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[Updated] Frozen Berries Recalled, Lawsuit Filed as Hepatitis Outbreak Grows

Updated, June 12, 11:22 a.m.: The outbreak of hepatitis A linked to a frozen berry mix sold at Costco has grown to 99 people with illnesses in eight states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The outbreak has also spawned more lawsuits, including cases filed against food pr ... More >>

Frozen Berry Blend Sold at Costco Tainted With Hepatitis

The package says "organic" and "antioxidant," so you think you're doing something positive for your health. Unfortunately, missing from the label is "with hepatitis and God knows what else added." The Food and Drug Administration is investigating an outbreak of hepatitis A linked to a frozen organ ... More >>

Why Are L.A.'s Parks So Lacking in Good Food?

What began as a public-private partnership bidding process to find a food vendor for a beloved urban park launched a massively successful mid-market burger chain. Granted, any business gets a leg up when an already successful restaurateur such as Danny Meyer is at the helm. Shake Shack now has loc ... More >>

Happy Hour: Hyperion Public in Silver Lake Happy Wings!

Place: Hyperion Public, 2538 Hyperion Ave., Los Angeles; (323) 761-6440. Hours: Monday to Thursday, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.; Friday, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Deals: There is a range of drinks at this Silver Lake gastropub, including three beer-and-shot combos from $8 to $10. Tall glasses of Pabst Blue Ribbon at ... More >>

5 California Spring Beers to Drink Now

Stylistically, spring can be an awkward time for beer. In a different era of beer-loving -- like Lower Saxony in the 16th century -- we'd be readying ourselves for Lent by testing Bock beers that had been lagering through the winter. As weather and religion scarcely dictate what we drink now, our mo ... More >>

Now Open: Big Al's Halal Pizzeria in Maywood

Some say that L.A. is having it's pizza moment. Big Al's Halal Pizzeria entered the pizza fray on Saturday, Feb. 2 with a grand opening block party. Although, you might ask,"What exactly is halal pizza?" The second question you may ask is "Why halal pizza and in Maywood of all places?"

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 10/29 - 11/2

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "You were expecting maybe Jeff Koons and a chocolate fountain? No." Michael McCarty Updates Michael's Restaurant: Bar Food Drinking With Dennis Hopper. "Thanks to C&H, sugar cane will always be associated with a Hawaiian hi ... More >>

Iranian Actress Sheila Vand's Path to Argo Ran Through UCLA and Experimental Steampunk

Say the word "starlet" in polite conversation and risk conjuring up an image of Lindsey Lohan's mug shot or Amanda Bynes toking up in traffic. For aspiring young actresses in the thick of it, however, the indignities that pile up tend to be less tabloid-ready -- pointless general meetings, indiffere ... More >>

10 Great Cookbooks for Summer

Sure, you may have a dozen newly opened gastropubs within Yelp distance from where you live. Or food trucks. Or, arguably best of all, neighborhood taquerias. But in summer, when L.A. farmers markets are loaded with gorgeous produce, sometimes it's more fun to cook your own dinner. Just to prove you ... More >>

The 5 Things You Need to Know About This Week's Review of Mezze

This week, Mezze is the subject of my review. While I hope you'll take the time to read the full review, I offer this Mezze-review-for-dummies blog post. Food: Middle Eastern influenced New American, with a focus on small plates, but also a few fantastic entrees and a selection of flatbreads. From ... More >>

Alaev in the Family

Charlie Sheen's Comedy Central Roast: The Fort Knox of Comedy Gold

Charlie Sheen at his roast​If you didn't know better, you'd think that Charlie Sheen spent all this time sabotaging the highest-paying gig in TV just so he'd wind up the guest of dishonor at his own roast, specifically, the Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen, airing Sept. 19. For the show' ... More >>

Andrew Rogers, Land Artist: Now Playing on a Continent Near You

Andrew Rogers: Ancient Language, Atacama Desert 80m x 3m​ Australian artist Andrew Rogers has spent the last 13 years bouncing between 13 countries on all seven continents, working with over 6,700 people in all, creating sculptures in deserts, glaciers, gorges, city centers, national parks an ... More >>

Kobe Bryant Bangs The Drum For Turkish Airlines: Et Tu, Kobe?

Photos by Gendy Alimurung​ Why is Kobe Bryant banging on this drum? He's the "global brand ambassador" for Turkish Airlines now. He was at the inaugural flight ceremony launch not too long ago. He appeared onstage at the Paramount Studios lot. He shook hands with the chairman of the airlines ... More >>

Saveur Foodie Giveaway 2011: Did You Forget?

Saveur​ We hate decreasing our odds of winning a Wüsthof cleaver or a Le Creuset baking dish, but we'd be remiss if we didn't remind you that Saveur is in the midst of its annual Foodie Giveaway. The contest, which kicked off on January 1st and runs through the end of February, features a g ... More >>

How to Have a Happy New Year: Top 5 "Good Luck" Foods

Gleek.net/Flickr​If you're the superstitious type, seize the moment. There's a huge handful of foods one can eat around New Year's which are thought to ensure good luck for the next 365 days. We've rounded up a list of a few "good luck" foods that, if for nothing more than karmic efficiency, ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 11/29-12/3

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "The refrigerator is swept of leftovers, the bowl of cranberries has been scraped clean, and the half-gallon of superconcentrated turkey stock in the freezer doesn't begin to compensate for the loss." Ask Mr. Gold: Take a Dip ... More >>

San Pedro Man Gets Three Years For Sending Opium-Filled Bull Statue To Himself

​A San Pedro man was sentenced this week to more than three years in federal prison for attempting to send four pounds of opium to himself in a statue of a bull, authorities said. The drugs were sent from Turkey and intercepted in Germany, where federal authorities mailed the man a replica wit ... More >>

Anatolian Culture & Food Festival Today Through Sunday

Anatolian FestivalNow is the time to explore the cuisine of Anatolia​ Eating too much of the same old Italian, Chinese, Mexican and Japanese food lately? Well from today through Sunday, you can head over to the Orange County Great Park in Irvine for a wide range of Anatolian food at the Anato ... More >>

Best LA Music 2009 So Far III: Mika Miko and The Long Lost (MP3)

​Last week as we were sorting through our piles of CDs and accumulated MP3 files, we started to notice how big the stack of recent excellent LA music was. It became apparent that we're in the middle of a pretty great year for Los Angeles releases, and decided to give mid-year props to our fave ... More >>

Lightning-Fast Earthquake Could Hit Southern California

Just when Southern Californians have begun to pat themselves on the backs for having the Ted Soqui​world's stiffest earthquake building codes, there now comes news of "supershears." These are not competitors to Supercuts, but a newly discussed type of earthquake known for the incredibly high veloc ... More >>

Today in Photographs: April 24, 1965

Outside City Hall survivors and relatives of survivors commemorate the 50th anniversary of Turkey's massacre of Armenians.Photo: LA Times/UCLA CollectionClick image to enlarge

LA People 2009: Urban Shaman — Durek Verrett

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

From Yellow Cab to Green? Santa Monica's angst now extends to worrying whether it has too many polluting taxis, driven by impolite cabbies. A freeze is in the works. L.A. TimesBill Commemorating the Other Holocaust Once more Congressman Adam Schiff (D-Glendale) will introduce a bill to commemorate t ... More >>

The Unknown World: Orhan Pamuk’s Essays

Other Colors: Essays and a Story

Trouble at the L.A. Times

An editor kills a Page One story on Armenian genocide, and charges of bias fly

Jan. 26, 2007

The End of Murder by David Zahniser

Best Films of 2006 (In No Order That Makes Sense, With Liberal Cheating)

Best Smoky Tinder Box

Not for Shrinking Violets

Local designer gets off on MySpace

Istanbul Ballet: East Side Story

The Conversation

“Next Time, You’ll Be Executed”

A gay Iranian torture victim’s ordeal

Servicing Their Country

Women on the rack, from Sacramento to Istanbul

Dentistry for Guns

My father’s life

Ask Mr. Gold

Directing With Bifocals

The double vision of Head-On's Fatih Akin

Letters

Letters

Oliver Stone Apologizes to Turkey

And Billy Hayes, author of Midnight Express, reacts

The Logo-Spangled Banner

Slices of a digital war

As Fighter Jets Go By

Ghosts of the Missing Dead

Atom Egoyan's Ararat and Neil Burger's Interview With the Assassin

It's Over!

The World Cup's Hollywood ending

The Back Story

A reading list

The Deep End

First AIDS, now genocide . . . Diamanda Galás won’t lighten up

Hey, Fatso

Paradise Lost

Lindos, then and now

Third Ear

Sailing to Byzantium