Guess who’s back? It’s not all money piles and Selena Gomez sweat for Justin Bieber these days, folks. Occasionally, the young man encounters serious adversity. On Wednesday, the kiddie pop icon was on his way to Spago in a Batman-themed Cadillac CTS-V, having just spent the day with Drake and Stevie Wonder. Suddenly, the LAPD [...]
Quick baking trick: To give your eggs more volume when baking, bring them to room temperature before adding them to a recipe. The eggs will beat more quickly and easily in a batter, and taking the chill off whites before whipping will give you a loftier meringue. To warm eggs: Set the eggs out on [...]
Guzzle & NoshAssorted sandwiches from Proof Bakery.Some sandwiches are mighty and meaty, the jocks of the sandwich world. Others are complex, subtly layered and sloppy — the rockers. At Proof
As I noted time and again, while I love to cook, I don’t fancy myself as much of a baker–a craft that’s finicky with exact measurements and pretty much a done deal once you pop it in the oven. So when Hodgson Mill approached me to do a Grain Day contest featuring their flours, I [...]
Pizza at La Buca Osteria La Buca doesn’t have much of a Christmas gimmick in its stocking, instead planning a pizza party for anyone tired of watching endless loops of the Yule Log and A Christmas Story and needs to get out of the house for a drink. Starting at 5:00 P.M. on Xmas Day, [...]
The much anticipated Short Cake bakery opens Friday in the Original Farmers Market on 3rd Street. This is the sweet partner to the Short Order diner located just a few stalls away. Short Cake bakers Hourie Sahakian and Ramon Ramirez have crafted unique sweet and savory pastries that include croissants, scones, cookies, pies, quiches, cakes and more. [...]
Far Bar Little TokyoSample glasses of craft beerIn a sign of the craft beer times, Far Bar opened in 2006 as a cocktail bar. Over the ensuing five years, it has morphed into a beer and cocktai
Chinese broccoli and crispy pork Pa-Ord Noodle at lunchtime has to be one of the friendliest restaurants I’ve eaten at in a long time. After I awkwardly attempted to order my boat noodles "pet ma," which I thought meant "sort of" spicy, a table of four young women giggled at my pitiful attempt and insisted [...]
The avant garde meat bomb in question “Five Guys, I don’t sense an identity; In-N-Out is backwards looking; Shake Shack is down-on-the-farm…We’re urban, avant-garde—that’s our niche.” — Umami Burger founder Adam Fleischman, talking about his “meat bomb” with Dana Goodyear. The owner also explains that he doesn’t eat many Umami burgers these days, instead having [...]
Looking for a simple yet fun applesauce recipe? Try today's Eat Beat recipe, a brandied applesauce that you can whip up in almost no time using a pressure cooker. The recipe is featured as part of a story we did on electric pressure cookers (and if you're thinking of holiday gifts, you can find [...]
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