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Over the Weekend: Al Green and The Pointer Sisters at the Greek Theater
August 23, 2010 in West Coast Sound
LAX Media "Eat In" Brings Protesters Out
July 29, 2010 in Squid Ink
Live Review: Timur and the Dime Museum at the Central Library
June 11, 2010 in West Coast Sound
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Phamish Vanished: Food Truck Heist
June 04, 2010 in Squid Ink
A phunny thing happened on the way to the phood truck. Phamish, a Vietnamese food truck, has gone missing, and there are few details on its disappearance. A few weeks...
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George Laguerre: From the Ruins
May 19, 2010 in Squid Ink
Kevin ScanlonGeorge LaguerreFirst, there was the 7.0 quake in George Laguerre's native Haiti, which destroyed houses and businesses of his friends and family. Then, on the night Laguerre was packing...
Jonathan Gold LAFF Artist in Residence: Udon, The Movie
May 19, 2010 in Squid Ink
"Passing Time": Hank Jones, 1918-2010
May 17, 2010 in West Coast Sound
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Meet Your Food Blogger: Geoff Nicholson of Psycho Gourmet
May 17, 2010 in Squid Ink
Geoff NicholsonPortrait of the writer with a dead gooseWhen asked about Volkswagens -- the subject of a trilogy of his novels -- writer Geoff Nicholson says "Well, I just kind...
Golden Fridays on KCRW
May 13, 2010 in Squid Ink
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Last Night: Only a Neck Injury Can Stop Gustavo "Electrico!" Dudamel (Also, Alisa Weilerstein with the L.A. Phil)
May 07, 2010 in West Coast Sound
Mathew ImagingLast night at Disney Hall, while conducting Dvork's Cello Concerto in B minor with soloist Alisa Weilerstein, Gustavo Dudamel pulled a muscle in his neck and was unable to...
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Culver City Gets All-You-Can-Eat Brazilian Pizza
May 05, 2010 in Squid Ink
Erica Z. Wrightson "Whoa, Brazilian pizza? All you can eat? Ten bucks? I'm there." Those are the words of my 22-year-old brother, a Culver City resident and a senior at USC....
The Importance of Butter: Some Chefs Make Their Own
April 27, 2010 in Squid Ink
Euro Pane #2 Soft Opens in Pasadena
April 19, 2010 in Squid Ink
Live Review: Bill Frisell, Jason Moran and Kenny Wollesen at Largo
April 14, 2010 in West Coast Sound
Lunch in the Time of Pax Ottomanica
April 09, 2010 in Squid Ink
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Don't Supersize Me: Man Eating Sandwich Eating Man
April 07, 2010 in Squid Ink
NC Times There's comfort food, and then there are utilitarian victuals. At Caioti Pizza Cafe in Studio City, a legendary salad made with the restaurant's Maternity Salad Dressing supposedly helps induce...
Iron Chef Morimoto Might be Landing at LAX
April 02, 2010 in Squid Ink
Live Review: Brad Mehldau at Largo - The Art of the Solo
March 31, 2010 in West Coast Sound
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Cooking With George Laguerre: A Lesson in Haitian Food
March 26, 2010 in Squid Ink
On Wednesday, George Laguerre took a break from packing coffee beans for his wholesale business in the charred remains of his restaurant TiGeorges' Chicken on Glendale Blvd., and traveled south...
Plate Spinnings: Listings From the Past Week
March 24, 2010 in Squid Ink
Huey, Dewey and Chop Suey: Andrew Coe On the History of Chinese Food In the American West
March 11, 2010 in Squid Ink
This Just In: Colorado Boulevard Gets Another Euro Pane
March 09, 2010 in Squid Ink
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There Will Be Belly: The 2nd Annual Gold Standard Food and Wine Event
March 01, 2010 in Squid Ink
UPDATE: View more photos in the "2nd Annual Gold Standard Food + Wine Event" slideshow. If you happened to be looking for Octavio Becerra, Ludo Lefebvre, Leo Bulgarini or Susan Feniger...
A Good Meatloaf is Hard To Find: A Paula Deen Dinner
February 26, 2010 in Squid Ink
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A Fire This Time: TiGeorges' Haitian Chicken Restaurant Closes
February 18, 2010 in Squid Ink
The last time we were at TiGeorges', just after the earthquake in Haiti, the place was packed with community members and press, and the next morning the small restaurant on...
