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    May 17, 2012

    Hollywood's Favorite Haunted Hospital Is Being Flipped Into $40M Old Folks' Home

    Even the handiest of set designers would be hard-pressed to recreate the years of organic decay that have made Linda Vista Community Hospital into the ultimate film set -- streaks on the walls, peeling paint, broken pipes, the occasional stray syringe. (Mixed in with some Hollywood props, left behin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    Anthony Bourdain's Baja Episode of No Reservations Will Make You Want to Cross the Border Immediately

    The Baja California episode of No Reservations begins with a soundtrack of gunshots and sirens peppering news reports of violence in Tijuana. But against this noise we see Anthony Bourdain strolling into town looking unafraid. He knows what you're thinking: "Wait, isn't Tijuana dangerous?" The shor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    James Beard 2012 Award Winners

    The James Beard awards are the food equivalent of the Oscars: prestigious golden whatsits, fancy dress event, silly acceptance speeches, requisite grouching about the whole thing being rigged. Oh, yes, and lots of highly talented people getting much-deserved recognition. This year's awards ceremony ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    Travel Channel Show Follows a "Coffee Hunter" Hunting for Coffee

    Because the tough-guy-braves-[insert literal or metaphorical monster here]-to reveal-the-inner-workings-of [insert subject matter here] reality show formula continues to be popular, we'll be getting at least one more, courtesy the Travel Channel. The network just announced that it will develop a se ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    March 22, 2012

    I Am a Reverse Coyote: Smuggling Food Tourists Into Tijuana

    Tijuana is the new culinary media darling, but this writer has been smuggling food tourists there for years

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    2012 James Beard Foundation Award Nominees Announced: The Mozza Edition

    Yesterday the James Beard Foundation announced its 2012 nominations for book awards, journalism, design and graphics, broadcast and media, and restaurant and chefs. It is a very long list. There were also awards given for lifetime achievement (Wolfgang Puck!) and humanitarian of the year (Charlie Tr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 3/5-3/9

    In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Tommy's chili is a flame-orange concoction that, no matter how many napkins you have at the ready, will inevitably leave its mark somewhere on your face, shirt or shoes." 10 Best Hot Dogs in Los Angeles. ​"We've all wished ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    Anthony Bourdain: Now Portable Via Travel Channel's New Layover App

    We've all wished we could carry Anthony Bourdain around in our pockets when traveling to a new city, and now, the marketing geniuses over at the Travel Channel have figured out a way to make such a thing possible. In digital form, at least. Today they announced the new "Travel Channel Layover Guide ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2012

    Anthony Bourdain: 5 Unexpected Lessons He Taught Us Last Night

    College of the Canyons/Jesse MuñozAnthony Bourdain, giving a rapt audience a window into making No Reservations.​We don't think any stone was left unturned by the end of Anthony Bourdain's speaking engagement last night at Santa Clarita's College of the Canyons. We know his new "death row" m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Anthony Bourdain's The Layover Uses Jonathan Gold as a Guide

    The Travel Channel obviously saved the best for last. The season finale of Anthony Bourdain's The Layover airs tonight, in which Tony will enlighten viewers on how to get the most out of the L.A. food scene in a short period of time. Between cocktails at the Chateau Marmont and, we think, a peek in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2012

    Andrew Zimmern's Pop-Up Dinner at Royal/T: How It's Different from Every Other Episode of Bizarre Foods America

    Royal/T, the Culver City cosplay café, is in shambles right now -- a chaotic mess of boxes, dust, overturned tables and yes, TV cameras. It will be spic and span by 6 p.m., though, when Andrew Zimmern's "California Dreaming" pop-up dinner will opens its doors. Part fundraiser, part stint for his n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    Anthony Bourdain on The Layover, L.A. and Jonathan Gold

    Via the Travel ChannelAnthony Bourdain at the LudoBites truck.​We elbowed our way into the Travel Channel's crowded media conference call to speak with legendary chef, food writer and TV personality Anthony Bourdain about his new show, The Layover, premiering this month. When it was finally o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2011

    Taste Awards Nominees Announced: Anthony Bourdain, Alton Brown Steve Jobs

    Taste Awards​What do Steve Jobs, Kung Fu Panda 2 and The Chew have in common? They'll each be recognized during the next annual Taste Awards. Contrary to the name, the award ceremony, held January's 3rd in Hollywood, honors not just food but style and home lifestyle programming in television, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    The McDonald's Channel: Fast Food HDTV

    ​ The reprogramming of America just keeps getting scarier. First Oprah launched her own television channel (OWN), and now McDonald's is doing the same. Not on your home HDTV (yet), but in its own restaurants. The McDonalds Channel (McDTV, doubtless) will soon be in some 800 California restaura ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2011

    Fried Kool-Aid, Fried Brownies, FryBQ Ribs: A Sneak Peek at Chicken Charlie's Newest Fried Fair Fare

    Courtesy of Chicken CharlieFried fair fare trio: Totally Fried Brownies, FryBQ ribs and Totally Fried Kool-Aid​ His life's work reads like a chapter in The Fattening of America. Every year, Chicken Charlie a.k.a. Charlie Boghosian, the fried food maestro of Southern California's county fair c ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 17, 2011

    OCTOPI HAVE BALLS?

    Courtesy of Chicken CharlieFried fair fare trio: Totally Fried Brownies, FryBQ ribs and Totally Fried Kool-Aid​ His life's work reads like a chapter in The Fattening of America. Every year, Chicken Charlie a.k.a. Charlie Boghosian, the fried food maestro of Southern California's county fair c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2011

    Guns, Gasoline & Shark Fins: Gordon Ramsay Risks Life for Television Show

    MirrorGordon Ramsay​ If anybody thinks that being a TV chef is easier than actually working behind the stoves, Gordon Ramsay, of all people, can now report otherwise. The English chef, still a faint presence here at Gordon Ramsay at the London, West Hollywood and the host of many reality telev ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    December 16, 2010

    AND SOON THE DARKNESS

    MirrorGordon Ramsay​ If anybody thinks that being a TV chef is easier than actually working behind the stoves, Gordon Ramsay, of all people, can now report otherwise. The English chef, still a faint presence here at Gordon Ramsay at the London, West Hollywood and the host of many reality telev ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 7, 2010

    BEST "I'LL TAKE SUPERVILLIANS FOR $500, ALEX"

    MirrorGordon Ramsay​ If anybody thinks that being a TV chef is easier than actually working behind the stoves, Gordon Ramsay, of all people, can now report otherwise. The English chef, still a faint presence here at Gordon Ramsay at the London, West Hollywood and the host of many reality telev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    Anthony Bourdain Coming to Royce Hall: Yes, Reservations

    The Travel ChannelAnthony Bourdain, the hazard pay episode​ Tired of getting your Anthony Bourdain fix via the Travel Channel, your demi-glace-stained pages of Kitchen Confidential (or Bone in the Throat, circa 1995), or even, gasp, from the untangled threads of @ruthbourdain? The chef-author ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    2010 James Beard Finalists Announed: Suzanne Goin, Matt Molina, Michael Cimarusti, Jonathan Gold, Patric Kuh Nominated

    James Beard​Twitter is at it again. The 2010 James Beard Award Finalists were announced this morning via the foundation's Twitter account. L.A's Suzanne Goin, of Lucques, AOC Wine Bar, Hungry Cat and Tavern was nominated for Outstanding Chef, while Matt Molina of Mozza and Michael Cimarusti of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2010

    Bill Murray on No Reservations: Give This Man A Travel Show

    Anthony Bourdain's traveling road show, No Reservations, is a meandering and often exhaustingly self-referential hour of television. Not so for the final 4 minutes of last night's show, when, after wandering up and down the Hudson River, Bourdain ran into and dined with Bill Murray. Bill Murray (Gro ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    February 7, 2008

    Food, Dude! Stoner Caterers

    Chef duo's Food Network show falls flat, but they've moved on to the Carson Daly show and their first restaurant, Animal

  • Film+TV

    July 26, 2007

    No Reservations: Light Dining

    Sweet and savory fare — without the foam

  • News

    December 8, 2005

    Calling The Hole

    The Vin Scully of pro poker: Mike Sexton

  • Film+TV

    May 30, 2002

    Clean and Sober

    And heading straight to Dubai

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