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The Closing of the American Dream

Danielle Crittenden | Posted 10.06.2009 | Media


Danielle Crittenden

Perhaps you aren't taking the sudden shuttering of Gourmet magazine quite as hard as I am, but let me tell you, my oven has gone dark.

Happy Hour: Five for five at five at Bones

Westword | Westword | Posted 11.10.2009 | Home


​Bones, Frank Bonanno's fantastic ramen noodle bar at 701 Grant Street, has just rolled out a daily happy hour, which the crew is calling ...

The Low Carb(on) Diet

Marc Gunther | Posted 04.29.2009 | Green


Marc Gunther

The Low Carbon Diet is pretty simple. You eat less beef and cheese. You throw away less food. And you try, when possible, to eat locally grown food.

The Secret to Perfect Homemade Pizza

Chris Hall | Posted 04.11.2009 | Style


Chris Hall

What's the difference between good homemade pizza and great homemade pizza? Well, there are a few major players, including cheese proportion, yeast variety, and a good pizza sauce recipe.

Food Magazines Get Recession-Friendly, Feature Cheap Recipes

New York Times | Stephanie Clifford | Posted 04.02.2009 | Media


After covering eating trends that have included haute pub food, exotic fruits like yuzu, and restaurants that dehydrated, foamed and froze everything ...

A Crème Brûlée to Knock Your Socks Off

Bridget Moloney | Posted 03.16.2009 | Style


Bridget Moloney

This week I made crème brûlée for the first time as part of Bon Appetít's Project Recipe, and let me tell you, this is a recipe to knock your socks off.

Vintage Sweets for Your Sweetheart: Desserts through the Decades

Chris Hall | Posted 03.15.2009 | Style


Chris Hall

Valentine's Day is a great excuse to browse through the iconic desserts of decades past and produce a vintage sweet for your sweetheart (and your sweet tooth).

Valentine's Cooking 101: How to Seal the Deal

Chris Hall | Posted 03.15.2009 | Style


Chris Hall

Cooking a Valentine's Day dinner for your special someone? Good for you! Seal the deal with these nine easy tips.

How to Cook a Whole Fish

Chris Hall | Posted 03.06.2009 | Style


Chris Hall

A whole fish, in addition to being cheaper than the same weight in individual filets, is an excellent container for cooking (hey, look, it comes wrapped in a tough, scaly skin)!

Compost in the City

Bridget Moloney | Posted 03.01.2009 | Green


Bridget Moloney

In L.A., it is illegal to compost things not generated on site. You would think it wouldn't matter, but people have been fined for it.

This Week in Magazines: Obama's Tough Calls, Real Missions for James Bond, and the Sex-Subprime Scandal

James Warren | Posted 12.17.2008 | Media


James Warren

It's pretty unclear if the latest version of Bond could handle Foreign Policy's "The List: Five Real Missions for 007." Back in the real world, here's what I'd love a secret agent to do.

The World's Ugliest Pie

Bridget Moloney | Posted 09.07.2008 | Style


Bridget Moloney

I am cooking my way through Bon Appetit's Top 100 Dishes. There have been successes. There have been failures. There has been nothing at the level of this pie.