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How to conquer the new Las Vegas
Plan your ultimate trip to an ever-evolving Las Vegas. Try new, immersive experiences and the best restaurants on and off the Strip—including desserts recommended by Cake Boss Buddy Valastro. Check out the coolest indie shops and escape the neon lights on fun day trips. Bonus: To relax and unwind, you'll find some of the best…
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Folic acid in tortillas would prevent birth defects. But how do they taste?
Thursday mornings at La Princesita Tortilleria in East Los Angeles are dedicated to making chips, so customers couldn't get piping hot tortillas when I visited last week. But CEO Enrique Rodriguez made sure there were two fresh batches of corn tortillas available for what we had in mind. It was time for the big tortilla…
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Wonderful lawsuits to stop a law making it easier for farmworkers to unionize
The Wonderful Co. is ramping up its fight against unionization at its workplaces, trying to stop a new state law that would streamline the unionization process for farm workers, two months after the United Farm Workers used the provision to become the collective bargaining agent for its employees to become the company's huge winery in…
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A generation after Nobu, Peruvian sushi is flourishing in Long Beach
On a Sunday evening in Long Beach's Bixby Knolls neighborhood, chef Eduardo Chang and his wife and business partner Daiwa Wong greeted Sushi Nikkei guests as they walked through the busy dining room to celebrate the restaurant's two-year anniversary. Chang and Wong specialize in Peruvian-style sushi, including different types of tiradito, like yellowtail with jalapeño…
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Car cake is cake that you eat in the car
Last week I ate my first car cake while driving from the Hill Street on-ramp onto the 110 Freeway. I didn't get any crumbs in the seams of my leather seats. I didn't put any icing on the steering wheel. I didn't let myself be frightened because I didn't have a proper napkin. I bit…
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Coachella performer Blxst's favorite bites from the festival in 2024
LA hip-hop artist Blxst performed at Coachella's Outdoor Stage on Saturday, in an early evening set that overlapped with Sublime. But you'd never know it by looking at the crowd gathered around the podium, cheerfully shouting his lyrics at him. Securing a spot on the annual Coachella lineup is a career-boosting achievement for any artist,…
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Butternut Hommus Recipe – Los Angeles Times
These days there seem to be endless variations of hommus, from pureed dishes to toppings. I love this version, a twist on a classic Lebanese pumpkin dish with tahini. We make ours with butternut squash – a perfect fall ingredient that makes cooking a little easier. We also look for kabocha, honeynut, acorn, or whatever…
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French Onion Ramen Recipe – Los Angeles Times
This recipe is something special. And not the way a mother says, “Oh, ALL my kids are special!” You’re lying, Susan. You bought Rebecca a car for her 16th birthday and you bought Kyle an SAT manual. They think Rebecca is special, just like we think this recipe is special. We developed it right when…
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Recipe for Tourte De Blettes Sucrée (sweet chard cake).
When I first moved to Nice, France, I lived upstairs in the now-defunct Espuno Bakery, which had been run by the same family for generations. This bakery had none of the elaborate pastries I was used to in Paris; Instead, alongside croissants and brioches, square pieces of cake with a dark green filling were presented,…
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How to Make Matzo Ball Gumbo with Author Michael Twitty
With a rainbow knit kippah on the top of his head, Michael Twitty moves purposefully and purposefully through the LA Times test kitchen. He's here to make one of his classic Passover dishes, Matzoh Ball Gumbo, which combines two recipes from his food memoir “Koshersoul.” The crimson stew adds vibrant, scallion-studded matzoh balls to a…