Today Eater National interviews Kristyn Pomranz and Katherine Steinberg , the creators of Hot Dogs: The Competitive Eating Musical , which is set to debut off-off Broadway later this year. Click over to hear about how the writers adapted this strange food phenomenon to the stage, and their thoughts on the state of competitive eating today
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Eater Interviews: Today Eater National interviews Kristyn Pomranz…
Today Josh Ozersky pens a piece for Time on one of LA’s biggest, and certainly more colorful (literally and figuratively) talents, Ludo Lefebvre . He tags Ludo as a “chef of the future” with his pop-up eateries, hordes of devout followers (including The Goldster), relatively inexpensive meals, tv appearances, and love or hate personality
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High Fives: Top 5 Signs You Might Be A Chef of the Future
No need to recount the drama/saga again regarding David Myers and his crumbling empire, but most recently, after much speculation, came word that his once flagship eatery Sona would shutter and reopen in a new location. Yesterday the restaurant sent out an email finally announcing doomsday: “Our last day of service will be Saturday, May 15th.” Looks like everybody has something to say about the situation and within those 100 comments from the last update, readers suggest that Sona could reopen in Century City, though apparently that deal might have fallen through
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The Shutter: Sona, The Shutter Draws Near, Rumormongering On Potential New Location
MEALS ON WHEELS — Well, more cupcakes. From a truck. Enter Cupcakes aGoGo which launched this weekend on Abbot Kinney, according to Grub Street
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EaterWire: Cupcakes aGoGo, The Bruery’s 2nd Birthday Party, New Unnamed Downtown Resto
Santa Monica dive 14 Below has been around for years. Though many are unaware, the original owners sold off the space that has served/serves as both a dive bar and performing venue for local bands, however its second round of proprietors basically ran the establishment into the ground until they were evicted about a year ago.
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Nightlife: 14 Below to Shutter for Interior Rejuvenation, Will Reopen Under New Name
1) Downtown: A Thousand Cranes , the Japanese eatery inside the quite comfortable Asian-inspired Kyoto Grand Hotel downtown, has shuttered. No word yet on a replacement. [EaterWire] 2) Glendale: A tipster writes last night, ” Caffe Primo in the Americana will be closing immediately.
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The Shutter: Kyoto Grand Hotel’s A Thousand Cranes, Caffe Primo, Koo Koo Roo
Last night The James Beard Foundation announced the winners of the 2010 James Beard Foundation Media & Book Awards. Congratulations all around! Highlights from this year include: · TV Food Personality: Andrew Zimmern · Television Segment: ABC News Nightline · Food Blog: Serious Eats · Cookbook of the Year: The Country Cooking of Ireland by Colman Andrews · Newspaper Food Section: The Washington Post · M.F.K
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Awards Season: Winners: 2010 James Beard Foundation Media & Book Awards
Well, just about every other top chef has jumped on the bandwagon so it shouldn’t be a huge shocker to hear that world famous culinary master and head honcho at The Bazaar, Jose Andres , has signed on to open not one but two restaurants inside the forthcoming Cosmopolitan Hotel in Vegas . He joins the lineup of previously confirmed restaurants also debuting within the hotel: Comme Ca, STK, Milos, Scarpetta, and Blue Ribbon. And, in true Andres style, he’s keeping everyone guessing.
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ExpansionWire: Jose Andres Heads to Vegas: Two Restaurants in the Works
SANTA MONICA — From May 11-25 Belgian- style beers take over the taps at Library Alehouse . Invest in a $15 Chimay glass and get $5 refills for the full two weeks.
Welcome back to the Plywood Report, the regular, all-encompassing chronicle of new restaurants and bars to grace our fair city. Notice something on your block? Let us know
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Plywood Report & Update: My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Dublin’s Irish Pub, Numbers, MORE!
Tippr.com , the newest wave in collective buying, is launching in your city next month. And it’s going to blow your socks off. Tippr finds the most popular local places to eat, shop and play in Los Angeles—then negotiates huge discounts of 50% to 90% for its subscribers
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A man in India claims to have gone 70 years without eating or drinking a single thing. The Indian government is conducting tests on the 82-year-old-man to see if he really is existing without any sustenance, hoping to use their findings to train soldiers on how to go without food and water in an emergency. [Eater National]
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Summer is the perfect time for food festivals. Coming up in June we have Taste of the Nation, and then a month later on July 17 comes Extravaganza For the Senses. Tickets went live on Tuesday, and though the fest is still months off, many restaurants, including newbies and past players, are already lined up to partake: Cafe Wa s, Milk, Delphine, Bombay Cafe, Minestraio, Pace, Valerie Confections, Boa, Takami, Sushi Roku, Chaya, Breadbar, The Palm, Street , and a slew of others
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Event Calendar: Extravaganza For the Senses, Tickets Now On Sale
In part two of Squid Ink’s interview with Marcel Vigneron , the chef explains the premise of his new SyFy show, Marcel’s Quantum Kitchen : “Essentially it’s about creativity and cooking and science and all those things… A little bit of MythBusters , a little bit of A Cook’s Tour , a little bit of Alton Brown , kind of reality. All sorts of different things lumped together.” Marcel also reveals that he recommended Hung Huynh and Michael Voltaggio to the Top Chef producers, and that in culinary school, he was Spike Mendelsohn ‘s resident advisor.
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Welcome back to Dining On A Dime a bi-weekly feature in which Lizbeth Scordo surveys LA’s cheap eats—often obscure, ethnic, unsung restaurants—proving that dining on a dime is alive, well, and quite tasty in this here city. Where do you think she should go next? Drop us a line .
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Dining on a Dime: Bawarchi Indian Kitchen in Culver City
Greetings All! This release presents an age-old wine dichotomy involving one grape varietal in two different regions with two different names – Primitivo and Zinfandel. The varietal originates in Croatia and it has made its way around the world to different wine-growing regions – but mastered primarily in Italy under the name of Primitivo and California under the name of Zinfandel
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Vintages Value List Release Saturday May 1, 2010
Eater National’s got a recap of last night’s episode of Top Chef Masters , where the women outnumbered the men two to one, and one chef in particular chose not to wear any shoes in the kitchen. Click over for a full play-by-play of the action
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1) Elements Kitchen: Today SIV ventures out to Pasadena to check in with relative newbie Elements Kitchen which earns a two star review: “Other restaurants have foundered at this address, but somehow I think this one is going to make it.
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Week in Reviews: Two Stars for Elements Kitchen, Mexican Sandwiches at Pal Cabron
Visalia Tea Garden restaurant, Visalia. [Photo: avilon_music ] · Of ‘World’s 50 Best Restaurants’ Zero are in Los Angeles [LAist] · Tasty Treats and Responsible Coffee at Commissary [Mondette] · Q&A with Marcel Vigneron [SI] · Recap From Nights with Neve at Osteria La Buca [Eating LA] · The Perfect Home for Dunkin’ Donuts [LA Snark] · Best Happy Hours Around Town [LAW] · Shook & Dotolo Added as Vendy Judges [Midtown Lunch] · The Truth Behind the Olive Garden’s Cooking School in Tuscany [Jaunted]
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Listage: Q&A with Marcel Vigneron; Shook & Dotolo To Judge Vendys
Inside Angels & Kings. [Photo: Urban Daddy ] HOLLYWOOD — Urban Daddy brings word that Dolce Group has opened Angels & Kings in the old Bella spot.
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EaterWire: Angels & Kings, MyStudio both Open; Papa’s Tapas Truck and Jersey Mike’s Subs Coming Soon