Tunisia

Five Great Lesser-Known DJs To See At Coachella

For dance fans there has been little difference between Coachella and Electric Daisy Carnival in recent years, except that the former supplemented its Tiesto-Kaskade-Deadmau5 lineups with alt-rock while EDC did so with dubstep and drum 'n' bass. See also: Everything you need to know about Coachella ... More >>

Argo Review: Ben Affleck's Film About the CIA Going Hollywood

Angel City Jazz Festival - Ford Amphitheatre - 10/7/12

Angel City Jazz Festival Ford Amphitheatre 10-7-12 Is the Angel City Jazz Festival the best jazz festival in Los Angeles? It depends on how you measure it. If you are going by quality of acts, quantity of acts, accessibility of venue, price of parking or friendliness of crowd, then yes, it is the b ... More >>

Farid Zadi's Couscousfest Returns: Oktoberfest North African Stoner Food

Oktoberfest doesn't just mean sausage and sauerkraut -- at least not when Farid Zadi busts out his tagine this weekend. On Sept. 22 and 23, the French-Algerian chef and owner of the recently opened Spanish Fly Gastropub in Koreatown brings back his Couscousfest for a third year. Larger in scope than ... More >>

Raiders of the Lost Ark Opens in IMAX: Remember When Indiana Jones Was Awesome?

The story goes that while filming in Tunisia in the summer of 1980, Steven Spielberg avoided the dysentery that afflicted most of the cast and crew of Raiders of the Lost Ark by holing up in his hotel room with a suitcase full of SpaghettiOs. Like most studio-approved behind-the-scenes errata, that ... More >>

Our Next Meal: Got Kosher Cafe

Never mind molecular gastronomy. When you bite into Tunisian-style brik a l'oeuf at Got Kosher Cafe you experience one of the world's great feats of culinary alchemy. Stab into the crunchy, paper-thin crepe (called malsouqua) and the runny egg yolk oozes out, enriching both the potato chip-crisp p ... More >>

Tunisian Tuna Sandwich at Tarte Tatin: Old Classic, New Twist

Yes, we already covered Los Angeles' 10 Best Sandwiches. But as we all know, this is a vast city and sometimes a true gem gets overlooked. In this case, that would be the Tunisian Tuna sandwich at Tarte Tatin Bakery in Beverly Hills, and we suggest you eat, this, now.

Got Kosher? Reopens as Cafe

After many, many months of renovations, popular Kosher Corridor catering and takeout vendor Got Kosher? Provisions reopened on Monday as Got Kosher? Cafe. Expanding into the shuttered mailing supplies store next door, the rebuilt space now features a dozen or so tables, including a few outside, an ... More >>

Loco Dice is The Antidote to Cheesy, David Guetta House: He DJs Tomorrow at The Music Box

Loco Dice.​We're glad trance is finally over (isn't it?), but something just as cheesy has stood up to take its place. While we won't name any names (Afrojack, Swedish House Mafia, David Guetta), they call this new sound "house." Now, if you've been alive since Clinton was president you know ... More >>

Alex Acuña, Barbara Morrison, Marcus Miller - Catalina Bar & Grill's 25th Anniversary - October 17, 2011

Sean J. O'ConnellLeft to right: Patrice Rushen, Hubert Laws, Lee Ritenour, Marcus Miller​Alex Acuña, Barbara Morrison, Marcus Miller, and many others Catalina Bar & Grill's 25th Anniversary 10-17-11 Better than...watching half of Ken Burns' Jazz in one sitting. Even in the heyday of jazz c ... More >>

Couscous Festival 2011: Start Your Couscouseries

It's time to get out your couscouserie again. Or rather, time to let Farid Zadi get out his. Zadi and his wife and business partner Susan Park are hosting their second annual Couscous Festival, Sunday October 23 from noon to 6 p.m. Last year's festival, you may recall, took place in Pasadena, comple ... More >>

A Taste of Tunisia Brings Brik to Malibu, Downtown Art Walk & L.A. Street Food Fest

J. Ritz​ Playdate foods for adults and kids typically involve carrot sticks, graham crackers, chips, juice and the like. Things in Yosr Daoud's household, however, are more exciting than that. It was over a plate of traditional Tunisian brik that Daoud prepared for fellow mom and friend Lisa M ... More >>

Cookbook Review: Italian Cooking At Home

​The recently released Italian Cooking At Home is part of the growing At Home With the Culinary Institute of America series. The problem with any series, be it a crime novel or a cookbook, is they either continue to successfully shed light on a single subject with in-depth looks at those sfogl ... More >>

Belarus Free Theatre, Free Speech and Thought Control

BFT’s Natalya Kolyada, and Tim Crouch’s The Author

With Godspeed on Our Side

How did an experimental political punk octet become the hottest ticket of the winter?

Los Angeles Shows Support for Egypt with Rally at Federal Building

Liana Aghajanian​ See more photos in "Los Angeles Rally Shows Support for Egyptian Protesters." By: Liana Aghajanian As protests calling for the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak violently escalated on the streets of Egypt in what is now the fifth day of anti-government unrest, at lea ... More >>

Said Jaziri, Controversial Muslim Cleric, Caught After Allegedly Entering U.S. Illegally East of San Diego

YouTubeSaid Jaziri.​Said Jaziri, a controversial Islamic cleric who had been deported to Tunisia from Canada, was caught east of San Diego after he was allegedly smuggled into the U.S. from Mexico earlier this month, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday. Jaziri was a Montreal imam who led ... More >>

Top 10 Best Holiday Booze Gifts

S. Bonar​ A little booze always makes those awkward family gatherings go smoother. (Note: A little booze.) If you are looking for a last-minute holiday gift, look no further. These liquors and liqueurs are delicious, straight-up or a part of a festive cocktail. Happy Boozemas!

What To Cook On A 2,500-Year-Old Boat, Part 1

Danielle EubankThe Phoenicia sets sail.​When Danielle Eubank signed on as the expedition artist (a fabulous title I don't see often enough on resumés) for the Phoenicia, a facsimile of an ancient Phoenician vessel that would spend two-and-a-half-years sailing around Africa, she expected a lac ... More >>

Momed Explores the Eastern Mediterranean

Momed, the new Mediterranean restaurant in Beverly Hills, was lucky. It inherited a wood burning oven from the previous occupant, the Italian restaurant Rosti. And so you can have Turkish flatbreads straight from that oven with such toppings as oven-roasted wild mushrooms, akawi cheese and broccoli ... More >>

The Couscous Festival Extends to a Second Day

Farid Zadicouscous​ The Couscous Festival, coming to Pasadena this October, has now been extended to a second day. Which tells you how much interest has already been generated, five months before the event. The now two-day festival, which is organized by chef Farid Zadi, will incorporate cooki ... More >>

Anna Karina Speaks (and dances and sings)

​ Talking to David Ehrenstein in today's edition of the Weekly, 60s icon Anna Karina reminisces about her life and work as the wife/muse of French New Wave master Jean-Luc Godard (a restored print of one of their greatest collaborations, Pierrot le Fou, screens next week as part of the City ... More >>

The Ghost of Miles at the Hollywood Bowl

The Ghost of Miles Davis Tonight at the Hollywood Bowl

When Bread Recipes (and Cultures) Intertwine: Alain Cohen's Pretzel Challah

What do pretzels and challah have in common? Not much. At least until the two met at Got Kosher? Provisions, a take-out shop on Pico Boulevard just west of Robertson.

Circus Maximalist: Monique King's Nine Thirty at the W

Behind the velvet ropes of the Westwood W, chef's latest is all American generosity

Movie Reviews: Be Kind Rewind, Men in the Nude, The Signal

And other Feb. 22 releases

Sex and the Freethinker

Yes, she said “pussy,” but don’t call Mohja Kahf progressive

Flesh and Bone

Playing with Kobe at mighty Cut

AFI Fest, A to Y

The Phantom Jasmine

Best nighttime scents

Sod Off!

Your yard — the last sustainable frontier

In the Land of the Brother Leader

Vacation in Libya? Totalitarian tourism and the search for truth... and a good meal

Bush in Africa:

No-cost compassionate conservatism

An Hour With Moses

The Old Testament superstar looks remarkably like Val Kilmer

Max-imizer

World of Wonders

Global Lens at REDCAT

Hitting the Wall

The West Bank barrier — and the Palestinian Authority’s inaction

Behind the Scenes

Phil Stern shows what a “dumb-fucking illiterate schmuck” can do with a camera

Murder She Wrote

The talented Ms. Highsmith

That 70s Show

Old age and the novel: Anita Brookner, Margaret Drabble and William Boyd

Watching Big Brother

Volunteers monitor round two of Ashcroft’s “special registration” program

Venus Rising

Mad loves and awakenings in Satin Rouge and Juana la Loca

Unplanned Obsolescence

Can Outfest remain proactive in a post-gay world?

Games Without Frontiers

The World Cup, week one

Patriot Games

Beyond Disappointment

The Middle East, according to Robert Fisk

Time Regained

The 53rd Cannes film festival

Earthly Delights

Song and dance from around the world

Twisted Sister

The strange world of Patricia Highsmith

Recalling Happy Squalor

Travel then and now