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We know. While we love living in SoCal, it can take quite a toll out of your pocket book, time and energy. That’s why we created Cheap Fast Eats — to give you a friend-in-the-know shortcut to finding tasty food you can grab quickly for $10-$15.We’ve been scouting out places for a couple of years now, and have gone as far afield as Santa Ana and the Valley, from Culver City to Pico Union. So check out our new fall edition — a curated list of places we think you’ll like for cool temps.
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Down south, a group of bagel makers is quietly generating excitement in the bagel-verse.Listen 0:49
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L.A.'s multicultural dining scene is redefining Thanksgiving with offerings that reflect how the city actually eats.Listen 0:46
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Koreatown's Jook Hyang is currently serving a specific mushroom that's highly sought after in Korean cuisineListen 0:49
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The pandemic, technology and the economy have combined to create the perfect storm for "tip-flation" — but we might be at a tipping point.Listen 4:33
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Inglewood is up to lots of good these days for excellent eats, ranging from regional Mexican dishes to bare-bones Jamaican takeout and, of course, hot wings to call home about.
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Drag events throughout Los Angeles take on many forms, ranging from Juan Gabriel-themed nights to performances at craft breweries. Meet three local performers who bring their own spin with sequins galore and over-the-top makeup.
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From Long Beach to Pasadena, we’ve selected a few of our favorite Cheap Fast Eats to fuel you on your travels.
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As extra pandemic benefits end, food banks say that they’re becoming long-term supermarkets for Californians facing food insecurity. Several bills to boost CalFresh are before the Legislature, but the state budget deficit may get in the way.
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While Ecuadorian restaurants aren’t too common in L.A., Denisse Sandoval brings the country’s street food to the San Fernando Valley.
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A Washington, D.C. chef won the outstanding category. The Chicago ceremony was hosted by chefs Eric Adjepong, Esther Choi, Andrew Zimmern and Top Chef judge Gail Simmons.
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Immigrants have long been the backbone of restaurant kitchens. Now they're dominating the industry's top awards for chefs, with a majority of nominations going to immigrants or children of immigrants.
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Two California cases probe who is pocketing those extra fees tacked onto your restaurant tab.
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Some post-Soviet émigrés who once blanketed West Hollywood, Little Armenia, Glendale, and North Hollywood in the ‘90s have migrated farther north to the San Fernando Valley. A handful of Russian-speaking banquet halls are cherished, serving heaping helpings of home.
It's the brainchild of El Sereno's favorite punk rock taco spot, Evil Cooks.
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An editor-slash-amateur-baker will be on hiatus from making many versions of LAUSD's iconic coffee cake for his colleagues. But how did the 1954 recipe compare to today's?
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Fusion used to mean cringe and eye-rolling; meet the chefs who are bringing playfulness and culinary innovation to create brand new dishes.
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Ed Currie of PuckerButt Pepper Company in South Carolina said his team stabilized Pepper X about a decade ago, but only released it now because no one had been able to beat his previous record.
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Here are some of our favorite places to get a hot, soft, artisanal pretzel in and around L.A. You're welcome.
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Two amateur bakers take on a beloved, almost sacrosanct school treasure.
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Recently, a new crop of local chefs began to offer their take on Iberian cooking
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San Diego State University researchers are formulating a dried version of the dip that can be taken past the Earth's atmosphere.
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BakeCamp Los Angeles is a cooking-tasting blowout that will take place over three days in October — which happens to be National Cookie Month.
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For Jeff Alulis, the Burger Quest became “something bigger” than him.
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Gardena is a paradise for finding under-the-radar food gems for less.
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The owners have 30 days to pay back due rent.
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Actress Tiffani Thiessen, a homegrown SoCal resident, takes on leftovers in her new cookbook “Here We Go Again.”