Ribs, baked beans and hot links make up LA’s barbecue memories for one reporter
A new series from Eater LA looks into the barbecue boom in LA — where it started, who’s making some of the best eats, and whether the Southland has its own style.
Claudia Roden’s Mediterranean: Tasting the influence of history
“Memories of life in old rural worlds live on in the cooking like ghosts hovering in saucepans,” writes Claudia Roden, who began collecting recipes over 60 years ago when she moved to…
Lifting the flavors of Middle Eastern cuisine in the Bavel cookbook
Chefs Ori Menashe and Genevieve Gergis said they were born into the concept of Bavel, their Middle Eastern restaurant in the Los Angeles Art District, pulling on memories with…
Jesca Hoop first attracted national attention in the early ’00s, when her unusual backstory — the daughter of musical Mormons, she’d served a long stint as nanny to Tom Waits‘…
TV Girl Can’t Throw Away Their Memories of Their Exes
It’s easy to fall in love with the sparkly pop sounds of TV Girl. The LA-based trio’s new album, Who Really Cares, is sonically sweet, catchy, and just a fun time. Perfectly…
Appetite for destruction: The all-female demolition derby is a smash at Irwindale Speedway
Once a year, an all-female demolition derby at Irwindale Speedway offers a high-adrenaline night of destructive mayhem — all to benefit breast cancer research.
I’m used to the reaction now: a snicker, a raised eyebrow, and a pause, as they wait for the punch line. My husband, Jan, and I couldn’t possibly run something…
How Music Can Stimulate Musings and Memories: Shostakovich's Symphony #5 Adagio
I recently got an amazing box set called The Decca Sound, an elaborate and superbly produced volume 50 cd’s with all the great works captured on tape by this great…
