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In some of Jonathan Gold’s favorite culinary-centric films, food isn’t always as it seems.

In some of Jonathan Gold’s favorite culinary-centric films, food isn’t always as it seems.

from Good Food on the Road

Tien Nguyen: Jonathan Gold on Nha Trang

Writer Tien Nguyen remembers when Jonathan Gold defended his love of the San Gabriel Valley noodle shops against critics.

The Lion King

Disney's remake of "The Lion King" looks like the real thing--animation that simulates real life in astonishing detail.

Hollywood News Banter: Were Emmy nominations just business as usual?

Emmy nominations are out , and HBO has at least for this year bested rival Netflix.

Chef Thomas Ortega’s take on fast-casual “pocho cuisine”

Chef Thomas Ortega calls his culinary style “pocho cuisine,” implying a seamless relationship between his American and Mexican influences.

This Sunday, July 21 marks the one-year anniversary of Jonathan Gold's passing. Amy Scattergood was one of the late restaurant critic's collaborators at the LA Times .

from Good Food

Eater just released its long awaited list of best new restaurants in the country.

from Good Food

Josh Pressman and Jihee Kim are the chefs and partners behind Dandi , a tasting menu experience in Koreatown’s Hotel Normandie.

from Good Food

Lawry’s The Prime Rib is an LA institution, and it’s celebrating its 80 years by doing something such institutions are not especially known for: changing.  Lawry’s chief…

from Good Food

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Nocturne

A storytelling show that explores the night, the landscape of the unseen, and how thoughts, feelings and behaviors transform in the dark.

 An anthology of some of the greatest music stories never truly told. Top journalists present stand-alone audio documentaries that highlight music’s head, heart and beat.

Lost Notes

An anthology of some of the greatest music stories never truly told. Top journalists present stand-alone audio documentaries that highlight music’s head, heart and beat.

 Everything you wanted to know about good cooking, good eating, good food! From LA Chef, author, radio host, and restaurateur Evan Kleiman, at KCRW.com.

Good Food

Everything you wanted to know about good cooking, good eating, good food! From LA Chef, author, radio host, and restaurateur Evan Kleiman, at KCRW.com.

 Host Frances Anderton looks at design and architecture from a Los Angeles perspective.

Design and Architecture

Host Frances Anderton looks at design and architecture from a Los Angeles perspective.

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Sarah Scott was a working actress in Hollywood with the usual ups and downs of a life in the entertainment industry.

Actress Sarah Scott on SAG-AFTRA in the Me Too era

Sarah Scott was a working actress in Hollywood with the usual ups and downs of a life in the entertainment industry.

from The Business

Designer Greg Chait explains his cashmere lifestyle with his luxury line "The Elder Statesman".

Greg Chait: "The Elder Statesman’’

Designer Greg Chait explains his cashmere lifestyle with his luxury line "The Elder Statesman".

from The Treatment

The Van Winderden family has a robust farming legacy of growing cut flowers and avocados in Carpinteria with their Ever-Bloom brand.

A conservative farming family embraces California’s “green rush”

The Van Winderden family has a robust farming legacy of growing cut flowers and avocados in Carpinteria with their Ever-Bloom brand.

from The 805

Ted Nash took home several Grammys in 2017 for his compositional work on presidential speeches.

Grammy award-winning Jazz saxophonist improvises to famous paintings

Ted Nash took home several Grammys in 2017 for his compositional work on presidential speeches.

from The 805

The Emmy nominations were announced this week, and while HBO epic ‘Game of Thrones’ broke the record for total nominations in a single season at 32, the news was also an affirmation of…

Emmy nominations are out and HBO is back on top for now.

The Emmy nominations were announced this week, and while HBO epic ‘Game of Thrones’ broke the record for total nominations in a single season at 32, the news was also an affirmation of…

from Hollywood Breakdown

The poetry in Ariana Reine’s  A Sand Book  is centered around the theme of hiding: running away and trying to escape.

Ariana Reines: A Sand Book

The poetry in Ariana Reine’s  A Sand Book  is centered around the theme of hiding: running away and trying to escape.

from Bookworm

A new investigative report uncovers rampant exploitation of caregivers at residential care homes across the nation, many of them poor immigrants who work for a pittance around the…

New Low in Greed: Care Home Operators Rake in Millions, Pay Workers $2 an Hour for 24/7 shifts

A new investigative report uncovers rampant exploitation of caregivers at residential care homes across the nation, many of them poor immigrants who work for a pittance around the…

from Scheer Intelligence

Hunter Drohojowska-Philp talks about Lit Lit festival and Tosh Berman’s memoir

Summer Reading in the Art World

Hunter Drohojowska-Philp talks about Lit Lit festival and Tosh Berman’s memoir

from Art Talk

There are computer hackers, life hackers, and now wealthy health nuts are becoming bio hackers.

Trying to achieve eternal life -- without doing all the work

There are computer hackers, life hackers, and now wealthy health nuts are becoming bio hackers.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Outfest begins today, with an opening gala at the Orpheum downtown. The film festival’s main mission is to promote equality and share more LGBTQ stories on the big screen.

What to watch at Outfest, the LGBTQ film festival

Outfest begins today, with an opening gala at the Orpheum downtown. The film festival’s main mission is to promote equality and share more LGBTQ stories on the big screen.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Elon Musk is developing implants that can read brain activity and then send it to a machine, which can translate it. His company, Neuralink, is testing this on animals.

Elon Musk is developing technology that can read your mind

Elon Musk is developing implants that can read brain activity and then send it to a machine, which can translate it. His company, Neuralink, is testing this on animals.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

By now you’ve probably heard of FaceApp. You upload a picture of yourself and then get to see what you’ll look like when you’re old.

Viral FaceApp raises privacy concerns

By now you’ve probably heard of FaceApp. You upload a picture of yourself and then get to see what you’ll look like when you’re old.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Ocean Vuong speaks of leaving his thumbprint within his new novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous.

Ocean Vuong: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong speaks of leaving his thumbprint within his new novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous.

from Bookworm

This is Rob Long, and on today’s Martini Shot I download the Face App and see what I look like when I’m wrinkled and decrepit, which will probably be what I look like next Thursday,…

Face app

This is Rob Long, and on today’s Martini Shot I download the Face App and see what I look like when I’m wrinkled and decrepit, which will probably be what I look like next Thursday,…

from Martini Shot