"Fighting Crime One Doughnut at a Time" might not evoke images of police officers going above and beyond the call of duty. That is, unless you happened to catch NPR's 28-second piece on Clare City Bakery yesterday morning.
...Even if you've never wondered what it's like to put Slim Jim on top of your frozen yogurt, it's nice to know that there's a place you can do it.
...If the advanced reviews of "Bananas!*" were any indication of how it would be received, the new documentary by Swedish director Fredrik Gertten was not slotted to be one of the hot tickets at this year's Los Angeles Film Festival.
..."It's like 'Iron Chef' meets 'Kung Fu Hustle'," says Cinefamily' manager Hadrian Belove of Hong Kong director Stephen Chow's "The God of Cookery." Tonight at midnight, Cinefamily at the Silent Movie Theater will host a rare screening of this food film gem in 35 mm, as part of their Far East Funny series.
...Canadian director Ron Mann's film, "Know Your Mushrooms," one of a number of food-focused documentaries to come out this summer, finished its week-long run at the Downtown Independent last Friday--with only a handful of people in the audience. Guess his target demographic was out foraging.
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