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Food Friday
L.A., we know you love food. So do we. From the best fried chicken to internet-breaking arguments, come to us to find out what's happening where across our beloved city (and beyond).
The joy of donabe, the Japanese clay cooking pot, at our next Cookbook Live
Overhead view of a donabe hot pot meal, with a hand adding cabbage to a clay pot of broth on a tabletop burner, surrounded by sliced beef, vegetables, steamed fish and mixed rice.
Come for the birria, stay for the exquisite mushroom tacos in El Sereno
Overhead view of a white paper plate holding three tacos on crisp, griddled tortillas: one folded with melted cheese along the edges, one topped with mushrooms, refried beans, red onion, and cilantro, and one topped with grilled chicken, onion, and cilantro. Carrot sticks, pickled red onions, and lime wedges sit alongside.
Meet the DTLA chefs making mouthwatering, boundary-breaking Indian cuisine
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OC’s most captivating new restaurant is hidden in a business park
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Cheap Fast Eats: How far can $15 get you in Little Saigon?
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Why the Kogi x Sam Woo collab this weekend is a love letter to the SGV
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The lomo saltado burrito that broke the internet
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Seafood City Late Night Madness: What you need to know
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    The Moth, known for their storytelling events, is in L.A. tomorrow evening, August 3, for a night of "Good Food," where the words will be about what we eat and why we eat it, just like the focus of the weekly eat-centric KCRW radio show itself.
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    No Such Thing as a Free Cup of Coffee Now at Historic Pantry Restaurant
    As of July 1, patrons of the Original Pantry restaurant in Downtown Los Angeles have been asked to pay for a cup of coffee with their breakfasts for the firs time in the cafe's 87-year history. Now the cuppa joe runs 50 cents, says the L.A. Times, a price change "ordered by the Original Pantry's current owner, former L.A. Mayor Richard Riordan, to offset increased food costs."
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    Seasonal Eats: Crunch Into Sweet Corn!
    The other day, while shopping at the Farmers' Market, I saw a sweet corn vendor chopping up ears of raw corn into sample-sized bites and encouraging passers to taste them. I hadn't actually tried raw corn, so I took one and was pleasantly surprised to find it's tender, delicious and refreshing right off the table. I'll admit, I haven't eaten much corn in my life, mostly due to thinking it required a lot of cooking. A recent radio show (probably "Good Food" but I didn't catch which one) featured a story on corn, and the suggestion that the best way to have it was just heated through on the grill, with your favorite seasoning. And now that I tasted it raw, I knew it was true.
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    It's a Sausage Fest! Doggy-friendly Wirtshaus Starts Serving Up German Food & Drink This Week
    Hot dog! We can thank the Germans for our favorite ballpark treat, but we can also head out to dine in several German sausage-focused establishments opening up around town. Who knew L.A. was so sausage-centric? Joining the fray of kutches, hauses, and currywursts is Wirtshaus, which will have its grand opening this Friday, July 29th.
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    A Day for Every Truck & Cart: Petition Campaign Launched for National Mobile Food Vendor Day
    Mobile food is nothing new in the United States--so many food items like the all-American hot dog first crossed our palates thanks to the entrepreneurship of immigrants and their pushcarts on our city streets. However, what is new is a movement by mobile food vendors across the nation who are coming together to push the federal government to declare a National Mobile Food Vendor Day.