When the Langham Huntington, Pasadena reopens its renamed and extensively remodeled dining room in October, chef David Féau will man the stoves. Féau, 39, a protégé of French chef Guy Savoy, was most recently the corporate executive chef of the Patina Restaurant Group’s culinary operations on the West Coast. A native of Le Mans, [...]
September 9, 2010 | Posted in
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— The Hallmark Channel is re-branding itself to focus on home and lifestyle improvement and cooking shows. And who's going to help them? Who else? Martha Stewart. – The psychedelic drug psilocybin, the active ingredient in "magic mushrooms," can improve mood and reduce anxiety and depression in terminal cancer patients, according to a new study. [...]
September 8, 2010 | Posted in
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— The Hallmark Channel is re-branding itself to focus on home and lifestyle improvement and cooking shows. And who's going to help them? Who else? Martha Stewart. – The psychedelic drug psilocybin, the active ingredient in "magic mushrooms," can improve mood and reduce anxiety and depression in terminal cancer patients, according to a new study. [...]
September 8, 2010 | Posted in
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If you're thinking of jumping on the low-carb-diet bandwagon or have already jumped, consider this: New research reveals that vegetable-based low-carb diets may be linked with lower overall mortality rates and lower death rates from cardiovascular disease and cancer. Read more in today's Health section.Photo credit: David Karp / For The Times
September 7, 2010 | Posted in
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What are hitting their peak at local markets? Bartlett pears. Pears will continue to ripen off the tree (indeed, they really have to ripen off the tree to avoid a woody texture). So if your pears are a little green and firm, just leave them at room temperature and they'll finish up nicely. Then you can refrigerate [...]
September 6, 2010 | Posted in
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Japan's appetite for eel and other fish has depleted the ocean's supplies and raised international outcries to halt Japan's overfishing. Last year, for instance, eelers caught 267 tons from natural habitats, a drop of two-thirds from the amount caught a decade earlier. "The sad story of Japanese unagi is just one of the many [...]
September 5, 2010 | Posted in
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Just before sunset on a recent Tuesday night, two women sit drinking red wine on the patio of the new Venice Ale House on the Venice boardwalk. A man in sunglasses shuffles up on the sidewalk beside them and asks for a dollar. The women uncomfortably reach for their purses before one recognizes the man [...]
September 4, 2010 | Posted in
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Did you happen to misplace your recipe for squirrel soup? Well then, you're in luck. I found this recipe from August 1975 in the L.A. Times archives. It begins with the instructions to "Wash and quarter three or four good sized squirrels … " and ends with a self-congratulatory note that the dish is "very [...]
September 3, 2010 | Posted in
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Did you happen to misplace your recipe for squirrel soup? Well then, you're in luck. I found this recipe from August 1975 in the L.A. Times archives. It begins with the instructions to "Wash and quarter three or four good sized squirrels … " and ends with a self-congratulatory note that the dish is "very [...]
September 3, 2010 | Posted in
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This week, Angelo recovered with a one-two punch, Padma test-drove cross-dressing and the chefs get revved up for street food-savvy Singapore. But before they hopped on a jet for Southeast Asia, the remaining cheftestants were chucked the wine pairing quickfire challenge, where each picked a wine and crafted a complementary dish. In my opinion, this test is getting kind of [...]
September 2, 2010 | Posted in
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