for a different reason--confusion. Hearing one too many lines that made us go, "Hu ... More >>

Countdown to Record Store Day: An Interview with RSD Co-Founder Michael Kurtz

​We've been looking forward to Record Store Day (or RSD) for awhile now. For one, it provides a welcome diversion for those of us not going to Coachella. Also, we are looking forward to all of the limited-edition vinyl releases, in-stores, and sales that come along with RSD. We keep hearing a ... More >>

Top 5 Spots for Korean Shaved Ice: Or, Your Patbingsu Fix

SupaflyKorean store window display for patbingsu​ The Korean shaved ice snack called patbingsu handily trumps even the most elaborate Fosselman's sundae when it comes to sheer, omg-inducing visual impact. For the uninitiated, patbingsu is like Pinkberry on psychotropic drugs: an often deli ... More >>

Top 10 Hot Chicks In The News 2010: No. 3, TSA 'Bikini Girl' Corrine Theile

Bikini girl!​Bikini girl alert! Theile tells us she's flying out of LAX today -- with bikini on. Assignment editors, gas up those news vans and send your people to the airport ASAP. First posted at 6 p.m. Wednesday. Whenever a good-looking woman makes a stand for our constitutional rights, bu ... More >>

Schwarzenegger's Chemical Romance

Angering environmentalists, Arnold rewrites his Green Chemistry initiative in his final days in office

[Updated] Senate Votes on Sweeping Food Safety Bill

Flickr/graymalkna farm in Northern California​ Updated: Yesterday evening the Senate passed the Food Safety Bill, otherwise known as the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, or S.510. The bill passed on a 73-25 vote. It now goes to the House, which is widely expected to pass it, and then to Pre ... More >>

The Turkey Hotline: An IQ Test for The Holiday-Challenged

Flickr/tuchodi​ Every year, it seems, Butterball does more than produce turkeys. The company also mans the Turkey Talk-Line, a hotline for those with holiday turkey issues. Reuters, bless them, recently ran a story called "Are you smarter than your turkey?" -- in which they called up the hotl ... More >>

CHP: Fewer Drunk Drivers Took To L.A. County Highways This Thanksgiving

Washington Injury Attorney BlogL.A. County drivers crashed on the couch instead​While you were scarfing turkey in your Snuggie, the California Highway Patrol was out serving and protecting freeways and state highways (and some unincorporated surface streets) throughout L.A. County. Officers b ... More >>

Best Cookbooks of 2010, Starting With The Holiday Party Host Edition

Cookbooks, Always A Good Idea​It wouldn't be Thanksgiving without the morning after. When leftovers begin their second life as sandwiches, and Americans trade those turkey hot lines for toy experts who dutifully remind us why exactly we are camping out at Toys-R-Us instead of eating a turkey s ... More >>

L.A. Creamery Opening in Canoga Park

Courtesy of L.A. Creamery.​ The day after Thanksgiving, artisan ice cream maker L.A. Creamery opens its first brick-and-mortar location, in the Westfield Topanga Shopping Center. The recipes for the 16-18 daily flavors -- like Bourbon Pecan Pie, Olive Oil & Sea Salt and Cookies & Sweet Cream ... More >>

Underground Recipe: Orgasmo De La Boca's Cornmeal Pancakes With Lox And Coriander Creme Fraiche

When we last spoke with Alessandra Innamorato, an underground restaurant chef by way of Spain and owner of Orgasmo de la Boca smoked olives, we were contemplating the American obsession with food-based sexual references. But we are supposed to be talking about "the crack meets hot sex of olives" Twe ... More >>

10,000 Turkeys -- Including Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa -- Up For Grabs In South Los Angeles

Clemson UniversityHave a heart: Give a featherless orphan a nice home this Thanksgiving​If you hightail it down to the the 3600 block of West Slauson Avenue right now, you might be able to nab one of the 10,000 turkeys that Jackson Limousine Service has secured for its annual Thanks-giveaway, ... More >>

10 Thanksgiving Restaurant Takeout Options

Magnolia Bakery​ We've given you dining out ideas for Thanksgiving, places to find globally inspired turkey and fixings, cocktail ideas and some great recipes (even one for Marilyn Monroe's stuffing) for your own kitchen. And you still don't have a plan for November 25? The easiest possible s ... More >>

How To Pretend It's Fall In L.A.: 5 Local Beer Folks On Their Favorite Seasonal Beers

J. Garbee​ The 'tis the season buzz around the beer world this time of year is all about dark and malty cold weather brews -- Hibernation ales, Santa's Butt Porters and an infinite number of chocolate stouts. That fall beer thing can be hard to wrap your head around in L.A. when the sunshine s ... More >>

How To Cook Like a Movie Star: Marilyn Monroe's Stuffing Recipe

Flickr/srettThanksgiving ​ As the former director of the Michelin Guide infamously noted, people in L.A. care more about movie stars than Michelin stars. Sure we do. (That's presumably why Michelin no longer publishes a guide to Los Angeles. And perhaps one of the reasons why Jean-Luc Naret i ... More >>

Thanksgiving Cooking Class Round-Up: Learn Recipes Even Aunt Mable Will Love

Flickr/brianblevins​ Thanksgiving is barely two weeks away, which means it's time to get out your roasting pans, gravy separators, oversized serving platters and a hefty dose of Xanax, because extended family will soon be knocking down your door. To help you out -- and prevent Aunt Betty from ... More >>

The Second Monday In October In Canada: It's Thanksgiving, Eh

Margy RochlinFarmer's Market in Vancouver's West End​ We have often studied the notation on our Day-At-A-Time calendars -- Thanksgiving (Canada) -- and wondered what the festival entails. As it turns out, it's a national holiday that lands on the second Monday of October and mirrors our nation ... More >>

Cookbook Review: Canning For A New Generation

​As food trends pick up momentum, cookbooks on the topic inevitably follow. Often entirely too many cookbooks (you can almost hear the frantic publishing house phone calls down to the legal department -- is it too late to cancel so-and-so's contract?). Such was our reaction when we picked up C ... More >>

Top 10 Food Tumblrs: The World of Tom Selleck Sandwiches

Selleck Waterfall SandwichFeatured Sandwich: Kielbasa​ Tumblr is a blogging platform that bridges the gap between social networks like Twitter or Facebook, and a Word Press or Blogspot blog. It has yet to be utilized for a Presidential campaign or propagate any false celebrity death rumors, b ... More >>

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Shutting Down Public-Access TV

AT&T and L.A. City Hall quietly lead a national push to silence the little guy