Sure, they can paint a perfect fleur-de-lis in cappuccino foam, but can L.A.’s best baristas also brew a great cup of tea? Here are a few coffee shops that know their pekoes from their Ceylons. Espresso Profeta Hand-pulled espresso drinks may be the main draw at this two-year-old UCLA café hangout, but don’t overlook the house [...]
January 22, 2010 | Posted in
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Don’t know about you, but around the third week of January our New Year’s resolutions tend to bend — okay, break — a bit more often. Note to self for 2011: A “salad” without plenty of dressing and cheese, nuts or bacon is merely lettuce. So we’ve re-focused on a few more reasonable goals that [...]
January 19, 2010 | Posted in
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So often our social issues seem huge and overwhelming, and we retreat behind the assumption that it’s just too big a problem to tackle. Not so our friend Jennie Cook, a caterer and former restaurateur who was introduced to the group Root Down L.A. by cookbook author and EAT: LA contributor Amelia Saltsman. We all [...]
January 19, 2010 | Posted in
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Forgive the self-promotion, but we must report that Colleen Dunn Bates, editor of EAT: Los Angeles and Hometown Pasadena, will be on John Rabe’s show Off-Ramp on KPCC this weekend, talking a little about the new 2010 edition of EAT: Los Angeles, but more about the hows and whys of what we eat. Off-Ramp, a wry and [...]
January 7, 2010 | Posted in
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