Today begins the World Cup, the biggest sporting event in the world. Even if you secretly prefer to watch American football, this is the time of year to preten
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Paula Deen is going digital. The Southern food personality, celebrity chef and long-time television cooking show host announced today that she's launching the Pa
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If you haven't seen Jon Favreau's new movie Chef yet, we have a screening for you. Or rather, Zócalo and KCRW do. Thursday, June 19 at 7 p.m., there will
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If you haven't yet cleared your dance card for the afternoon of Saturday, June 28, you might want to do so now. Because that Saturday is the occasion of the seco
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If you're a sports fan, this is a glorious time of year. The Stanley Cup finals begin tonight (Go Kings!), the NBA finals begin tomorrow (Your Clippers comment h
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If you frequent the Santa Monica farmers market ? or any farmers market, really ? you've probably seen David Karp, even if you didn't know who he was. For ye
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Just in time for what's shaping up to be an insanely hot summer in Los Angeles, McConnell's ice cream shop is opening in Grand Central Market next mont
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We have the Japanese-language free magazine Weekly LALALA to thank for many things, notably the Ramen Festival that has twice brought thousands of ramen
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In Los Angeles, the geographical trajectory of ramen shops usually is from south to north: A ramen-ya opens in the Japanese-intensive neighborhood of Torrance or Gar
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