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It's all about doughnuts (or donuts) in the March issue of Saveur, out now on newsstands. The cover promises a list of the world's best inside. But according to features article contributor Michael Krondol, who's working on an upcoming book on the pastries, "though donuts take on countless shapes, textures,......

Whereas couples or polyamorists have Valentine's Day, some singles have been propping up their very own holiday. Some sources point to it as the alt-version of Valentine's Day held on the 14th of February, but according to SingleAwareness.com the official Single Awareness Day is today, Feb. 15. You'll notice the......

You don't have to be in a relationship to appreciate savings and good deals on Valentine's Day. In some cases, the deals extend until tomorrow, a.k.a. Single Awareness Day, or through the weekend. Here's how you can bankroll the holiday with links to coupons (all offers apply only at participating......

It turns out that the everyday appearance of lasers in our lives isn't limited to corporate boardroom meetings and -- to our great annoyance -- on movie theater screens. If all goes according to plan for Dr. Damien Weidmann the head of the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (a.k.a. RAL Space) in......

When news first broke on the 40% of perfectly good food we throw away as waste on an annual basis, the shock was enough for the news to stay circulating for a few days -- a feat rare in online journalism these days. If we expand the circle of perpetrators......

It may not be on your radar yet, but at its current rate of expansion, Jake's Wayback Burgers could be setting up a burger joint near you, with locations in Santa Ana and Ventura already in the works. While we're not wanting in burger options -- fast food or otherwise......

As a food critic in a foreign country, you might face the challenge of eating combinations you're culturally not tuned to enjoy. At which point you'll just have to take one for the readers expecting a review. Shanghaiist food editor Benjamin Cost proved this to be the case when he......

The Chinese New Year's Eve feast Ching-He Huang planned for her upcoming Cooking Channel special is less a menu than what she calls a blueprint. It's a sensible approach to the task of transcribing a storied tradition like a Chinese N.Y.E. dinner. After all, Huang faced a range of possible......

Members of the Fallen Fruit collective, county government, and Del Aire neighborhood took turns settling in a Long Beach Peach sapling into Del Aire Park soil on Saturday, Jan. 5, painting one more stroke to the edible art installation known as Fallen Fruit of Del Aire. The young tree joined......

Picnics are one of those civic birthrights that redeems living with traffic snarls on the 405 and celebrity divorces superseding the one minute of world event coverage on the evening news. The very bones of the tradition forged by myriad outdoor spaces, summer events and consistently genial weather can lend......