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How To LA: The Freshest Fusion Finds (And Other Headlines)
Elote agnolotti, sweet corn filling, housemade tajin, cotija cheese and fingerlime.
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Folks, it’s another Food Friday. I already know you’ll have an appetite for this one.
Today, it’s all about fusion.
The chefs keeping fusion food fun
First, a little history lesson: fusion cooking isn’t some new trend. It’s been around forever, from the infamous Thanksgiving feast to the ‘80s and ‘90s fusion restaurant boom with Wolfgang Puck combining French cooking with Asian influences.
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Merging foods from distinct cuisines is still attracting chefs today, inspired by the limitless creativity it allows.
Restaurants are quietly reinventing food that intertwines different cooking heritages. Diana Ruzova brings you four in L.A. that are worth visiting right now. Check it out here.
Eat well, L.A. There’s more news below — just keep reading.
We’re here to help curious Angelenos connect with others, discover the new, navigate the confusing, and even drive some change along the way.
More news
(After you stop hitting snooze)
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- Coffee cake, anyone? How about the famous LAUSD coffee cake? Our colleagues tried to replicate the beloved baked good that also meets federal and state nutrition guidelines.
- Arraignment for Duane "Keffe D" Davis, the suspect charged with murdering Tupac Shakur, has been delayed again.
- In a surprise move for many watching California’s hotly contested U.S. Senate race, recently-appointed Sen. Laphonza Butler said Thursday she will not run for a full term in 2024.
- SAG-AFTRA put out the dos and don’ts for members who want to dress up without breaking strike rules. Ubiquitous figures like ghosts, zombies and spiders are OK, as are characters from non-struck work like animated TV. But the union wants to scare members off from giving the struck studios any free publicity.
- A pop-up art exhibit traces the Inland Empire’s complex evolution from citrus groves to military base to vast rows of warehouses, showing their damaging impact on pollution and health.
- Pediatricians are concerned children are not getting vaccinated quickly enough, as the fall respiratory virus season looms.
Wait... one more thing
Unleash your inner basic girl this fall
A cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows makes a cozy autumn treat.
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As someone who denied my inner basic girl for a long time (and often still does), I can speak with confidence on this topic.
Folks: sometimes, it’s okay to be a little basic. Especially when it’s fall.
Ok, so maybe you’re asking yourself, what even is a basic girl?
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They’re a gal (of any gender) who loves a themed event, coordinated outfits, a good charcuterie board and, in the fall, pumpkin spice lattes, cute pictures at the pumpkin patch for Insta, and the movie Practical Magic.
My How To L.A. podcast colleagues recently went on a hunt around L.A. for the best spots to go full on basic girl fall mode.
Check out some of their favorite picks here, or listen to the podcast episode.
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