Gosling, a man of good taste Everybody loves Melissa McCarthy these days. We mean everybody. Even the staff at Morton’s, who gave the Bridesmaids actress a huge welcome this week in Burbank. When McCarthy entered the restaurant with her husband, the team stood up to applaud her recent Emmy win as she was seated. In [...]
October 7, 2011 | Posted in
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Diavola pizza features peppered salami Settebello Pizzeria Napoletana is the latest entry in the ongoing push for Pasadena not to suck so badly, foodwise, and it’s a worthy attempt. Like nearly everything else along Colorado, there’s a whiff of the corporate about Settebello, which has two locations in Las Vegas and Salt Lake City, a [...]
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Cheeseheads know Cypress Grove Chevre mainly through its flagship Humboldt Fog, a creamy, richly flavored ripened cheese with a distinctive blue line of vegetable ash running through the center. Certainly, that is one of America’s great artisan cheeses, but Cypress Grove does more than Humboldt Fog. There are other ripened cheeses, such as Bermuda Triangle [...]
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Is breakfast still breakfast at 6 p.m.? Well, it depends what time you went to bed. As for Michael Livingston and Raul Villarreal — photographers, filmmakers, major drinkers and self-taught ki
October 7, 2011 | Posted in
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Amy.
I’m looking at a picture of her that we got to see in a video lovingly prepared to show at the conclusion of her funeral on Tuesday. She looks to be four or so, lying on the floor, coloring the Eiffel Tower in a coloring book, her Raggedy Ann–style doll at her side and her little sneakered feet extended out behind her.
October 7, 2011 | Posted in
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FIG pinot noir Launching just in time to partner up with your turkey, chef Ray Garcia, the super sustainable stud at FIG at The Fairmont, is releasing wines under the new FIG label. The news gets even better. Both the pinot noir and the chardonnay result from a collaboration between Garcia and Santa Maria’s esteemed [...]
October 6, 2011 | Posted in
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The historic downtown bar formerly known as Little Pedro's and then as Bordello, which possesses one of L.A.'s oldest liquor licenses, will reopen Friday as One Eyed Gypsy. Owned by designer and restaurateur Dana Hollister, One Eyed Gypsy is Bordello (Hollister owned that too) reimagined along the lines of a 1930s carnival. Gone are the [...]
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Guzzle & NoshThe sign at Harvey’s Guss Meat Co.The best meat art in Los Angeles isn’t Lady Gaga’s (by now) thoroughly rotted VMA dress, it’s the mural adorning Harvey’s Guss Meat Co. A gaggle o
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The Ice Rider Oh food truck trend, just look at what you have wrought upon us all. The L.A. Kings hockey team brand is now accessible in a customized vintage ice cream truck that’s been converted into The Ice Rider. The vehicle is not slinging more shaved ice onto our streets, but serves as a [...]
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Just in time for fall's rain and chill, Stephane Reynaud is out with "Rotis," another book of hearty French food. The author of "Pork & Sons" and "Terrine" and the owner of the restaurant Villa9Trois in Montreuil, just outside of Paris, Reynaud has attracted something of a cult following with his books, at least partly [...]
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