Monarchs colonies are reaching new population lows in Mexico From April 22-28, La Monarca Bakery will give back to help save its namesake. All four locations of the prime panaderia will raise funds through its “Cakes For a Cause” campaign to benefit the ECOLIFE Foundation and its efforts to protect monarch butterfly populations in Michoacán, [...]
This week, I was on a panel at the International Association of Culinary Professionals conference in San Francisco. The panel was about restaurant criticism in the age of Yelp, and one of my fell… Continue reading “The Top 3 Ways Restaurants Can Raise Their Yelp Rating” > Read the full post on Squid Ink
Come on and take a taste… Almost a month to the day after a 12-year-old boy was arrested in Costa Mesa for bringing a marijuana-laced brownie to his middle school school and getting his unsuspecting classmates really, really high sick, practically the exact same incident occurred yesterday at another Costa Mesa middle school to a [...]
There’s not much going on around this stretch of Venice Boulevard. The bisected street hasn’t quite hit Culver City, and isn’t close enough downtown to simmer with Pico-Union’s Central American s… Continue reading “Strip Mall Rat: On the Corner of Venice and Hauser” > Read the full post on Squid Ink
La Cuevita When doing your taxes, we recommend a strong drink be always by your side to ease the sticker shock. The 1933 Group, owners of local bars like Oldfield’s, Bigfoot Lodge, and La Cuevita, plans to do thing the other way around. This Monday, April 15, the hospitality company is offering one-dollar cocktails five [...]
A new study out this week looks at the wine industry through the lens of climate change. The study, which was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, finds that many of… Continue reading “What Does Climate Change Mean For CA’s Wine Industry?” > Read the full post on Squid Ink
Pimento cheese fritters at Del Frisco’s Grille Del Frisco’s Grille, the more casual off-shoot of Dallas-based Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse, is opening up in the former location of Il Fornaio on Santa Monica’s Ocean Avenue this July. A company marketing director tells Grub Street it will be a professionally staffed restaurant from a company [...]
It’s Free Cone Day at participating Ben & Jerry’s across the nation. From noon to 8 p.m., customers can get a free cone of ice cream in the flavor of his or her choice, including classic, Greek … Continue reading “Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry’s” > Read the full post on Squid Ink
The Rabbinical Council of California Following the major kosher meat scandal that rocked Passover this year, in which uninspected meat was passed off to at Doheny Glatt Kosher Meats, the state’s biggest supplier, by its owner, a new owner has purchased the business to return it to glory. Shlomo Rechnitz, an L.A.-based businessman and philanthropist, [...]
On Meatless Monday, here’s another reason to make yourself a nice soyrizo burrito: A new study shows that red meat makes bacteria that can lead to heart disease proliferate in your gut. The stu… Continue reading “Chemical in Red Meat Could Damage Heart” > Read the full post on Squid Ink
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