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The interior of ink.
In recent weeks, it seems as though Slate has laid out a new editorial goal for itself, which is basically to troll the restaurant reviewing profession. Last month, L.V. Anderson wrote an article about how critics should give ...
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After losing her design job in 2008, Denise Assad launched Bountiful, a private baking company founded on her grandmother's recipes and unemployment checks to purchase ingredients. Her business went from selling pastries to parents at her son's presc...
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Jicama tacos
Jicama tacos were part of the first round of changes Kyle Schutte, executive chef at The Corner Door in Culver City, made on the restaurant's menu when he took over the kitchen this past April. "I wanted to lighten up the menu. When I...
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An urban farm in Los Angeles
That neighbor with the chickens who lauds the quality of her eggs every time you cross paths. The guy down the way with a pear orchard bristling out of his backyard. They're small contributors to the urban agriculture...
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Trader Joe's
There are no Trader Joe's stores in Canada, but there are, apparently, an awful lot of Canadians who love the unique grocery store's Mac & Cheese Bites and lemonade and pasta sauce so much so that they will cross the border just to sh...
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Kouign amann at Baked on Oceanview
Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 3), we'll be bringing you periodic lists of some of the best things we've found to eat and drink around town. Ice cream sandwiches and bowls of tsukemen,...
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A shot of coffee
Coffee ... the silent killer of today's youth?
A new study says that people under the age of 55 who drink four or more cups of coffee a day die younger -- of all causes. The study, from Mayo Clinic Proceedings, followed 44,000 pe...
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In a word, no, Budweiser is not necessarily the number one drink when it comes all alcohol-related ER visits. But an NBC News might make you think otherwise.
The news outlet reported that Budweiser constituted 15% of alcohol-related injuries treate...
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Afternoon tea menu, Coral Room at Bullock's Pasadena
Exploring the LAPL menu collection is an ongoing project in which we'll take a close look at the menus owned by the Los Angeles Public Library. Read about the project here.
There aren't many me...
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Jamaican Farewell
When it comes to booze, it's always National "something" Day. Today it's the pirate's choice -- rum. Considering that we're in the thick of summer, the timing is quite apropos. Not only does rum have the transformative ability t...
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Main room of Ebanos Crossing
Downtown's bar and restaurant scene may be changing apace as of late, but one familiar approach shows no sign of waning -- at least, not yet. Since its soft-opening on the first of August, Ebanos Crossing has became th...
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Capitol Burger
Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (coming out Oct. 3), we'll be bringing you periodic lists of some of the best things we've found to eat and drink around town. Ice cream sandwiches and bowls of tsukemen, fish tacos and d...
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Pattison Panache squash from Windrose Farm at the Hollywood market
In the 1905 English translation of Vilmorin's The Vegetable Garden, the author says that, "there is waste in not gathering vegetables in the tender state." The Vilmorin dynasty tr...
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Lola's owner, Loren Dunsworth, and her famous mac 'n' cheese/apple martini.
Loren Dunsworth, owner of Lola's in West Hollywood, is closing her restaurant-bar after 17 years in business, on Sept. 8. "I'm retiring with all my chips (and more) and at...
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Farmers markets have been in Los Angeles for decades, long before the trend took off nationally: The pioneering Santa Monica market celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2011. As anyone knows who frequents the dozens of markets all over this city, they'...
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You know all these food holidays, like National Snowcone Day or whatever? Well, now there's a handy way to track and keep up with them, because that's very, very important. Food.com has released an app called Every Day Is a Food Holiday.
So, for in...
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A traditional English breakfast
3rd Annual Proper English Breakfast Weekend
For the third year in a row, the Atwater Village Bakery & Cafe will celebrate the opening of the English Premier League season with a traditional English breakfast: baked...
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Depressed Doughnuts
If you've ever been depressed, and I mean truly depressed, you'll know how serious an issue it can be. Therapy can help. So can dessert. And so can your friends, among whom many of us number professional bakers. To this happy ...
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Corn risotto at Little Beast
After a few weeks without a review (Dessert Issue! Mezcal!), this week we return with a look at Little Beast in Eagle Rock. We urge you to hop on over the the food section and read the full review, but for those of you...
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One of the hits with the "astronauts" -- Cajun Spam jambalaya
Six scientists -- some of them accomplished chefs -- emerged from four months in a simulated space habitat where their mission was ... to eat.
The purpose of the study, conducted on ...
Bucato Review: Evan Funke's Helms Bakery Restaurant Triumphs
