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Happy New Year from LAist and your brand new Food Editor! I've arrived home refreshed from a fantastic vacation in the Philly/New Jersey area, and now I'm revved up and ready for the New Food Year. It was difficult to leave Philadelphia and its fabulous dining options behind (cheesesteaks are only the tip of the iceberg), but nothing beats Los Angeles for its range of offerings. Here's my wish list for places to go, ingredients to cook, and meals to eat in 2008. What's tops on your list of must-eat destinations and recipes this year?

Unless otherwise noted, all of the following shows are free of charge.

SUNDAY, 8/28

• Cellist Ruslan Biryukov and pianist Mary Au perform sonatas by Beethoven,
  Debussy and Shostakovich at LACMA's Bing Theater at 6 pm. Call 323-857-6234
  or visit www.sundayslive.org.
  

MONDAY, 8/29

• Inara George wraps-up her
  Monday Night Residency at the
  echo at 10:30pm.
  
• The Excuse, Modern Memory, Satisfaction and Magic
  Bullets play at The Fold
  Silverlake Lounge. The opening act takes the stage at 9pm.
  

TUESDAY, 8/30

• The Terry Gibbs Jazz Ensemble play at Hollywood & Highland at
  7pm. For info, call 323-467-6412.
  

• Tony Orlando and Dawn take the The
  Grove stage at
  7pm.
  
• I See Hawks perform at Cole's at 9pm. Call 213-622-4090.
  

• Shonen Knife and The Knack grace the stage at the Santa Monica Pier. The concert starts at 7:30pm. Call 310.458.8900 for details.
  
• Sam Graham performs at The Farmer's
  Market from 7-9pm. For details, call 323-933-9211.
  
• Odara play at the Culver City Hall Courtyard at 7pm. Call 323-933-9211.
  

• LACMA's
  Friday Night Jazz Series features Dr. Art Davis Quintet in the LA Times Central Court at 5:30pm.
  

Sure, we talk a lot about The Grove--some of it good, some of it bad. But sometimes we forget the deluxe mall mecca's next-door neighbor: The Farmers Market. And, yes, it's a bit of a tourist trap. But it's also one of those places that if you leave it be for a while, and then give it a revisit, you can find that it has a great deal to offer.

Sometimes grabbing an ice cream cone on a mellow LA evening can be a quick, inexpensive, and wholly satisfying thing. Having recently found ourselves exiting the Red Line at Pershing Square, on our merry way to an evening of Grand Performances, we were presented with the idea of snagging a cone at the just about to close for the evening Grand Central Market. The Market happens to be one of our favorite destinations for food and people watching downtown; this time we were in an out in seconds flat, for less than a dollar apiece. The Tropical Zone Ice Cream & Juice Bar--one of the two ice cream vendors there--is at the front of the market, on the Hill Street Side. They have a decent selection of standard flavors; we're not sure who their supplier is, and, unlike Bennett's, Fosselman's, and Mashti Malone's, we're pretty sure they don't make their own. One scoop of Rocky Road was loaded onto a regular cone, followed by one scoop of Strawberry Cheesecake on another cone for our ice cream indulgent companion. Happily we licked our 90 cent cones and almost literally walked off into the sunset. Dusk started to inch its way over the city, as we slurped down our ice cream. Craving: satisfied. Sure, Tropical Zone can't boast more than their bargain prices, but for this time, that was plenty to do it. We'll rank them #4. This week our Ice Cream summer was quick and dirty style. We'll be out tasting again next week...

It probably won't come as much of a surprise that the best thing about the Grove isn't even technically a part of it. When construction on the Grove was approved, preservationists feared what would become of L.A.'s historic Farmer's Market. As it turns out, they didn't need to worry. Since the Grove opened in 2002, the Farmer's Market has for the most part managed to retain its individuality, while at the same time teeming with the overflow from its newer, flashier neighbor. It's even maintained its own parking lot so that Market patrons wouldn't have to worry about the hassle of the Grove's mega-garage.