Besides having great Korean food, Koreatown has incredible Central American and even Oaxacan food, sku says. Now there’s good Italian food, thanks to All’Angolo Pizza and Pasta. Ignore that reference to pizza in the name—sku says the thing to order here is the fresh, perfectly cooked pasta. The highlight: strozzapreti alla trentina, twisted pasta served [...]
July 12, 2012 | Posted in
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Late Night Pizza’s pizza Our mama always warned us that we’d seldom find anything one might exactly call “good” going down at four in the morning. But that’s not necessarily so, argues Squid Ink scribe Garret Snyder, reporting on Pasadena’s Late Night Pizza. Not only does this new spot serve pies and garlic balls to [...]
July 12, 2012 | Posted in
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Suzanne Goin, husband David Lentz and business partner Caroline Styne are really going all out for this year's Alex's Lemonade fundraiser. It's not until Sept. 29, but the lineup already includes a cross-country assortment of star chefs such as (whew) Chris Bianco, April Bloomfield, Michael Cimarusti, Vinny Dotolo, Neal Fraser, Paul Kahan, Donald Link, Mary [...]
July 12, 2012 | Posted in
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One of the year’s biggest food festival has gotten even larger this year. The L.A. Street Food Fest, which takes place on July 21 inside the Rose Bowl, just announced that it has upped its vendo… Continue reading “Vendors Announced for 2012 L.A. Street Food Fest” > Read the full post on Squid Ink
July 12, 2012 | Posted in
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Dining date: 7/1/12 Any casual reader of this blog may realize pasta is one of my favorite things to eat (all kinds of noodles, really). I’ve dabbled in preparing different pastas over the years with my most successful perhaps being the oxtail ragu with pappardelle. Following up on that effort, I’ve been meaning to make [...]
July 12, 2012 | Posted in
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The absolute best espresso in Orange County is at Paninoteca Maggio, Das Ubergeek says. The café in the little live-work lofts in Santa Ana blows away Orange County’s coffee big guns. “For some reason, the Italians can make an amazing espresso even in the United States without some big hipster fuss about it,” Das Ubergeek [...]
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Louis Kim In retrospect, a restaurant offering both Korean and Italian food should have probably been a warning sign, like taquerias that trumpet burgers on their awnings or fried chicken joints that hold a secondary degree in lo mein. But we’re game for almost anything and maybe the 90210 address managed to evade our jade. [...]
July 12, 2012 | Posted in
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Marion Cunningham, who died Wednesday at the age of 90, was one of America’s great home bakers. So what could be a more fitting tribute than to cook along with her as she makes her famous baking powder biscuits? The recipes and photos are from a story she wrote for The Times in 1999, based [...]
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Best thing about Joe’s Falafel is the freshly baked pita, called laffa, made right before your eyes. It’s “SO GOOD,” says louiselovitz, who also likes the piping-hot, “crispy and fluffy” falafel. When you combine the falafel and the fresh laffa bread in a sandwich, you get absolute perfection, GK in SO says, calling the combination [...]
July 11, 2012 | Posted in
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Lukshon’s soft shell crab with sambal kacang If you were disappointed by not getting anything to eat at Pasadena’s packed 626 Night Market, or live on the Westside, you might prefer Lucky Rice’s first L.A. Night Market, a nighttime tasting event Aug. 4 at H.D. Buttercup at the Helms complex, hosted by Lukshon/Father’s Office chef/owner [...]
July 11, 2012 | Posted in
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