Articles tagged with food

When the facelift was announced for the iconic 1917 Grand Central Market cries of concern went up among the regulars (and the chattering class). Will they force out my beloved carniceria to make room for a yuppie oyster bar? Will a fancy cheese shop displace the cheap produce? Where will I get a burrito the size of my head?
You may have heard something along …

Over at The New York Times, Mark Bittman says that we should stop wasting so much poorly cooked Turkey and focus more on sweet potatoes. And CNN has a cringe-worthy story about Twinkie-stuffed Turkey (video of the “Tur-twinkie”is here.)  ABC reports on the Butterball Hotline, because “talking turkey is serious business.” But not everyone eats the beloved Thanksgiving bird.
In fact, Which Way, LA? producer Evan George …

I just came home from the grocery store, where I picked up the turkey I’ll prepare and serve Thursday for a rag-tag group of friends, their family members, and friends.

Some people have had a rough year financially and otherwise; others of our guests are doing okay, or better than okay.  No one we know personally is starving or on the streets. But, you don’t …

How hot an issue are genetically-modified foods and the debate over Prop 37? We went to a local supermarket and talked with some shoppers to find out:
“It just seems like it’s a no-brainer,” said one shopper. “We need to know what’s in our food and make decisions based on the evidence that we just don’t know enough about GMO’s to expose ourselves and our …

The public appetite for local produce is getting pretty ravenous these days. Farmer’s markets keep sprouting up all around L.A. (shout-out to the brand-new Motor Ave market in Palms!), and opportunities to order a box of produce delivered to your door are flowering like an orange tree in the California sun. Less than 20 years ago, there were 450 Community Supported Agriculture programs, also …

Monsanto has just dumped $4.2 million into the campaign to defeat Prop 37 on November’s ballot. It would require the labeling of all genetically modified food. Do California consumers really need to know? We hear from both sides. Also, even though it’s illegal, is it ethical for cyclists to run red lights and stop signs? When we asked that question on Facebook, we got …

About 300,000 people work in the restaurant industry in the greater Los Angeles area. But some question how well this workforce of cooks, waiters, dishwashers and bartenders are treated because of low pay, charges of wage theft, discrimination,  and the near absence of health insurance. (This  guide can help you determine if you’re eating at ethical restaurants).
An organization called the Restaurant Opportunities Center is …

Warren interviews Gustavo Arellano about his latest book, “Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America,” and the Americanization of Mexican food. He also reminds us that “Americans forget that chocolate and vanilla originally came from Mexico. ” The book comes at a time when Taco Bell is celebrating 50 years. So is Taco Bell real food? Absolutely, according to Arellano. “Those of who try …

Of all the wonderful food I’ve consumed since I moved to Los Angeles eight years ago, I’ve had three superlative meals here: The first was an Okinawan meal in Monterey Park. The second was Vietnamese, in Long Beach. And the third was this weekend, a five-course meal comprised entirely of artfully composed sweets, in Hollywood.
They had something else in common besides being delicious: None …

About the only type of shopping I enjoy is food shopping, and in southern California the wide array of what’s available is made even more delectable by the parades of characters in the aisles of the stores–and oh, the theater of our farmer’s markets! The Food4Less near MacArthur Park, obviously, offers a different and no less intriguing experience than, say, the Bristol Farms in Pasadena, …

KCRW producer and night owl Saul Gonzalez shares some of his favorite places to eat In L.A. between midnight and sunrise… What’s yours?

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“You’re not judging if something is acceptable or not acceptable, you’re just trying to survive,” says Roy Choi (Kogi Korean Taco mastermind) about his parents: Korean immigrants trying to get by. “We did videotape stores, liquor stores, gas stations… for us, as Asians, we got into a segment of society that a lot of people want to throw a blanket over. ”
But, there was …