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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Grilled Cheese Invitational

    This weekend, a 12-year LA tradition comes to an end: The final Grilled Cheese Invitational holds its final event downtown. We talk to the founder of the GCI and one of its champions about the perfect grilled cheese sandwich.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 10, 2014 • 1 min read

    This weekend, a 12-year LA tradition comes to an end: The final Grilled Cheese Invitational holds its final event downtown. We talk to the founder of the GCI and one of its champions about the perfect grilled cheese sandwich.

    The full episode

    5 of 5
    State of the Garcetti, Late Night Colbert, and Grilled Cheese
    1. 0:00State of the Garcetti
    2. 11:17No Solution to Traffic?
    3. 18:28Colbert Is the New Letterman
    4. 26:35New Treatment for Paralysis
    5. 39:02Grilled Cheese InvitationalYou’re reading this
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Andrew Walsh

      Too Beautiful to Live

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Tim Walker

      Grilled Cheese Invitational

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      Evan George

      Director of Content, News

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    The full episode

    5 of 5
    State of the Garcetti, Late Night Colbert, and Grilled Cheese
    1. 0:00State of the Garcetti
    2. 11:17No Solution to Traffic?
    3. 18:28Colbert Is the New Letterman
    4. 26:35New Treatment for Paralysis
    5. 39:02Grilled Cheese InvitationalYou’re reading this
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