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It's that time again. Our annual, or mostly annual, 99 Essential L.A. Restaurants issue is now out. Thus it's time to pick up a copy or two, check the online list, look through the gallery of Anne Fishbein's stunning photos -- all of which you may want to avoid doing......

If you work at an office on a semi-to-regular basis, chances are you've developed a lunch routine that either involves a microwave, leftovers, or whatever's quick from around corner. You can only get away from your desk for so long, after all. On top of this, most office kitchens are......

When it comes to rating big food brands like Kellogg's and Coca-Cola, Oxfam America looked beyond their flavor, price value, and even the content of their nutrition. Instead, it was more about each company's environmental and social impact in the countries they set up manufacturing plants. The non-profit organization recently......

Across the Atlantic, the horse meat scandal continues to rock Europe -- and now it appears that IKEA's Swedish Köttbullar meatballs are the latest ready-made product found to contain horse meat. The Czech State Veterinary Administration alerted the public to traces of horse DNA found in meatballs prepared for Czech......

For those who see brunch as an extension of weekend festivities, there is the bottomless mimosa, a drink that is kept refilled until you either call it quits or brunch hours end. It's typically made of equal parts sparkling wine (more often Champagne) and chilled orange juice (preferably fresh-squeezed), but......

On a recent episode of his podcast "Go Fork Yourself," Andrew Zimmern -- host of the Bizarre Foods series -- reveals his list of Los Angeles restaurant picks in something less sensational than we've come to expect from the Travel Channel guide to unfamiliar foods around the world. In fact,......

We warned you of the attempted word domination bid by Budweiser by way of beer earlier this month. The Justice Department had filed a lawsuit to block a merger between AB InBev and Grupo Modelo SAB by way of the former's purchase of the latter to the tune of $20.1......

Yesterday, a New York programmer launched a mock online menu of Guy Fieri American Bar + Kitchen, complete with spoof appetizers, entrees and sides. Quite a few sites found Bryan Mytko's roast funny, albeit with the occasional voice of protest. Since this initial wave, Gawker has picked up on a......

In celebration of its one-year anniversary, Plan Check will offer all of its diners orders of sugar-coated crullers on the house today. Each order comes in a set of three served with whipped cream and fresh fruit. For larger parties, enough will be brought out to include everyone in the......

WildCraft Sourdough Pizza will become the newest member in the growing coterie of restaurants offering Neapolitan-style pies in town when it opens for lunch next Monday, February 25. Coming from the men behind the Hermosa Beach brasserie Abigaile, the restaurant will launch in the historic triangular Washington Building in Downtown......