August 20, 2010 – 12:17 pm
As a part of the Voltaggio brothers’ new partnership with Something’s in the works with the Voltaggio brothers and Williams-Sonoma, and we’ll get a peak into that as Top Chef Season 6 winner Michael Voltaggio will be hosting a small, private tasting demo at the Williams-Sonoma store in Beverly Hills on Wednesday, September 1st. Be sure to [...]
Posted in Beverly Hills, Events, Food, wine
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Tagged 10% off, Beverly Hills, Michael Voltaggio, Pop-up store, Shopping, store, tasting, Top Chef, Williams-Sonoma, wine
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August 20, 2010 – 11:19 am
Bill Esparza and Evan Kleiman’s Street Food Mondays at Angeli Caffe are back with a vengeance. And next Monday, they’ll be presenting Priyani Ceylon Cafe’s string hoppers. This is a limited engagement, unfortunately because Priyani has actually shut down recently due to bad location and unfavorable lease terms. Never had Sri Lankan food? Wondering what [...]
Posted in Events, Food, Melrose, Mid-City West
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Tagged Angeli Caffe, Bill Esparza, cuisine, egg hoppers, Evan Kleiman, Food, hoppers, Monday, Sri Lankan, street food, Street Food Mondays, string hoppers
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August 18, 2010 – 12:01 pm
This August, The Standard (West) Hollywood has taken a refreshing approach to the bustle and hubbub of Sunset Blvd. Since the month is half-over, I’m a little late but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy tonight and the remaining Wednesday in The Cactus Lounge, whereby local emerging artists are showcased live and unplugged, performing acoustic [...]
Posted in Events, Food, Music, West Hollywood, cocktails
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Tagged acoustic, August, diner, Food, Hollywood, hotel, Music, set, sunset blvd, The Cactus Lounge, The Standard, Wednesdays, West Hollywood
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August 17, 2010 – 1:25 pm
Brad A. Johnson of Angeleno Magazine bestowed his awards on the best of Los Angeles, as he does every year, and it was time to celebrate. Thankfully, I had the opportunity to participate in this celebration, and boy did it impress. So I didn’t get to try everything before the tastes ran out – but [...]
Posted in Events, Food, Santa Monica, cocktails, wine
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Tagged Angeleno Magazine, Best of LA, Best of Los Angeles, Bistro LQ, Brad A Johnson, chefs, Chefs Night Out, cuisine, dining, Fairmont Miramar, fine dining, Food, Josiah Citrin, Laurent Quenioux, Ludo Lefebvre, Quinn Hatfield, Ricardo Zarate, Santa Monica
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August 16, 2010 – 11:41 am
It’s been joked that Food Network is the new MTV. Whether personalities matter more than actual cooking skill or music, we all know that the former makes for better reality TV. And what it has yielded, in part, is a chef celebrity culture that hits close to home for Los Angeles and abroad. It’s a [...]
Posted in Events, West L.A.
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Tagged @thejgold, celebrity chef, culture, Food, Jonathan Gold, Nancy Silverton, panel, Sepulveda, Skirball Cultural Center, speaking, Susan Feniger, West L.A., Zocalo Public Square
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August 11, 2010 – 10:51 am
There’s something to be said of Steve Jobs’ hatred of buttons by BlackBerry users. All I know is, there’s no app for the alleviation of frustration caused by a 100% visually dependent phone. Nor is there an iPhone app (or my iPod Touch, for that matter) that provides the tactile experience which enables me to [...]
Posted in Celebs, Events, Hollywood, Nerdism, cocktails
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Tagged #BBMLounge, BBM, BBM Lounge, BlackBerry, events, Hollywood, nightlife, open bar, Siren Studios, VIP, Xomad
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August 10, 2010 – 7:01 am
Recently, I had the privilege of attending a blogger dinner held at Rivera in Downtown LA to preview the new menu, a new concept that combines three categories of Chef John Sedlar’s interpretations of Latin cuisines. Sangre encompasses dishes inspired by the Iberian roots of Latin cooking, Samba is comprised of those with South American, [...]
Posted in Downtown LA, Food, cocktails, wine
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Tagged Chef John Sedlar, chile relleno, cuisine, dessert, Downtown LA, DTLA, Food, Latin, los angeles, mexican, Portugal, rib-eye, Rivera, South American, Southwestern, spain, Spanish, wine
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It’s another culinary bazaar (we here in Los Angeles know how often these come around) but this time, it’s our city-wide flagship publication pulling out all the stops. It looks like the L.A. Times will live up to their name, too, because there are names to be had at this event held at on New [...]
Posted in Events, Food, Hollywood, Melrose, Music, beer, wine
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Tagged Alex Reznik, Animal Restaurant, Barrie Lynn, Betty Fraser, Betty Hallock, Celebration of Food and Wine, chefs, Chris Jacobson, cuisine, demonstrations, Food, food trucks, Jessica Gelt, Jimmy Shaw, John Sedlar, Jon Shook, Krista Simmons, L.A., LA Times, los angeles, Los Angeles Times Family Fund, Ludo Lefebvre, Mark Peel, Michael Voltaggio, Noelle Carter, panels, Paramount Pictures, Rene Lynch, Ricardo Zarate, Russ Parsons, sake, Share Our Strength, She & Him, spirits, studio lot, Suzanne Goin, Vinny Dotolo, wine
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August 4, 2010 – 12:38 pm
It seems that August is quite the month to experience Los Angeles. And if you need ideas, start with the first ever Chinatown Summer Nights to get a taste of L.A.’s original epicenter of the Chinese American experience. Call it a revival of sorts – because we urbanites are tired of San Gabriel Valley getting [...]
Posted in Downtown LA, Events, Food
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Tagged Chinatown, Chinatown Summer Nights, Chinese, culture, Downtown LA, festival, Food, food trucks, L.A., los angeles, night festival
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August 3, 2010 – 11:37 am
For the next eight Wednesdays, it will be hoppin’ poolside at The Viceroy. KCRW DJ Garth Trinidad has teamed up with the venue and Chef Tony DiSalvo (Whist) to showcase four international themes with the launch of “Beats and Bites.” Tomorrow, Garth himself will kick things off with reggae, whereby you’ll enjoy a customized, individual plate [...]
Posted in Happy hour, Music, Santa Monica
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Tagged August, Beats and Bites, Chef Tony DiSalvo, DJ, Garth Trinidad, KCRW, Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, September, the viceroy, Wednesdays, Whist
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