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Matinee Idyll: A Relaxed Affair
Two hours before we have friends arriving at noon on Sunday, our house is the image of sloth. Newspaper sections lie scattered about; bags of farmers’ market produce have toppled over on the kitchen...
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Recipe: Traditional Neapolitan-Style Pizza
In this month’s issue, author David Hochman learns what it takes to make pizza Napoletana in his feature “Life of Pie.” Technically, authentic Neapolitan pizza can only be made in a stone, wood-burning...
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Oktoberfest Recipe: Apple Cheddar Beer Pancakes
Quick! Look outside! It’s fall! The spate of 95-degree days has finally given way to these glorious rainclouds, providing a long-overdue excuse to eat the heartier foods of the season—and drink a few...
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Recipe: Maple-Sriracha Brussels Sprouts with Cranberry Wild Rice
We see a lot of food festivals here in L.A.—heck, we threw our own gluttonous extravaganza in Malibu just last weekend. But this Sunday marks the arrival of a particularly zesty event: the first annual...
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Recipe: Suzanne Goin’s “Pumpkin” Fritters
The changing seasons have always been at the heart of chef Suzanne Goin’s cooking. Before small plates became de rigueur, her first restaurant, A.O.C., popularized the concept of farm-to-table tapas....
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Thanksgiving 2013: Farro, Kabocha, and Marcona Almond Risotto
Thanksgiving 2013 is upon us. To usher in the season of endless eating and copious drinking, we’ve approached some of L.A.’s finest chefs and restaurants to get their recipes for the this year’s best...
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Thanksgiving 2013: Walter Manzke’s Kale Salad
Thanksgiving 2013 is upon us. To usher in the season of endless eating and copious drinking, we’ve approached some of L.A.’s finest chefs and restaurants to get their recipes for the this year’s best...
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Thanksgiving 2013: Chef Tal Ronnen’s Cream-less, Creamy Mashed Potatoes
Thanksgiving 2013 is upon us. To usher in the season of endless eating and copious drinking, we’ve approached some of L.A.’s finest chefs and restaurants to get their recipes for the this year’s best...
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Thanksgiving 2013: Brussels Sprouts with Balsamic Glaze, Bacon Breadcrumbs,...
Thanksgiving 2013 is upon us. To usher in the season of endless eating and copious drinking, we’ve approached some of L.A.’s finest chefs and restaurants to get their recipes for the this year’s best...
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Thanksgiving 2013: Cafe Gratitude’s Miso-Glazed Brussels Sprouts
It’s Thanksgiving crunch time. You may already have the turkey in a brine, the day-old bread for your stuffing, and a few bags of cranberries in the fridge. But have you remembered something green?...
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Recipe: Chef Gabriel Ask’s Almond Cream-Filled Stollen
As the nights grow long and a chilly wind chases autumn’s leaves away, our thoughts turn to bread. The smell of dough rising on the counter, yeasty and warm, is only bested by the flavor of a finished...
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Recipe: The Beverly Hilton’s Golden Globes Menu
Even if you aren’t planning to watch this Sunday’s 71st annual Golden Globes ceremony, you might want to re-create the dessert that the stars will be eating while they wait to see who wins Best Motion...
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Recipe: Chef Brooke Williamson’s Spicy Red Curry Biscuits
Brooke Williamson of Top Chef fame has carved out a tasty enclave in the South Bay with her husband Nick Roberts. The pair own and operate Hudson House in Redondo Beach, the Tripel in Playa del Rey,...
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Recipe: Mascarpone Cheesecake from Joe’s in Venice
At Joe’s in Venice, pastry chef Laura Hartman changes her dessert menu weekly, but among the sweets on regular rotation is her impossibly light steamed mascarpone cheesecake, which we’ve featured in...
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Recipe: Blood Orange Bars with a Browned Butter Crust
Todd Porter and Dian Cu are the pair behind the internationally renowned White on Rice Couple Blog. They’re the kind of food bloggers that get it right every time: words that are honest and direct,...
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Recipe: Roy Choi’s $4 Spaghetti
If you haven’t yet picked up a copy of Roy Choi’s book, LA Son: My Life, My City, My Food, now, today, would be a great time to get on that. Especially if you’re an Angeleno. Especially if you’re...
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Recipe: Petty Cash’s Potato Tacos Dorados
Though his new three-star bistro and bakery, Republique, has been stealing the show these days, chef Walter Manzke’s Mexico City-style taqueria, Petty Cash, continues to draw crowds. Besides the...
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Recipe: Balls o’ Bacon from Whiz Philly Cheesesteaks
Just when we thought the meatball couldn’t get any better, Whiz—a new joint in Koreatown from the guys behind Beer Belly—amps up the savory factor by combining ground pork shoulder with bacon. If you...
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Recipe: Blood Orange Margarita from The Church Key
Mixologist Devon Espinosa has dressed the bar at West Hollywood’s The Church Key with vintage Pan Am airline drink carts, cocktail pops frozen tableside with liquid nitrogen, and pre-canned drinks...
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St. Paddy’s Recipe: Irish Stew with Piccalilli
Suds and spirits garner the most, ahem, buzz on Saint Patrick’s Day, but all that pint-raising wouldn’t be possible without a bellyful of something good to soak it all up. Maybe something with potatoes...
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Recipe: Spring Into the Kitchen With CJ Jacobson’s Beets and Berries
We never really had a winter, yet here we are at the doorstep of spring. The new season begins this week and many of our favorite foodstuffs are sprouting with it. Chef CJ Jacobson grew up eating and...
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Recipe: Baby Kale Salad with Crispy Guanciale and Cara Caras
For most of us, spring break evokes hazy memories of neon-green margaritas and a Latin cartoon Frog. But what if we made like the Europeans and spent that warm weather holiday sipping lambrusco along...
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Recipe: Sweet Potato Salmon Cakes
We’re caving in. Thanks to the recently released Paleo Foodie Cookbook, the diet du jour, a Fred Flintstone-inspired regime heavy on protein and vegetables (and light on processed foods, grains, and...
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Recipe: Red Quinoa Bowl from Cast & Plow
Happy Pesach, everyone! The Jewish holiday of Passover is this week, which is when many Angelenos gather over platters of brisket, steaming bowls of matzo ball soup—and, for the brave, gefilte...
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Recipe: David Lebovitz’s Green Olive and Almond Tapenade
It’s been a big week for chef Suzanne Goin and business partner Caroline Styne. First, their restaurant A.O.C. claims the top spot on our list of “The 75 Best Restaurants in L.A.” And this Sunday the...
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A Pair of Cinco de Mayo Recipes That Don’t Involve Tequila
This Monday is Cinco de Mayo (good luck, Tuesday), and as usual L.A. has no shortage of ways to get your fiesta on. Restaurants and bars across the city will be celebrating with with loosely...
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Mom’s Breakfast in Bed: Egg-Topped Asparagus from Cliff’s Edge
Flowers? Check. Macaroni necklace? Strung. Goofy card? Signed and sealed. Brunch reservations? Um… Don’t worry about it; not all moms want to spend Mother’s Day in a stuffy dining room swarmed with...
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Recipe: Coolhaus’s Spicy Pineapple Cilantro Chile Sorbet
Central A.C., tons of movie channels, and a comfy couch—all that’s missing from your frosty home fortress are the refreshments. With last week’s heat wave fresh on our minds, there’s no better time to...
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National Burger Day Recipe: Italian-Style Pickle Relish from Bruce Kalman
Sure, you could hit Oinkster tonight in honor of National Burger Day, but why not assemble your own version of the American classic at home? Seasoning and shaping the perfect patty is crucial, but...
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Recipe: Creamy Matcha Ice-Blended
In sunny L.A., every month could be Iced Tea Month. But the powers that be have chosen June to honor the brisk caffeine hit, and it just so happens that the American Tea Room recently announced its...
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Father’s Day Recipe: “Bad Mutha Clucka” Dog
Let’s face it—dads love hot dogs. They’re handheld, full of meat, and the perfect vehicles for all those weird condiments Pops stockpiles in the fridge. Pasadena’s Dog Haus—which will open its first...
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Recipe: Auntie Em’s Bacon and Herb Bread Pudding
Successful restaurants understand the importance of ambience, and that starts with the right background music. Terri Wahl, chef-owner of Eagle Rock’s retro eatery Auntie Em’s, says that great tunes can...
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Fourth of July Recipe: Honey’s Kettle’s Smashed Garlic Fried Chicken
Imagine an evening with friends and family sprawled in lawn chairs and on picnic blankets. Now, imagine that evening with home-style smashed garlic fried chicken courtesy of Best of L.A. winner Honey’s...
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Fourth of July Recipe: Stumptown Coffee & Compartes Love Nuts Ice Cream
Later this summer, Portland’s Salt & Straw is opening its first L.A. ice cream shop in Larchmont Village. All the flavors will be made locally using all-natural cream from family-owned Rockview...
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Fourth of July Recipe: Salt and Straw’s Tomato Water and Ojai Olive Oil Sherbet
Later this summer, Portland’s Salt & Straw is opening its first L.A. ice cream shop in Larchmont Village. All the flavors will be made locally using all-natural cream from family-owned Rockview...
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Fourth of July Recipe: Horse Thief’s Blue Cheese and Bacon Potato Salad
Americans love bacon. When those succulent strips of pork fat are combined with blue cheese and hearty potatoes, their taste buds explode like fireworks on the Fourth of July. For Horse Thief, that...
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Fourth of July Recipe: Peach Ketchup
A hot dog is a hot dog. But ketchup doesn’t have to be just… ketchup. This Friday, after you’re done dressing yourself in red, white, and blue, dress up your Fourth of July frank (or burger, or sweet...
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Vartan Abgaryan’s Crispy Pork Ribs
You know the almighty baby back from its baritone theme song, but the world of ribs is wider. There are spareribs, beef ribs, country ribs, rib tips, riblets, St.Louis cut ribs, and that’s just the...
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Chris Crary’s Local Black Cod
In 2006, we weren’t going to Hyde for dinner. In fact, most of us weren’t going to Hyde at all—the then pinnacle of Hollywood nightlife was harder to get into than Bestia before 10 p.m. This Sunday...
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Essential T: Tequila and a Made-From-Scratch Clamato Recipe
The very best Mexican foods (and drinks) start with the letter T—tacos, tortas, tlayudas. Here we showcase the tastiest “T” bites from the streets of L.A. (and Mexico). Big changes are happening in...
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The Hungry Cat’s Steamed Blue Crabs
A crab feed is how you mark the summer season in Maryland. Baltimore-native David Lentz remembers it well, and for the last decade he’s revived the warm weather ritual once a year at his Hollywood...
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MOMED’S Heirloom Tomato Salad with Watermelon Vinaigrette
The last week of 90-degree temperatures has sealed the deal: it’s peak tomato season. We look forward to this time of year like others wait for Christmas or Shark Week, and our general philosophy when...
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Love & Salt’s Thumbprint Cookies
At Love & Salt, the new Cal-Italian resturant in Manhattan Beach, pastry chef Rebecca Merhej serves a plate of classic cookies that she sees as a counterbalance to overly sweet desserts. The...
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Golden Globes Recipe: The Beverly Hilton’s Modern Waldorf Salad
Troy N. Thompson, executive chef at the Beverly Hilton, is reinterpreting a classic American dish for Sunday’s Golden Globes. As part of a three-course meal that will be served at the awards ceremony,...
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Dish Hack: Chego’s Chubby Pork Belly Bowl
Want to stay in, but eat like you’re out? Here, chef and writer Heather Platt shares recipes inspired by L.A.’s hottest restaurant dishes. We say “inspired by,” as these creations are Platt’s own and...
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Dish Hack: Musso & Frank Grill’s Welsh Rarebit
Want to stay in, but eat like you’re out? Here, chef and writer Heather Platt shares recipes inspired by L.A.’s hottest restaurant dishes. We say “inspired by,” as these creations are Platt’s own and...
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Dish Hack: Bouchon’s Steak Frites with Caramelized Shallots and Herb Butter
Want to stay in, but eat like you’re out? Here, chef and writer Heather Platt shares recipes inspired by L.A.’s hottest restaurant dishes. We say “inspired by,” as these creations are Platt’s own and...
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Dish Hack: Osteria La Buca’s Bucatini Carbonara
Want to stay in, but eat like you’re out? Here, chef and writer Heather Platt shares recipes inspired by L.A.’s hottest restaurant dishes. We say “inspired by,” as these creations are Platt’s own and...
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The Best Guacamole Recipe, Period
You can out the extra dough to add uni to your guac at Walter Manzke’s Petty Cash Taqueria, but you don’t have to. Even the regular ol’ version surpasses all other mashed avocado concoctions. The...
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The Best Halo Top Ice Cream Cake Recipe
Halo Top has taken over most of our casual ice cream conversation in recent months. So, as anyone would, we set out to create the ultimate mashup of all mashups…. in the form of a Halo Top Ice Cream...
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