Elina Shatkin

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PB&J at Joan's on Third: 30 Sandwiches in 30 Days (Day 15)

Elina Shatkin
Just like mom used to make -- if mom were a gourmet cook who baked fresh bread every morning and made jam from wild local strawberries she had foraged herself. "Mom," in this case, is Joan's on Third, the gourmet café popular with celebrities, local novelists and residents of the......
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Sandwich vs. Burrito: Jason Segel Launches Lunch War

Elina Shatkin
It was a simple Tweet that kicked off the great Sandwich-Burrito War of 2011. Actor Jason Segel, star of the most recent Muppets movie (and Freaks & Greaks, How I Met Your Mother, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, etc.) innocently Tweeted: "Now that Muppets is out I can say the things I've......
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Food Will Win The War: Amazing Propaganda Video

Elina Shatkin
It was a simpler time. A time of corn cobs hanging over the head of Adolf Hitler. Of flirty potatoes seducing us with Betty Boop eyelashes. Of obese blonde children meting out American superiority with their thunderous thighs. It was WWII, the golden era of propaganda, and no one did......
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The Larder at Maple Drive: 30 Sandwiches in 30 Days (Day 14)

Elina Shatkin
The joke about the End of Summer sandwich at The Larder at Maple Drive is that in temperate Los Angeles, this sandwich could probably be served nine months out of the year. Here, in the land where summer extends from early July to late October, bracketed by months of mild,......
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Brunellos Have More Fun [Video]

Elina Shatkin
We're a sucker for pretty fonts and vintage French pop. Whitney Adams of Domaine LA and Claire Thomas of Kitchy Kitchen showcase both elements in their charming series of web videos, Brunellos Have More Fun. Eschewing lectures and bullet-point presentations, the impressionistic pastiches, rarely more than a minute long, pair......
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Hot Mamma Pastrama at Locali: 30 Sandwiches in 30 Days (Day 13)

Elina Shatkin
The stuff in the Hot Mamma Pastrama at Locali is about as close to pastrami as Rick Santorum is to winning the Republican presidential nomination, but, unlike the former Pennsylvania senator, that doesn't mean it can't be a force for good. Locali bills itself as a "conscious convenience store." It's......
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Bacon Pop: Popcorn + Bacon Salt

Elina Shatkin
In our never-ending quest to bring you the latest in bacon technology, we present Bacon Pop, bacon-flavored popcorn made by J&D's, the producers of MSG-addled Bacon Salt. Presumably, it's designed for those nights when you're too lazy to bother opening a jar of Bacon Salt, tilting it over the bowl......