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Two years ago, there were ten instances of people in Japan growing ill after consuming dumplings made from a factory in China. The frozen dumplings, it turned out, were poisoned, leading to a great deal of back and fourth between the Japanese and Chi...
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Los Angeles has plenty of Thai food, but what about Tai food? Outside of the San Gabriel Valley, it can be hard to find Taiwanese dumplings. Hoping to bring these delicate balls of meat, vegetables, and dough to the masses, Helen Pan, 25, and Chris A...
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"...it's safe to assume that few of us have ever been as voracious as the planet Neptune, which may have, according to a paper by Steven Desch quoted by The New Scientist, once slurped up an entire super-Earth and stolen its moon."
I Can't Believe I...
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On Wednesday, George Laguerre took a break from packing coffee beans for his wholesale business in the charred remains of his restaurant TiGeorges' Chicken on Glendale Blvd., and traveled south to give a lesson in Haitian cooking to a group of high s...
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Macaroon madness at Platine.
So you've decided to boil and peel the eggs, experiment with different charosets, broil the chicken, brisket, and find an approved grain. But some blanks might still need to be filled for your Passover meal to be com...
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Ladies and gentlemen, start your food trucks.
Most Angelenos haven't heard of them, but The Vendy Awards are something of a big deal in New York, awarding the city's top street food vendors. This year, for the first time, they're coming to Los Angel...
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If you eat meat, you should like pork. If you like pork, and aren't afraid of getting your hands dirty, then you almost certainly love ribs. If you don't like any of those things...well, you have some issues to work out. Here is Jon and Vinny's recip...
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Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo grew up in Florida, met in culinary school, then went on to start a successful catering business. They had a cookbook, a Food Network show called 2 Dudes Catering, and even battled Cat Cora on an episode of Iron Chef Americ...
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Chefs like Gordon Ramsay, Heston Blumenthal and Fergus Henderson have helped bring the quality of British cuisine to a very high level. But for the longest time, England's dining was not looked at with particularly kind eyes-- yet we here at Squid In...
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A 6 year old and an 8 year old approached Canel restaurant in Atwater Village about putting together a meal to benefit Haiti relief. The parties agreed to join forces and tomorrow, March 27th, from 10am to 3pm, the two young philanthropists will be ...
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It's been 63 years since he died, but Al Capone is still causing trouble. The iconic gangster who made his name during prohibition is now at the center of a Capone family conflict over the rights to the recipe for his tomato sauce. WalletPop.com is r...
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Chrystal Clifton's Botasea
Now that the spring sun has finally fought back the rainclouds we turn our attention to warm weather wines. While there is an endless supply of refreshing options nothing screams "light the barbecue" quite like rose'. Th...
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Evan Kleiman's matzo ball soup at Angeli.
The two nights of Passover seder 5770 fall on Monday, March 29 and Tuesday, March 30. Our local, trusty, sophisticated Passover mavens honor the broad Jewish culinary diaspora while hewing to some famili...
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The Brooklyn Boys food truck
Orange County isn't known for its abundance of New York and Jewish-style delis, but the Brooklyn Boys food truck, launched on Feb. 1, hopes to change that.
Roaming from Fullerton and Placentia on the northern tip to ...
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Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo grew up in Florida, met in culinary school, then went on to start a successful catering business. They had a cookbook, a Food Network show called 2 Dudes Catering, and even battled Cat Cora on an episode of Iron Chef Americ...
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stack of newspapers
What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these...
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Will you see Hello Kitty at your next AA meeting? Well, she does have a wine now.
Fortunately for us, Drew Hibbert, CEO of Innovation Spirits (which will be marketing the wine here in the United States) took the time to answer some of our pressing ...
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March 25 is International Waffle Day; not to be confused with National Waffle Day (August 24) or National Waffle Iron Day (June 29). While we don't understand the need for three distinct waffle days - domestic, international, gadget-oriented or other...
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Some food for thought from local, national and international news sources from this past week:
--Portrait of the Food Trucker as a Young Man. [Time]
--I'll have a slice of cheese with pigs-in-a-blanket crust, please. Ketchup and maple on the side....
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With thanks to a blog post from LA Observed editor Kevin Roderick, we happened upon this delightful tweet on The 5 Second Rule from, of all people, Larry King. Who knows how many similar gems from the mind of Larry simply vanished into the ether befo...
Bucato Review: Evan Funke's Helms Bakery Restaurant Triumphs
