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The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories
August 26, 2010 in Squid Ink
SapphireBlue22stack of newspapersWhat's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember,...
Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 8/9-8/13
August 13, 2010 in Squid Ink
More Fun With The 99 Cent Chef: Pink's Hot Dogs + Gustavo Dudamel
August 13, 2010 in Squid Ink
A Recipe From the Chef: Norman Fierros' Sea of Cortez Ceviche
August 13, 2010 in Squid Ink
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Q & A With Pan Am Room's Norman Fierros: Hairdressing, Life in Phoenix & The Lure of Airplanes
August 13, 2010 in Squid Ink
If you've flown into Santa Monica Airport (literally, figuratively) hungry for dinner anytime recently, you're aware that The Hump, the infamous restaurant above Typhoon, is no more. In its place,...
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Watching Ice Melt: Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic Whiskey Crate Opened
August 13, 2010 in Squid Ink
Emily Stone/GlobalPostShackleton's Antarctic whiskey Polar explorer Ernest Shackleton loved his whiskey, not a bad thing to pack on long, potentially doomed trips across hundreds of miles of Antarctic ice, and...
City Bean Coffee Update: Renovated Roastery + Wholesale Now Open to the Public
August 12, 2010 in Squid Ink
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Cach Restaurant Closes Its Doors
August 12, 2010 in Squid Ink
screenshot from Cach websitebar at CachCach restaurant has closed, only a year after it opened in Santa Monica, in the space that formerly housed Arnold Schwarzenegger's beerhaus Schatzi. Josiah Citrin...
The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories
August 12, 2010 in Squid Ink
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City Council Hears Testimony on Food Trucks
August 11, 2010 in Squid Ink
LA Weekly Flickr pool/ricardodiaz11food truck caravan As J. Patrick Coolican reports in the Weekly's news blog, this afternoon a City Council committee heard testimony on how exactly to regulate the food...
Web Surfing: A Roundup of News from L.A. Food Blogs & Beyond
August 11, 2010 in Squid Ink
And Now, A Brief Message From Ruth Reichl
August 11, 2010 in Squid Ink
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Good Tweets: The Top 25+ Who's Who of Food Safety on Twitter
August 10, 2010 in Squid Ink
Thanks to a tweet from @marionnestle (that would be Marion Nestle, Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health and Professor of Sociology at New...
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Jones Coffee Roasters: Now, Just Down the Street
August 10, 2010 in Squid Ink
A. Scattergoodnew Jones Coffee Roasters location If you've been wandering around Pasadena in an decaffeinated haze for the last few days, looking for Jones Coffee Roasters and finding instead an empty...
America's 15 Favorite Chain Restaurants: We ? The Cheesecake Factory
August 09, 2010 in Squid Ink
LA Weekly Flickr Pool Reader Photo of the Day: Rivera's Cocktail Lab
August 09, 2010 in Squid Ink
And Now, A Brief Message From Colman Andrews
August 09, 2010 in Squid Ink
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Meatless Mondays: Be a Vegetarian, Just for One Day
August 09, 2010 in Squid Ink
Santa Monica Farmers Market It's Monday, the grudging beginning of another work week, and the end of a weekend perhaps spent barbecuing or, if you were anywhere in the vicinity of...
Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 8/2-8/6
August 07, 2010 in Squid Ink
Sprouts Farmers Market Opens in Pasadena: Your Circuit City, Repurposed
August 06, 2010 in Squid Ink
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A Recipe From the Chef: Samir Mohajer's French Green Lentils With Avocado
August 05, 2010 in Squid Ink
A. ScattergoodFrench green lentils at Cabbage Patch Samir Mohajer's menu at his Cabbage Patch restaurants -- the original in Beverly Hills, a second in Playa Vista, and a third forthcoming downtown...
The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories
August 05, 2010 in Squid Ink
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Happy Birthday Mr. President: Secret Service Vetoes Birthday Cake
August 04, 2010 in Squid Ink
Washington SceneThe Obamas celebrating in 2003 Happy Birthday, Mr. President. President Obama turns 49 years old today (CNN Developing News: "I have a more gray hair"), and is celebrating the event...
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Intelligentsia Coffeehouse Opens in Pasadena
August 04, 2010 in Squid Ink
A. ScattergoodIntelligentsia Pasadena As of 10 a.m. today, Old Town shoppers, itinerant off-duty baristas, embedded Pasadena food writers and refugees from the Rose Bowl now have a place to order an...
And Now, A Brief Message from Gordon Ramsay
August 04, 2010 in Squid Ink
