Krista Simmons

Regardless of wether the winner is truly deserving of the title or not, we're stoked to see L.A. getting more love. Seems like our food scene is really on a roll.

We here at LAist are noodle heads, so today's national food holiday is totally up our alley. Here are some excellent noodles to slurp on to celebrate.

Over 30,000 people turned out for last year's Feria, where snaking lines waited to sample black gold from both the Puebla and Oaxaca regions of Mexico.

Los Angeles artist and Cal Arts alum Jessica Rath will be opening her exhibition at the Pasadena Museum of California Art later this month, and has kindly given us a sneak peek of some of the work.

Normally when we think of post-workout snacks, our minds go to juice bars and Muscle Milk. But an upcoming event over at Machine Project called Aerobic Butter / Anaerobic Bread is hoping to change that, combining a Richard Simmons-style workout with making artisan products.

Given how heated the arguments over tortillas, fillings, as salsas can be, we figured we'd just name a few that we like for National Taco Day, since what you deem the "best" is clearly a very personal thing. And a holiday as Angeleno as this should be all about love, right?

A few writers aren't so pleased with all the attention L.A. has been getting in the media recently. Quite frankly, we'd rather have them hate from polar sides of the state. Less traffic for us, anyway.

If you're into picking the produce yourself, there are several u-picks in the area where you can do so. Heck, Julian even has a place where you can pick up some of their famous spiked cider.

To thank the local community their support over the years, Mulberry Street will be selling 20 cent slices throughout the day at all 4 locations, with proceeds benefiting the Michael J. Fox Foundation.

Tonight the Baja series at Playa ends with lauded Baja guest chef Javier Plascencia, who has been credited with spearheading the revival of Tijuana cuisine, and has gotten all sorts of props from the likes of the New Yorker to the New York Times for his restaurant Mision 19.