Le veritable egg foo young I love checking out the latest hole in the wall dumpling spot in the San Gabriel Valley as much as anyone, but most of the requests I get for Chinese recommendations go something like this: What’s good in Chinatown? Where do they have good hot and sour soup? And even, [...]
A few short years ago, Greek yogurt was a rarity on supermarket shelves. These days, however, brands and flavors abound. The super-thick, creamy yogurt has become a highly popular product — and with good reason, says Susan Bowerman, assistant director of the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition. "It has all the benefits of a high-quality [...]
In Woody Allen’s latest ensemble film You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger, English actress Lucy Punch gets her first big laugh without uttering a word. (She’s the cleavage-y, ex-hooker type …
It’s time once again for the 19th annual A Taste of Old Pasadena, where a modest $25 ticket allows tastes from more than 30 of the best restaurants lining the blocks of Old Town: everything from Thai to Tibetan, Italian to Indian. Proceeds from this event, which is being hosted by the Pasadena-Foothills Association of Realtors Charitable Foundation (PFARCF), [...]
There is nothing at the farmers market that sums up the late summer-early fall season like the mounds of brightly colored peppers that seem to be everywhere. Their colors — red and yellow, even purple and brown — are so saturated they seem to have been designed for the painterly golden light at this time [...]
This week on Good Food, host Evan Kleiman dives into the world of food preservation. Wheel of Fortune co-host Vanna White shares her love of canning and Chef Akasha Richmond has a recipe for chutney. Plus, how the latest food recall has left us with egg on our faces.
In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. “Ovine: It means sheeplike. Food writers don’t use that one nearly enough.” Top 10 Food Words We Love. “A profes…
The music may be more significant than the lobsters at the annual Port of Los Angeles Lobster Festival, but that’s not to say that the lobsters are bad. It’s just that the music is pretty damn good. This weekend’s lineup includes Saint Motel, Dengue Fever, We Barbarians and former Xers John Doe and Exene Cervenka, [...]
Century City: Former First & Hope chef Shelley Cooper does her two-night stint at Test Kitchen this weekend. [Test Kitchen] Hollywood: You can stop eyeing the bowls of berries and greens for sustenance at The Library Bar. This weekend, a new small-plates menu (spicy tuna on crispy eggplant; bacon-wrapped dates) will be available at the [...]
Larry Nicola's festive Santa Monica Boulevard Mexican restaurant and fancy margarita bar, Mexico Restaurante y Barra, is calling it quits after a little more than a year of business. In a news release, Nicola sites the sour economy as the reason. However another e-mail that was sent to friends and family of the two-story bar [...]
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