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Farmers markets are great for small-batch finds, but you have to make it there in the first place. For many people, there's the small window of access: Most markets set up once a week, a few hours at a time. Added to that, not all producers sell at every market......

7th Annual Calabasas Malibu Wine & Food Festival The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills, Bouchon Bistro, Mr. Chow Malibu, Calabasas Vineyards, Cielo Malibu Estate Vineyards and Four Sisters Ranch are among the purveyors serving food, wine, beer and spirits at the festival. Tickets range from $50 to $300: $50 for......

For lovers of American Chinese takeout, mark your iCal and adjust your dinner plans accordingly: Panda Express will be giving away orange chicken for free tomorrow, June 21 from 9 p.m. to closing. The homegrown chain will give those who stop by participating locations a single serving of their popular......

Few fast-casual chains are making the kind of strides in ethical practices like Chipotle. On the heels of their announcement that they'll be labeling ingredients with genetically modified organisms, the chain has unveiled plans to use 15 million pounds of locally grown produce this year -- up from 10 million......

First Saturday of Summer Bar Hop Bar hop at six bars in West Hollywood for charity; part of the proceeds will support the Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation. A ticket buys a wristband, which qualifies the wearer for food and drink deals at the Belmont, Cabo Cantina, the Den, Fatty's, the......

The neighborhood where Traction meets Third will become even more of a foodist attraction come this summer when Umami Burger opens just steps away from Wurstkuche, the Pie Hole and Angel City Brewery. The new Arts District spot marks the 15th Southern California post in Adam Fleischman's ever-growing burger empire,......

It's been a long road in the dispute between the parent companies of Le Cordon Bleu in Pasadena and the students who filed a class-action suit against the culinary school, alleging fraud. According to the claim, LCB used inflated job statistics to mislead prospective students into thinking they would secure......

If you love macaroni and cheese, like with the kind of rabid passion that might get you in fights with groups of hungry kindergartners, you might be happy, maybe even overjoyed, to learn that the dish comes in more than just its conventional form these days. Weird options, odd combinations......

A Korean barbecue dinner can be an event -- copious helpings of bulgogi matched with ice cold soju. So it stands that a gathering of Korean BBQ restaurants would make it a full-blown party, which is what'll take place at the 5th Annual Korean BBQ Festival on Sunday, June 23......

Since he took over the kitchen at Mohawk Bend last December, Erick Simmons has thrown out a few tools from his traditional chef's tool box. "I have no butter in my inventory. I haven't used it here for the last six months. If you told me that before I arrived......