Entries tagged with 'southern california'
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Note: On Mondays, one of our various Market Scene correspondents checks in with what's fresh at farmstands, what's coming up, and what you better get while the gettin's good. Today, Leah Greenstein (SpicySaltySweet) drops by from Los Angeles. Take us to market, Leah! Brooks cherries from Ken's Produce. When I was a kid, I was allergic to everything red (or at least that's what my mother told me, my fiancé thinks she made it up). Tomatoes, strawberries, raspberries, cherries, and Kool-Aid fruit punch were all off limits. Fortunately, after years of miserable pizza parties and strawberry shortcake headaches, I grew out my food allergies. And what I found on the other side of antihistamines were tangy-sweet, ruby-colored cherries that made...
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We've updated our Serious Eats City Guide Los Angeles to include even more delicious bites in the City of Angels, courtesy of the Los Angeles Times' S. Irene Virbila. Best Bargain Lunch Photograph from In Praise of Sardines on Flickr Loteria Grill is a retro Mexico City-style taco stand with zesty soft tacos, chilaquiles, huevos rancheros and aquas frescas in the Los Angeles Farmers' Market at Fairfax and Third Street. For a down-home taco truck experience, check El Matador, which stays open past midnight....
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The hoards of people stocking up for the Thanksgiving holiday on Sunday made the Hollywood Farmers' Market (map) feel like Lollapalooza with vegetables, which means the upcoming Santa Monica market on Wednesday may end up looking like Burning Man at the beach. The best way to battle the crowds this time of year is to hit the market with a plan and a heavy helping of patience. With that in mind, the Southern California farmers' markets have almost everything you need to have a delicious Thanksgiving. Don’t forget to thank your farmers! Turkeys Dozens of people lined up early this morning to pick up their organic, pastured turkeys from the folks at Healthy Family Farms, who also had an on-farm...
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From the Presurfer comes 50 Strange Buildings of the World. There are three food-themed buildings in the mix. Above, from left, the Kettle House in Texas; the Longaberger Basket home office in Newark, Ohio; the Pickle Barrel House in Grand Marais, Michigan. But my favorite food-themed building by far is The Donut Hole in La Puente, California: Photograph from GarySe7en on Flickr...
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Nick "Beef Aficionado" Solares sends us the photo above. From Golden Dragon restaurant in Los Angeles. Don't let the unfortunate translation put you off, though. Nick says, "The food was actually not bad at all." Golden Dragon: 960 North Broadway, Los Angeles CA 90012 (map); 213-626-2039...
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NME reports that Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas is among the investors in the new Hollywood Korean barbecue joint Shin, which officially launched last night with a veritable who's who of former That '70s Show actors in attendance. 1600 North Wilcox Avenue, Los Angeles CA 90028 (at Selma Avenue; map); shinbbq.com...
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Habeñeros and Jalepeños Southern California is suffering from a case of the "in-betweens." It's practically October—normally time to trade in the grilling gear for a cast iron Dutch oven—but yesterday it felt like the middle of August. Now I realize complaining about hot weather won't inspire much sympathy when most of the country is unpacking their sweaters, but it can be a little disheartening when you're eager for those cooler weather fruits and veggies. Instead, most of the Hollywood Farmers' Market (map) still looked like late summer. The heirloom tomatoes were beautiful (and bountiful) and there were a surprising number of tables full of peaches, plums, berries, corn, and melons. There were also still lots of hot and sweet...
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Photograph from Freshandeasy.com Everywhere you look in the greater L.A. area these days, it seems likes there's a lime and olive-green sign telling you that there's a Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market coming soon. The new market chain, owned by British giant Tesco, is like the love child of Trader Joe's and Whole Foods that looks like a culinary Ikea. It's smaller than your average megamart, with wide, dimly lighted aisles stocked with house brand goods in simply designed, often recycled packaging: Organic Maple syrup and Organic Fair Trade coffee, snack foods free of trans fats, artificial colors or flavors and even preservatives, whenever possible. Their eggs are cage free and the meat is raised in the U.S. without...
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It may still feel like summer outside, but fall's long, golden fingers are slowly drawing the shade down on long, lingering days. Here in Southern California you might not even notice the season changing without the Back to School and Labor Day sales. But at the Hollywood Farmers' Market (map) the fruits and vegetables tell a different story. Tables of nectarines, peaches and plums are slowly giving way to the cornucopia of fall treats like apples, asian pears, dates and grapes, while melons, green beans and berries try to hold on to summer like a teenager who doesn't want school to start. Heirloom Tomatoes from Givens Farms. The season's final hurrah will come next week, on September 7th, when the...
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Photograph from jfer on Flickr. Yesterday was a happy day for taco enthusiasts. A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge overturned a controversial rule made in April that forced the city's 14,000 registered taco trucks to move every hour, thus stalling normal business. Judge Dennis Aichroth ruled in favor of taqueros, calling the ban “too ambiguous to be enforceable” and “arbitrary and not based upon any rational, intrinsic or natural basis." That taco tragedy inspired more than 9,000 signatures on SaveOurTacoTrucks.org where the founders (two Highland Park taco lovers) are rejoicing after yesterday's decision, but remaining levelheaded. "This may only be round one. The county can still appeal this decision, or rewrite the law." But fear not; there are...
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