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From the Onion: Stouffer's Suicide Prevention Tips

Now that The Daily Show has become the only news outlet worth watching, not only for comic relief but for actual reporting, perhaps it's not terribly surprising that The Onion should take over for other food news sources. This piece, on the frozen dinner company Stouffer's adding suicide prevention tips......
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LA Weekly Flickr Pool Reader Photo of the Day: The Pour

This LA Weekly Flickr pool photo, of olive oil being poured onto a bit of prosciutto on baguette, presumably, at the new Deluca's Italian Deli in Glendale, comes to you from photographer R. E. ~. Beautiful. Thank you. Now very hungry. And, of course, if you have any brilliant shots......
men at a bar; Credit: Life Magazine

New Report: Drinkers Will Outlive Us All

One of the more irritating things about hanging out with heavy drinkers, other than the where-are-your-keys debate, the plummeting conversation skills, the mad pool games, etc. has always been the nagging suspicion that, despite all rational signs otherwise, they'll probably outlive us all. And now, according to Time and a......
Maitake mushrooms at Clearwater Farms; Credit: A. Scattergood

Mushroom Fatalities Hit Northern Italy

If you want to find mushrooms in this town, your best bet is probably to keep your foraging to Clearwater Farms' farmers market stall rather than look for them yourself. And if you're foraging for wild mushrooms in Italy, you might want to stop, as the Telegraph reports that 18......
cafecito at Cafecito Orgánico; Credit: A. Scattergood

Cafecito Orgánico: A Second Location + Affogatos

The Silver Lake coffeeshop Cafecito Orgánico, which opened in early March, has been doing so well that owners Angel Orozco and Mitch Hale are opening a second location, in the City College Cafe spot on Hyperion. The second Cafecito is set to open in late September or early October. If......