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Ilan Hall, the Top Chef season 2 winner who opened recently-shuttered The Gorbals at the Alexandria Hotel, plans to open L.A.’s first vegan ramen shop late summer.

Here’s a list of highlights for this year’s spring show, from the healthy to the decadent to the drought- and dog-friendly.

Fried chicken may be best known as Southern soul food, but Los Angeles has got more than enough soul of its own when it comes to the crispy bird game. Here are our top pics for the best chicken in L.A.

If you have your heart set on rocking a waterfall braid but balk at the mere thought of attempting it with your own two hands, you're in luck.

At any given time in Los Angeles, there are countless artists working away, creating masterpieces in flesh.

Langer's (Getty) By Heather Dunsmoor Having lived in NYC for the better part of a decade, I'd like to think I know my way around a good pastrami sandwich. It should be the perfect balance of salty, peppery, and smoky. It should be succulent and moist, but not wet or greasy. And the rye should be flavorful enough to lend character to the sandwich. Some people take it with mustard, some with Russian dressing,...

We may live in an age of digital and e-books, but don't let that fool you. Print is still alive in the City of Angels from Inglewood to Eagle Rock.

We may live in the land of the rich and famous but since most of us are regular people bringing home regular people paychecks, shelling out A-list dollars for a cut, color job, extensions or wedding hair is not gonna happen.

Was it worth it?

For such an imaginative filmmaker, Christopher Nolan seems loath to actually leave anything to the imagination of late.