Good Food
Girl Scout cookie-off, the Beyoncé effect, urging models to eat
Our trio of tasters discusses regional differences in Girl Scout cookies. Beyoncé's new single sparks a conversation about identity, spicy food and Jim Crow. Then the founder of a British clothing label explains why she's contractually requiring models to eat.
By Evan Kleiman • • 58m ListenPhoto: Abbie Fentress Swanson
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6 storiesThe LA-OC Girl Scout cookie throwdown
If you've noticed card tables set up in front of the grocery store with boxes stacked high, you're probably not surprised that Girl Scout cookies are back on the market. But did you know that the Thin Mints you buy from a scout in Santa Monica will look and taste different from Thin Mints hawked in Santa Ana?
Read the story12 minHot sauce in her bag, swag
On the eve of her half-time performance at the Super Bowl, Beyoncé released a new single, "Formation." Bey's Red Lobster reference in the song caused sales at the chain restaurant to soar by 33 percent.
Read the story10 minA pitch for the humble cabbage
While we're on the subject of Southern food, do you like your fried chicken sandwich solo or topped with a healthy portion of tangy slaw? Superba chef James Trees falls in the fried chicken-coleslaw mash-up camp. At the Santa Monica Farmers' Market, he shares his recipe for vinegar-based green cabbage slaw.
Read the story8 minUrging models to eat
With plus-sized model Ashley Graham making the cover of last year's Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, you might think size in the modeling world is beginning to be widely accepted. But think again.
Read the story10 minAlma pops up at The Standard, Hollywood
It was one of the biggest restaurant stories of 2015 when Alma shuttered its doors in October. Luckily for all the fans of Alma's tasty seaweed-tofu beignets, Ari Taymor's restaurant has since popped back up at The Standard hotel on the Sunset Strip.
Read the story8 minHow to make rye bread starter from scratch
The Copenhagen restaurant scene has sent the food-obsessed into a frenzy in recent years and it shows no signs of abating. Meanwhile there is still a long tradition of baking in Denmark that relies on basic ingredients to please the palate.
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