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  • Blogs

    April 15, 2013

    10 Essential Beat Generation Landmarks in Los Angeles

    When most people envision the Beat Generation, they probably start with a vision of Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady and Allen Ginsberg, stumbling into a bar in New York City, rambling on about Nebraska and staring into the electric religion of the American plains. Or perhaps people think of Lawrence Ferl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2013

    Kellogg's and General Mills Among Oxfam America's Worst Offenders

    When it comes to rating big food brands like Kellogg's and Coca-Cola, Oxfam America looked beyond their flavor, price value, and even the content of their nutrition. Instead, it was more about each company's environmental and social impact in the countries they set up manufacturing plants. The non-p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2013

    Is There a Place for Vegan Cooks on The Taste?

    We're guessing there won't be many vegan dishes featured on ABC's new show, The Taste. On last week's episode, three vegan cooks got a smackdown when the judging panel sampled the non-meat offerings. "I suspect vegetarianism," intoned Anthony Bourdain, as if someone had just served him a dirty soc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2012

    Proposition 37: Support Declines for GMO Labeling Law

    It's been a bad week for the Yes on 37 campaign, the group fighting to pass a ballot measure that would require labeling of genetically engineered foods sold in California. On Monday, another California political pundit urged voters to be wary of the measure, and on Tuesday, a pair of new polls pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2012

    Flash Mobbing With Carrotmob: No More Ozone Depleting Freezers at Pasadena's Fresh & Easy

    The art of flash mobbing will be practiced this Saturday at Pasadena's Fresh & Easy supermarket for the cause of the environment. A flash mob, for the uninitiated, is a group of random people who assemble suddenly in a place to perform an unusual and seemingly pointless act for a brief time. In th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2012

    Bertolli Sponsors Emmy Swag Suite for Celebs

    It used to be easy to shower celebrities with lavish gifts. Back in the good old days, companies put together gift baskets worth tens of thousands of dollars that they gave to presenters and other celebrities attending awards shows such as the Oscars and Emmys. Then those spoilsport Feds decided t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2012

    Ethan Lipton Got Fired From His Publishing Job. His Solution? Old-Timey Jazz Songs

    A job means different things to different people. To the employed, it is what we must do in order to pay for what we want to do. To the employer, it is too often something that can almost always be done more cheaply and lucratively by almost anybody else, usually someplace else. At least such was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2012

    Burger King Announces Transition to Cage-free Eggs and Pork

    Someday you may just be able to eat fast food for breakfast in good conscience. The AP reports that fast food powerhouse Burger King announced today that as of 2017, all of its eggs and pork products will come from cage-free animals. The king is dead; long live the king, I guess.

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    UK Turns to McDonald's, Pepsi, to Help Write Health Policy

    Pleasure PalateMcDonald's: your healthcare specialist​ And you thought our healthcare system was screwed up? The Guardian's Felicity Lawrence reported last week that the United Kingdom is getting a little assistance with their newest healthcare policy -- by bringing in McDonald's, PepsiCo, and ... More >>

  • Stage

    October 14, 2010

    You Gotta Believe

    Leap of Faith and God's Favorite

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    FDA Cracks Down on Green Tea Claims

    Flickr/KankoThe real stuff. ​ Seems "green tea-adjacent" doesn't really count. The Food and Drug Administration has told the makers of Canada Dry ginger ale and Lipton tea to stop making unsubstantiated nutritional claims about their green tea-flavored beverages, the Associated Press reports. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2010

    Time Out at Empanada's Place

    Ben CalderwoodEmpanada's Place Arabe hot from the fryer​ An Argentine gentleman I used to work with packed his calabash gourd so densely with yerba maté every morning, the sound of him drawing tea through the dented steel bombilla was audible in the next room. This was the first of perhaps fi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2009

    Play With Your Food: Another Burger Quiz

    Thanks for playing last week's installment of Name That Burger. For everyone who answered Rustic Canyon, you were correct. Perhaps this game should be more cryptic. But honestly, it's more fun to describe a hamburger if you're not being overly coy. Although this whole guessing game thing does beg th ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    September 13, 2007

    Neat, With a Twist

    More than plain Neatloaf and mashed potatoes

  • News

    February 17, 2005

    What Did the Last Easter Islander Say as He Chopped Down the Last Tree?

    The best-selling author of Guns, Germs and Steel asks whimsical questions with grave answers. In his latest book, he turns his attention to the collapse of civilization.

  • Music

    January 15, 2004

    Abloom’s Day

    The future of heaviness

  • Eat+Drink

    February 20, 2003

    The Elusive Bite

    Stalking the wild hors d’oeuvre

  • Eat+Drink

    April 20, 2000

    The Chai Life

    In search of real Indian tea

  • News

    June 3, 1999

    From a to Tea

    A guide to ready-to-drink iced teas

  • News

    April 2, 1998

    How Good is Olestra?

    Depends

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