Flickr/Amir K.StarbucksThe public face of Starbucks may be a mermaid with long green locks and a star-topped crown, but behind the barista counters, it’s been people like Howard Behar, not myth
smoked salmon eggs Benedict In retrospect, we should have walked both to Maxmiliano and back for brunch, although that would have come to four miles. But we had certainly worked up an appetite after walking the two miles there, so I didn’t hesitate to immediately order a breakfast pizza, with potatoes, two baked eggs, bacon, [...]
In Indian and Tibetan religious art, various deities are shown holding mysterious rounded fruits known as myrobalans (my-ROB-alans). You might think that if they're good enough for a deity, they must be pretty tasty. Sorry. Yes, they were exported as far away as Europe during the Middle Ages, but only because they were considered medicinal. [...]
The respected Italian gastronomy review and publisher Gambero Rosso has a new iPhone app: Vini d’Italia 2012 del Gambero Rosso. OK, it is in Italian, but it’s free and even if you use just one element, it can be useful. After all, the names of the wines are the same in Italian and English. Go first [...]
Fondant, most commonly seen on wedding cakes, is more complicated than it seems. Could your next cocktail come from a keg? Plus, how to make the most of truffle season.
Gold L.A. Observed drops a whopping rumor today that Jonathan Gold was spotted pressing the flesh over in the L.A. Times building this week, then spilling more speculation by pointing to loose talk around town that has the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic possibly jumping ship back to the paper following his Gold Standard event early next [...]
The pop-up series Test Kitchen is back for one night at Short Order, the new upscale burger joint at the Original Farmers Market on 3rd Street. On Saturday, Feb. 25, five chefs, all Test Kitchen alumni, are coming up with five new burgers and four mixologists will create new cocktails. Kris Morningstar's Flavor Burger No. [...]
Flickr/Lauren ManningIn which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. “Bay Cities’ mac is enough to give heartburn to an 8-year-old and good enough for him to know it’s
“Trust the chicken” L.A.’s major league restaurant critics are each taking the week off, flitting around Italy, drinking their respective reds and eating in the out-of-the-way little epics they keep secretly stashed in their caps (or so we prefer to picture them). Their absence gives us the chance to revel in The L.A. Times‘ indomitable [...]
Mexican restaurant La Condesa, with locations in Austin and Napa Valley, is planning to open a new outpost in Los Angeles on La Brea Avenue. The planned development at La Brea between 1st and 2nd streets called District La Brea, as reported earlier, is also the future home of Quinn and Karen Hatfield's Sycamore Kitchen. [...]
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