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Drink This Now and Later: Firestone Walker XV Anniversary Ale
December 23, 2011 in Squid Ink
MMMHop: Hanson Make an IPA
December 05, 2011 in Squid Ink
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Top 5 Pumpkin Beers: Drink Up, Pumpkin Kings
October 31, 2011 in Squid Ink
B. MesirowKern River's Pumpkin Ale and a whole pumpkin Is there any vegetable more versatile than the pumpkin? They can be turned into delicious pies, magical carriages, whimsical lanterns, terrifying...
Cochinita Pibil Taco Fight: La Cabanita vs Chichen Itza
October 27, 2011 in Squid Ink
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Zuperman Returns: Mexicali Taco & Co. Pop Up at Daily Dose
September 30, 2011 in Squid Ink
Jack PooleMexicali's garlicky vampiros will be back soon If you have cruised past First and Beaudry at night in the past couple weeks, you will have noticed that the parking lot...
Make This Now: Beer Popsicles
September 13, 2011 in Squid Ink
5 Awesomely Weird Japanese Soft Drinks
September 07, 2011 in Squid Ink
Pasadena Chicken Tikka Masala Food Fight: All India Cafe vs. Radhika
August 29, 2011 in Squid Ink
Happy Hour: Xlixe in Downtown
August 12, 2011 in Squid Ink
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Food Fight: Ranchera Preparada
August 03, 2011 in Squid Ink
B. Mesirow In the barbecue-filled summers of our youth, the masters of the grill were the greatest heroes. They took massive hunks of bright red oozing meat and, through some...
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IPA Beer Fight: Ladyface Ale Companie vs. Bootlegger's Brewery
June 21, 2011 in Squid Ink
B. MesirowBootlegger's Rustic Rye IPA Much has been made lately of L.A.'s beer revolution, from hilarious and awesome drunken rants by Greg of Stone to posts on this very blog and...
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Ching Chong Ling Long Gourmet Takeout: From YouTube to Take-Out
June 20, 2011 in Squid Ink
Creative Commons: Mykl Roventine The internet has allowed for the dissemination of stupidity at a rate greater than anyone could have imagined. Witness (now ex-) UCLA student Alexandra Wallace. ...
Spaghetti Slam: Jollibee vs. Angelini Osteria
June 15, 2011 in Squid Ink
Hollandaised and Confused: Cooking with Keif, Your Latest Pot Cookbook
June 07, 2011 in Squid Ink
Food Fight: Saucy Little Shrimp
June 01, 2011 in Squid Ink
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Happy Hour: The Hungry Cat in Hollywood
May 26, 2011 in Squid Ink
Jen HunterTigerlily and Luke's Lemonade The Place: The Hungry Cat, 1535 N. Vine St., Hollywood. The Hours: Weekdays, noon - 6 p.m. The Deals: Half off beer and cocktails The Digs: The Hungry Cat...
Ricebowling League: Teriyaki Chicken Fight
May 20, 2011 in Squid Ink
Your Newest Nightmare: Exploding Watermelons
More Things to Freak Out About
May 17, 2011 in Squid Ink
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Eat This Now: Al Pastor at El Flamin Taco in Echo Park
May 12, 2011 in Squid Ink
From the El Flamin Taco Facebook page At first glance, the taco truck posted up nightly in the car wash at Sunset and Alvarado in Echo Park looks like a poser....
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Dogfight: The Bacon Wrapped Hot Dog vs. Let's Be Frank
May 10, 2011 in Squid Ink
Gregory Bojorquez This SoCal-NorCal rivalry thing is totally overblown. We're all Californians, and they've got some great stuff up there, like beer, book publishers, and hyphy rap. Who cares...
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Lawn Mowing Under the Influence: 5 Great Beers for Summer
May 06, 2011 in Squid Ink
Christian Senger / CreativeCommons: christian.senger In much of the nation, the ground has only recently thawed and temperatures still dip down to horrifying depths. (A high of 47, is that some...
Hipsteropolis Rising: Taste of the Eastside Food Festival
April 28, 2011 in Squid Ink
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Prince Willy's Pint: Brewdog's Royal Virility Performance
April 21, 2011 in Squid Ink
When is a beer not a beer? When it's a gimmick, of course. And almost nobody makes more gimmicks (and fewer beers) than notorious Scottish brewery Brewdog. ...
Beyond the Burger: Top 5 Fast Food Sides & Desserts
April 19, 2011 in Squid Ink
Swiftboat Veterans for Fruit: An Event in Support of Archi's Acres
April 14, 2011 in Squid Ink
