There are a lot of symbolic dishes served during Chinese New Year. Each individual dish is steeped in tradition and is a homonym for a particular wish for the upcom
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Happy Year of the Rooster! This year, the Lunar New Year falls on Jan. 28. ?It's a two-week-long celebration beginning with the first new moon of the lunar calen
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Women are breaking down barriers and making strides in the culinary field all over America, but Los Angeles has special reason to be proud of our female culinary ta
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It's Inauguration Day, that momentous occasion that celebrates our crazy democracy by forcing politicians to participate in outsized pageantry and endure the les
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Do you need a drink? I need a drink. And I could use a hot dog ? America's greatest comfort food ? as well. Luckily Los Angeles is getting a bunch of new venues
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Perhaps the best thing about getting hot pot at Hai Di Lao is that it needn't be a communal experience.The term "hot pot" refers to a style of dining wherein a b
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As we sip boba balls through fat, pink straws and squeeze Sriracha over steaming bowls of pho, we generally don't think about how far our culinary choices have come
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Cooking legend Jacques Pepin was in Los Angeles recently on a press tour for American Masters, the PBS documentary series that profiles artists in different fields.
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I rarely drive. Like, when I drive with my mom, she's always stressed out. Clara Polito is clutching the steering wheel of her white Toyota Scion. It's 10:30 a.m. on
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Growing up in Orange County, for me Saturdays were breakfast burrito days. My dad and I would drive down to local-ish mini chain Los Primos, grab a couple $2.99 chor
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There's a cutesy claim that's deployed a lot these days at a certain brand of meat-free restaurant: The food just happens to be vegan! It's a nice thoug
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Local legend. Hip-hop pioneer. Martha Stewart's BFF. Snoop Dogg now?can?add booze ambassador to his bulging list of accolades. The Long Beach native released Co
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