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In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Salisbury steak is so comforting, yet so yesterday." Just Add Bacon: 5 Freaky Frozen Dinners. "One of them...

Amy Scattergood In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Salisbury steak is so comforting, yet so yesterday." Just Add Bacon: 5 Freaky Frozen Dinners. "One of them...

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Baker Jim Lahey, owner of New York's Sullivan Street Bakery and author of the recently published cookbook My Bread: The Revolutionary No-Work, No-Knead Method, was in town the other day on a bri...

Amy Scattergood Baker Jim Lahey, owner of New York's Sullivan Street Bakery and author of the recently published cookbook My Bread: The Revolutionary No-Work, No-Knead Method, was in town the other day on a bri...

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If there's one thing Hollywood is full of, it's stereotypes. But dig a little deeper and you'll find that the people here aren't always as they appear: the hipster dreams of being a fireman; th...

Deborah Stoll If there's one thing Hollywood is full of, it's stereotypes. But dig a little deeper and you'll find that the people here aren't always as they appear: the hipster dreams of being a fireman; th...

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Try as I might, I couldn't get Urth Caffé to share the recipe for their award-winning, outrageously good pumpkin pie with us. To be fair, co-founder Shallom Berkman did actually take the time to g...

Lesley McCave Try as I might, I couldn't get Urth Caffé to share the recipe for their award-winning, outrageously good pumpkin pie with us. To be fair, co-founder Shallom Berkman did actually take the time to g...

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As the holiday approaches and you're all cooking, eating and taking pictures of your food, (your table, your mis en place, whatever) a reminder that you might consider submitting your pictures to ...

Amy Scattergood As the holiday approaches and you're all cooking, eating and taking pictures of your food, (your table, your mis en place, whatever) a reminder that you might consider submitting your pictures to ...

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Ah, the Internet: invented by Al Gore, home to millions of fact-checkers. For anyone worrying that Walter Manzke has left or is leaving Church & State, the man just took 2 days off. Your pigs ears...

Amy Scattergood Ah, the Internet: invented by Al Gore, home to millions of fact-checkers. For anyone worrying that Walter Manzke has left or is leaving Church & State, the man just took 2 days off. Your pigs ears...

Continue reading "Rumor Milling: No, Walter Manzke's Not Leaving Church & State + Sunday Night Dinners At The Bistro" > ]]> 0 tag:blogs.laweekly.com,2009:/squidink//166.264358 2009-11-20 11:00:00 2009-11-20 07:57:16

Soda Pop's, a new mid-city lunch spot, soft-opened Wednesday on La Cienega. The menu is divided in to old and new school, hot and cold sandwiches, ranging in price from $7-$12 and salads. Custom-b...

Emma Courtland Soda Pop's, a new mid-city lunch spot, soft-opened Wednesday on La Cienega. The menu is divided in to old and new school, hot and cold sandwiches, ranging in price from $7-$12 and salads. Custom-b...

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The opening of Ixtapa Cantina, the new Mexican restaurant from Jack Huang (Bar Celona, Villa Sorriso) has been delayed to the first week in December. The Old Town Pasadena location was previously ...

Amy Scattergood The opening of Ixtapa Cantina, the new Mexican restaurant from Jack Huang (Bar Celona, Villa Sorriso) has been delayed to the first week in December. The Old Town Pasadena location was previously ...

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Still hoping your crazy banjo-playing cousin is going to bring over something a little more useful this Thanksgiving, say, a pastry chef? According to this week's Name That Pastry Chef Zoe Nathan,...

Jenn Garbee Still hoping your crazy banjo-playing cousin is going to bring over something a little more useful this Thanksgiving, say, a pastry chef? According to this week's Name That Pastry Chef Zoe Nathan,...

Continue reading "Name That Pastry Chef: Huckleberry's Zoe Nathan + Her Thanksgiving Apple Crostata Recipe" > ]]> 0 tag:blogs.laweekly.com,2009:/squidink//166.264392 2009-11-20 08:00:06 2009-11-20 08:00:30

THE Beverly Hills deli, Nate 'n Al has opened a second location in the Lakes shopping center in Thousand Oaks. The new location opened on Tuesday to a crowd eager to for their very own Nate 'n Al ...

Emma Courtland THE Beverly Hills deli, Nate 'n Al has opened a second location in the Lakes shopping center in Thousand Oaks. The new location opened on Tuesday to a crowd eager to for their very own Nate 'n Al ...

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Need to learn how to make a really good pie -- and fast -- but don't have $80 to $150 to spare on those fancy cooking classes around town? Neither do we. Enter Jennie Cook, this year's Best Of LA ...

Jenn Garbee Need to learn how to make a really good pie -- and fast -- but don't have $80 to $150 to spare on those fancy cooking classes around town? Neither do we. Enter Jennie Cook, this year's Best Of LA ...

Continue reading "Make It & Take It Party: Beer, Live Music, Pies YOU Make + Jennie Cook's Stuffed Squash Recipe" > ]]> 0 tag:blogs.laweekly.com,2009:/squidink//166.264338 2009-11-19 15:00:33 2009-11-19 15:00:39

Need a visual aid for your print edition? Jonathan Gold visits the Beverly Hills sushi bar Kiyokawa ("In my decades of reviewing restaurants, Kiyokawa may be the first place I was tempted to keep ...

Amy Scattergood Need a visual aid for your print edition? Jonathan Gold visits the Beverly Hills sushi bar Kiyokawa ("In my decades of reviewing restaurants, Kiyokawa may be the first place I was tempted to keep ...

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As we speak, boatloads of Beaujolais "Nouveau" are hitting our shores. A marketing ploy concocted decades ago to promote Beaujolais around the world, the wine is released annually on the third Thu...

David Rosoff As we speak, boatloads of Beaujolais "Nouveau" are hitting our shores. A marketing ploy concocted decades ago to promote Beaujolais around the world, the wine is released annually on the third Thu...

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A reminder that Thanksgiving's right around the corner. Like a week from today. If it's all becoming too daunting, or if you just need some help, here's a follow-up list of dine-in and to-go optio...

Celia Soudry A reminder that Thanksgiving's right around the corner. Like a week from today. If it's all becoming too daunting, or if you just need some help, here's a follow-up list of dine-in and to-go optio...

Continue reading "Thanksgiving Round-Up Part Deux: Where To Get To-Go Turkey" > ]]> 1 http://blogs.laweekly.com/squidink/wtfeature.jpg tag:blogs.laweekly.com,2009:/squidink//166.264008 2009-11-19 10:00:00 2009-11-20 09:12:06

TV dinners have come a long way since Swanson's Hungry Man. Have you taken a look in your grocer's freezer section lately? Salisbury steak is so comforting, yet so yesterday. Here are five frozen ...

Derek Thomas TV dinners have come a long way since Swanson's Hungry Man. Have you taken a look in your grocer's freezer section lately? Salisbury steak is so comforting, yet so yesterday. Here are five frozen ...

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