If you missed the previous incarnation of Keizo Shimamoto's ramen burger pop-up, for lack of a better term (cultural mash-up? art installation? rip in the space-
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Most Americans probably first heard of Ivan Orkin thanks to the debut issue of Lucky Peach, Dave Chang's literary magazine. That was the ramen issue, and if you
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There are many people who not only love soup dumplings but actually dream of them (hi, Dr. Mirea!). And not just any soup dumplings, but the glorious Shanghai-style
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And now for a brief programming break. Much as we love this town's glorious meat-driven cuisine, our cheese-thatched burgers and hand-pounded tortillas brimming
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If all the Halloween activities have taken their toll and you want to spend the weekend doing something a little more rejuvenating than watching The Shining for the
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It's full daylight instead of encroaching darkness, the kids not yet in costume, the adults holding the shopping baskets, but it's trick-or-treating all the
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It's that time of year again, when many of us trek to the nearest store and buy embarrassingly large quantities of candy. For all those little kids who will be k
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Although there are many, many mash-ups that are incomprehensible, some make so much sense that they seem not only intelligent but inevitable. In this case, and when
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If you haven't driven down to Tijuana lately, the next few days would be a very good time to do so. The third Baja California Culinary Festival starts this Thurs
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If you've found yourself gazing longingly at the pretty fish sign outside of Mori Sushi every time you're on that oddly grungy section of Pico near Expositio
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If you've spent much of the last few years following the food adventures of Diane Cu and Todd Porter, you have someplace to be tonight. Cu and Porter will be pre
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If you spend a lot of time driving around the SGV trolling for ramen shops, as some of us do, mainly because driving to Torrance or Gardena at dinnertime isn't a
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