Browsing Category 'Food'

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Keeping things fun today, here’s the first round of this year’s quest to decide LA’s Favorite Taco on Taco Madness. Round 1 is the West side. Head over and place your votes.

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The esteemed Anthony Harrison just posted these great conceptual packaging designs up on his blog.

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I have been completely obsessed with this lately. I think the lady behind the counter at Bay Cities Italian Deli in Santa Monica thinks I’ve lost my mind. What can I say? Delicious cheesy, tomato-y, oniony, bread-y goodness, ready to eat. And at $3, it’s just about the best investment for your hard-earned cash in [...]

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LA Taco is an excellent website with a heavy focus on local graffiti in LA and also on LA’s signature food, the taco. Each year the people at LA Taco pit the city’s most popular taco spots against one another in an elimination tournament (decided by vote) to decide on the city’s best. Last year’s [...]

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Went here for brunch on Saturday, and it confirmed my suspicion that Joan’s serves what is quite possibly the best omelette in Southern California. Not a bad way to start the day.

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If you’re in Melbourne, check out Raph Boogie’s latest venture, the Beatbox Kitchen food truck.

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UK-based graphic designer Siâron Huges recently contacted me about her new book out from Mark Batty Publisher, and even though I’m vegetarian, and the book is all about chicken, it’s completely up my alley. Siâron has hit the streets of London in an effort to document the visual side of modern day fried chicken culture, and [...]

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Today I went to my favorite Chinese Vegetarian restaurant in LA. As far as Chinese veg. goes, I’ve eaten in restaurants and temples in New York, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Beijing, and this place competes with all of them. I don’t eat here for health reasons, I eat here because the food tastes [...]

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I don’t usually eat sugary cereal, but this retro packaging from General Mills is pretty cool, and I just so happened to be running low on cereal…They’ve also released retro-style packaging for Wheaties, Kix, Trix, Cheerios, Honey Nut Cheerios, and Golden Grahams. I really just wanted the Wheaties and the Kix but those weren’t in [...]

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One of the benefits of freelancing from home is the huge increase in lunch options I’ve got now. I eat at home a lot, but it’s nice to get out too. I think a good weekday lunch should be quick, cheap, and tasty. Thanks to Ra’ad, I’d heard of Hurry Curry before I even moved [...]