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WSJ Reports Anti-Quinoa Backlash Border Grill Recipe for Quinoa Fritters

There are a lot of quinoa haters out there. At least that's what The Wall Street Journal would have us believe. The front page of the Sept. 14-15 weekend print edition carried the headline: "Foodies' Ingrained Loyalty to Quinoa Sprouts a Backlash." While we liked the headline writer's clever play o ... More >>

This Week In Coffee: Caffeine Withdrawal a Mental Illness Coffee Kills Creativity

Coffee: For many of us it's the last great vice of our lives. After we've given up everything else -- cigarettes, drugs, binge drinking -- coffee is the one thing we hold onto, the one drug we allow ourselves as we become old and boring. But recent weeks have held some depressing news for coffee lov ... More >>

Koch Brothers Adopt Ayn Rand Stance: "Protests Against Buying the L.A. Times Bore Us"

Yesterday, a Wall Street Journal piece touched on whether the Koch Brothers might buy the Los Angeles Times. Today the brothers released a statement -- OK, a lecture -- straight from the pages of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. They want you to know that they don't give a rip about protests against them. ... More >>

Fast Food Holiday Strategies: Fish McBites Other Limited-Time Offers

It's no coincidence that McDonald's, Carl's Jr., and Wendy's have each rolled out a new fish option on their menus around the time of Lent. In time for St. Patrick's Day, participating Micky D locations also offer the Shamrock Shake, a limited-time mint milkshake. Fast food chains are relying more o ... More >>

Who Will Buy the Los Angeles Times?

Why do so many rich men want to buy it? And how did it get to this point anyway?

What Time Does the Super Bowl Start?

The 47th Super Bowl between the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravensthe is Sunday, February 3, 2013. Kickoff is 3:30 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, 6:30 Eastern Standard Time, 5:30 p.m. Central Standard Time. It's on CBS, with the yakking portion of the show beginning at 3 p.m. in Los Angeles ... More >>

Top 6 Seasonal Pumpkin Picks For Under $5

We realize that the profusion of pumpkin products isn't everyone's cup of squash. So we feel a little sheepish admitting that we're suckers for some of this pumpkin stuff (which reminds us, we need to get to See's Candy for a box of their pumpkin spice lollipops). With that in mind, we put togethe ... More >>

Mini-Wheats Recalled Due to Contamination With Metal Pieces

We know they're iron-fortified, but ... Kellogg Co. is recalling 2.8 million packages of Mini-Wheats cereal due to possible contamination with pieces of metal mesh. Now that's a cereal that stays crunchy in milk. The company expects the recall to cost it $30 million, the Wall Street Journal report ... More >>

Where to Eat in L.A. According to L.A. Residents vs. The Wall Street Journal Other Publications

The Wall Street Journal recently ran a story about our city's culinary scene titled "Finding a Food Mecca in the West," pointing its readers to Sprinkles Ice Cream, Fonuts, Umamicatessen, 800 Degrees and ink.sack. And though we have little quibble with the amazing efficiency of 800 Degrees or a cup ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 9/24 - 9/28

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "'It was like me being back home and having a shish kabob.'" Q & A With Homeland's Abu Nazir: Navid Negahban on Israeli and Persian Cuisine, Looking for Hummus in L.A., Shimon Peres' Facebook Page Getting Detained by the Rea ... More >>

Sam Bacile, L.A. Producer Behind Innocence of Muslims, Pseudonym for Evangelical Zealots?

The Muslim outrage that led to the fatal attack on the California-native U.S. ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, might have very well begun right here in Hollywood. The filmmaker who calls himself Sam Bacile might have made the source of some Muslims' ire, Innocence of Muslims (video after the jum ... More >>

Another Cantaloupe Outbreak Kills 2, Sickens 141

In a fatal rerun of the 2011 outbreak, two people have died and 141 have been sickened since July 7 after eating cantaloupes, the Wall Street Journal reports. But unlike last year's Listeria outbreak in cantaloupes, this year's deadly melons contain Salmonella, according to the Centers for Disease C ... More >>

13 Ways of Looking at a Sandwich and Other Regionalisms in the Dictionary of American Regional English

Depending on where you live in this great big country, a submarine sandwich might be known as a dagwood (Colorado), a wedge (parts of New York) or a poor boy (in the Gulf States, where, we once discovered, a banh mi sandwich is known as a "Vietnamese poor boy"). This is but one of the fascinating e ... More >>

Coors to Launch Iced Tea-flavored Beer

Flavored iced tea has been all the rage for a while now (passionfruit-acai-goji berry comes to mind). So the brilliant minds at Coors thought: Why not iced tea-flavored BEER? Last week, Golden, Colo.-based Molson Coors Brewing Co. announced it will launch Coors Light Iced T in Canada next month ahea ... More >>

Newspapers Dead Within Five Years, USC Predicts

Cristian Hernandez​As if the ink-stained wretches of the newspaper world need anymore bad news, the USC Annenberg Center for the Digital Future says the print product some of you like to pick up of your driveway every morning will go the way of the dinosaur within five years. A Digital Future ... More >>

362 Pizza Slices in 912 Days

Guzzle & NoshThe Specialty Pizza from Petrillo's in San Gabriel.​We thought we had intestinal fortitude with our 30 Burgers/30Scoops/30 Sandwiches series, but we're more impressed by Colin Hagendorf, who set out to try every pizza sold by the slice in Manhattan. The 28-year-old Brooklyn reside ... More >>

Echo Park Lake Is About to Get Drained Into an Empty, Stinking Mud Flat

The Eastsider via PicasaThe lake was last drained in 1984. Yes, it was awful.​For the new wave of borderline-eastside gentry who weren't around to see Echo Park Lake in a surly state of "stinking mud flat" in 1984 (or 1902, 1906, 1919, 1922, 1932 or 1946): We hate to be the bearers of bad ne ... More >>

Raving For The Rich: Burning Man Can be Done in Relative Comfort if You're Elon Musk

avramcYou can almost smell this photo.​We've never been tempted to feel the burn, frankly, because Burning Man is such a hippy affair, what with the pungent, sobriety challenged people and unpaved conditions. Not our idea of fun. However, it turns out that the annual Black Rock psychedelic sh ... More >>

National Crackdown on Graffiti Art Reported in the Midst of L.A.'s Own 'Art in the Streets' Renaissance

Gregory BojorquezRevok.​In the wake of MOCA's groundbreaking "Art in the Streets" exhibit, is there a national crackdown on graffiti? The Wall Street Journal, following up on the recent arrest of "Art in the Streets" star Revok, says yes. While we reported that officials say it's simply a co ... More >>

Food News Roundup: Sriracha Chicken, Movie Sandwiches More Fun Listening to Bourdain Talk

-- Saveur #127, the Los Angeles Edition. (Congrats, Javier! Street food! And yes, James Oseland used to be a proofreader at LA Weekly.) [Saveur] -- Allergies explained using cookies and candy. [Boing Boing] -- 5 Questions for Walter Manzke, or the joy of immersion circulators. [Daily Dish] -- ... More >>

Mayor Villaraigosa Ribbed by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, 'Glee' Producer

FoxMayor V. vs. 'Glee.'​Wow. You know you're in low-approval-rating territory when the mayor of New York gets more love than you even when it comes to art-and-culture in your own city. That was the rap for L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa this week. After a 60 Minutes profile of local billiona ... More >>

Food News Roundup: Street Food, Is Donald Trump Drinking Too Much Willy Wonka, Molecular Gastronomist

-- Time to Boycott French Toast, French Fries Again. (See: burqa laws.) [The Awl] -- Gordon Ramsay moves to Bel Air ("12 bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, a summerhouse"). [Digital Spy, via Eater] -- New Farmworker Report Paints a Big, Grim Picture. [Civil Eats via @SlowFoodUSA] -- The wonderful world o ... More >>

Food News Roundup: Spherical Pies, Chefs go Animal House Marco Pierre White Disses Jamie Oliver

-- Celebrate Pi Day (3/14) with a spherical pie. [Boing Boing] -- Dude, Those Candied Walnuts Go Great at a Kegger, or the movement of trained chefs to frat houses. [The Wall Street Journal] -- Suzanne Goin Hosts New York Chef Gabrielle Hamilton For Book-Signing Dinner, or more reasons to go to ... More >>

Homicides Plummet, But L.A. Suicides Are Up Since Recession Started

​For the second year in a row, a resident of L.A. County is more likely to die by their own hand than be killed by someone else. In 2010, suicides were essentially unchanged -- down 1% -- from 2009, and they remained above pre-recession levels, according to statistics from the L.A. County coroner. ... More >>

'Law & Order: Los Angeles' Crew Member Finds Real Gun In Ballona Creek

NBCA shot from 'Ballona Creek.'​A crew member on the set of Law & Order: Los Angeles -- filming on-location in Ballona Creek -- found a gun as he waded through some water. Big deal. Indeed, he thought it was a prop. Nope. Real-deal, semiautomatic weapon, according to the Wall Street Journal. ... More >>

Barry Minkow 2.0

L.A.'s fraud king is back — and taking the media for another ride

Egg Watch Continues: More Recalls, New Safety Rules

Flickr user Muy YumPoached egg from Bottega Louie​ Our egg problem is still going strong. MSNBC is reporting that over a half-billion eggs have been recalled, and even more could be on the horizon. Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that new egg safety rules were only recently pu ... More >>

L.A. Council Once Again Puts Off Tough Choices

​Surprise, surprise. The Los Angeles City Council on Friday put off a vote on the city's budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1, opting instead to issue dire warnings while threatening to finally make a move on Monday that could result in hundreds of job cuts. City Hall is facing $585 ... More >>

Is The L.A. City Council In Denial Over Budget Mess?

​We've been snickering about it for quite sometime, but the Los Angeles City Council's feet-dragging distaste for all things budgetary (the city is now looking to pare down a $585 million deficit) seems to be inspiring more-and-more late-night-style quips. The latest (and perhaps greatest) co ... More >>

Number Of Pot Shops In L.A: 583

​Houston, we have a number: After ad nauseam reports about Los Angeles' 1,000-plus pot shops, which some news organizations stated was a number greater than a count of the city's Starbucks outlets, we finally have a number, and it's 583, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Hyperbol ... More >>

Health Care Legislation Could Be A Mixed Blessing For L.A.

​Passage of President Obama's health care package over the weekend could mean health insurance coverage for 32 million uninsured Americans, but it might not mean much for L.A.'s big, public hospitals. An official at the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, which runs County-USC M ... More >>

Plate Spinnings: Listings From the Past Week

Some food for thought from local, national and international news sources from this past week: -- Would you pay $250 million for Hooters? Don't answer that. [New York Post] -- Seven examples of very strange international food. [Independent Traveler] -- 5 favorite cookbooks from Alton Brown. [Wall ... More >>

L.A. Weekly Counts 545 Pot Shops in Los Angeles

From the Wall Street Journal to the Daily News to members of the Los Angeles City Council, a lot of people seem to think there are up to 1,000 medical weed stores in this city. Guess they still haven't looked at L.A. Weekly's PDF linked in our November cover story: "L.A.'s Medical-Weed Wars."Gregory ... More >>

Google, Bloggers Involved In Theft Says Rupert Murdoch

RupertFox​Rupert Murdoch has been on a tear against Google, vowing to close off content he controls to the search giant and saying the web king, news aggregators and bloggers are all involved in "theft" of content created by journalism organizations like the ones he owns. His comments were ma ... More >>

Prevent Bagel Related Injuries: Make Your Own Kitchen Guillotine

www.guillotine.dk/a real guillotine​Who knew bagels were so dangerous? The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that Bagel Related Injuries (that's BRI to you) are extremely common, so common that inventors are busy, as we speak, trying to invent a new bagel slicer. Last year, according t ... More >>

CALPERS corruption: A plan to make New Yorkers homeless, and $50M to blowhard Al Villalobos

California taxpayers unknowingly handed a cool $50 million to braggart Al Villalobos, and now the inept leaders of the California Public Employee Retirement System are arguing that they encouraged this possible pay-to-play debacle because they needed Al Villalobos to suggest places for Calpers to ... More >>

The Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Today's 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 on Wednesday. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is ... More >>

How to Open a Restaurant With No Money: The Wall Street Journal Gives Some Advice

If you spend your days watching Top Chef or playing Restaurant City online or even actually attending culinary school, you might be thinking about opening your own restaurant. So what do you do if you're young and broke and still think this is a good idea and not, say, getting a degree in urban plan ... More >>

The Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Today's 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 on Wednesday. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is ... More >>

The Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Today's 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 on Wednesday. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is ... More >>

Rob Maguire Defaults Expected on Skyscrapers and Towers in L.A. and The OC

Poor, poor Rob Maguire -- at least as reported yesterday in the Wall Street Journal, just a few months after this pretty-near fawning story about him and his supposed savior, Nelson Rising, in the Los Angeles Times. The WSJ story shows the "disastrous" decisions he made, especially in Orange County. ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

LAUSD Approves Teacher Ax Rule Changes School board members narrowly approved recommendations that would make it easier to dismiss teachers facing serious job charges. L.A. TimesNet Coach Exits USC's head basketball coach, Tim Floyd, has resigned, reportedly worn down by charges of professional impr ... More >>

WSJ: Cubs Win Freedom As Zell Sells

A late Wall Street Journal report claims that Sam Zell, the CEO of Tribune Company, which owns the Los Angeles Times, plans to sell the Chicago Cubs baseball team to the Ricketts family, whose "bid, led by Chicago financier Tom Ricketts, son of J. Joe Ricketts, the founder of TD Ameritrade Holding C ... More >>

Is Google Joining AT&T to Shut Up the Little Guy?

We're fascinated to see a Variety journalist pick up on our last week's cover story, "Shutting Up the Little Guy," as a cautionary tale about not just what AT&T, Fabian Nunez and the Los Angeles City Council are doing to decimate local public access TV, but what might happen if net neutrality -- ... More >>

Newsflash: Iceland is not as unbearably cool as one imagines

Icelandic innovation includes the "bumper dumper," a flip-down toilet seat on trucks' rear end for use in the wild.

The Wacko Phenomenon

Billy Shire and La Luz de Jesus

King of Hollywood

The New York Times’ pursuit of an entertainment writer

Kama Sutra Journalism

The Back Story

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