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map of area food deserts, in pink
If you live in Los Angeles, you may sometimes feel like you're in a food desert. It is often maddeningly hot. You may find yourself bereft of food trucks, or good ones at any rate. You may be reading this right n...
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-- Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution truck hits the road. [Daily Dish]
-- Top Chef, the Broadway musical? (Maybe Daniel Radcliffe can cook too.) [New York Post]
-- "My first 2,390-word cover feature for freaking Saveur Magazine." [The Glutster]
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We hardly knew you.
Our favorite convenience foods are like friendly co-workers holed up in the next cubicle over. We meet them, like them, grow accustomed to their presence in our lives, and then, just as soon as we realize we can't quite imag...
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HFM Manager Pompea Smith and SEE-LA Chair Michael Woo stand in front of proposed alternative market layouts.
Ideally, we'd be gearing up for a big celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Hollywood Farmers Market about now, maybe planning seas...
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Author Maria Speck is refreshingly honest about her aversion to the association. Her Acknowledgements begin with an ode to butter-rich (whole wheat) brioche; the Introduction speaks of the flavor "spell" that those wheat berries and corn polenta firs...
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Mexicali Taco & Co.'s salsa fresca
It's May, which means it's National Salsa Month, (it's also National Hamburger Month, but we already pre-celebrated in our original burger round-up in February). Apparently, this commemorative holiday comes cou...
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Got a culinary question? Ask Jonathan Gold. You'd think he'd get an avalanche of esoteric, pithy or just downright necessary questions, now wouldn't you? Not as many as you'd think. Send an email to askmrgold@laweekly.com or tweet him your question @...
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The Abacus Blind Tasting Altar
After our last Beer Church service, we promised a review of Firestone Walker's 2011 Abacus vintage, a bourbon barrel-aged barleywine. Or so it was known when we tasted it last month, as the beer is soon to be christe...
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The Oinkster's homemade ketchup and Belgian fries.
Some people like their French fries au naturel, unadorned with any condiments. We are not those people. No, we prefer our fries dressed a little bit, usually with that great American classic, Hei...
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Pairs Well With Those Who Don't Fear Heights
No sooner do we mention the debut of the AstraPouch in California, and a Napa winery releases their wines in the giant CapriSun-like pouches that holds 1.5 L (two bottles) of wine. It's a pretty great i...
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The May 2011 issue of Food Network Magazine claims to give you the "100 Greatest Cooking Tips (of All Time!)." These are the "greatest" tips, presumably, because they come courtesy of "the top chefs in the country." Los Angeles represents well, wit...
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The Mushroom Grower Tip-Off
Morels aren't exactly what come to mind when someone mentions under their breath that they grow mushrooms, particularly when that conversation takes place over homebrews in a grungy warehouse space somewhere in that non...
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And now, a brief message from our sponsors. Sort of. If you like reading this blog, consider following us on Twitter @LAWeeklyFood. You can also check out our Facebook page, where a lot of the good stuff gets posted and where you can Like and Comment...
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Crowds wait in fron of the Nom Nom Truck (left); a taco from Mariscos Jalisco (right).
If you've been to some of the apallingly oversold food truck festivals of the past couple years, the sight of lines snaking around food trucks outside the Broad...
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In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad.
"To get to Ray's, the new restaurant at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, you thread your way through Chris Burden's streetlamp installation, past the outdoor Stark Bar an...
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American cheese
Thanks to Mediabistro for this one, which is a hilarious want ad from Craigslist in Boston. If you read (past tense) Gourmet magazine, you may remember this lovely ode to square cheese. Although a working knowledge of Proust, iron...
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Maida's Chocolate Sorbet and Peanut Butter Cookie Dough
Amidst much talk this week of princesses, we have be focused on our chatting with our Queen. Maida Heatter, of course. Choosing what recipe to run has been the trickiest part. Should we run a...
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By the time you read this, I'll be long gone. I'm sorry for doing this, but it's for the best. I know it might come as a bit of a surprise to you, but take an honest look at our relationship. It hasn't been good for a long time. It's been years of em...
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Screenshot of Evan Kleiman's Twitter page
Bucato Review: Evan Funke's Helms Bakery Restaurant Triumphs
