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I'm so bummed that I'll miss the opening night of Gerald M. Panter's exhibit Eating on the Run at the Stephen Cohen gallery. These look like very cool photos of L.A. food scene.Fortunately, the exhibit is on until Sept. 5.Gerald M. PanterEating on the RunOpening reception Thursday July 16 7-9 pmStephen Cohen Gallery7358 Beverly Blvd.

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A long line formed behind 5900 Wilshire when Kogi arrived at lunchtime today.Workers on the Miracle Mile, particularly in the 5900 and 5700 Wilshire buildings, are starved for good lunch choices. A person can only consume so much Baja Fresh, and the choices after that are even less promising. The Green Truck has been a blessing, and now the area also has the Bool Truck, which I haven't tried yet.

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Why? Because foodblogging is an incredibly lucrative road to quick riches, of course. New York magazine's Grub Street, which seems like a pretty good blog, although I don't get to New York much, has expanded to L.A. through a partnership with Menupages. The new GrubStreet Los Angeles is written by LATaco blogger and actor Hadley Tomicki and at first glance, seems a tad more westside, a touch more

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York Blvd.'s handmade tortilla ladyI'll be charitable and allow that perhaps the New York Times didn't have much space to allot to Highland Park in its Sunday travel article Highland Park: A New Cultural District in Los Angeles. But I wouldn't have written an article on Highland Park or York Blvd. without mentioning the wonderful taco tables that appear at dusk; the monthly art gallery walk and

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Mo-chica's refined lomo saltado, with a sauce that's more French than Chinese.After my first time at Mo-chica I thought I should do some research on Peruvian food, since up until then, I found it a bit lacking in variety and flavor. But the quality of Mo-chica's food has made me hope they will keep introducing new specials so we can get an wider array of Peruvian specialties. I found there are

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Since Bastille Day, July 14, falls on Tuesday, most of the events are Sunday, while some restaurants are celebrating all week. Vive la liberté !Sunday is the big Bastille Day Celebration in Elysian Park from noon-10 pm, sponsored by the French-American Chamber of Commerce. Admission is $5, and there's food booths, a waiter race, and a chance to win a trip to France.Walking to the train last night

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We've heard good things about the Melting Pot tours, L.A.'s only food tour company. Now they're expanding from the original Farmer's Market tour they launched a year ago to a Pasadena Walking Tour, starting this Saturday, July 11.Stops will include Tortas Mexico, Bar Celona, Aux Delices, Bird Pick Tea, Tibet Nepal House and Mignon Chocolate. The tour will run every Saturday and Sunday from 10:30

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The L.A. Times story Eater LA's Must uproar puts blogger ethics in the spotlight takes a look at last week's controversy, also touching on the issue of comped meals and the Food Blog Ethics manifesto. Thanks to Elina for including EatingLA. Here's another opinion I gave her that didn't make it into the article: EatingLA doesn't recommend that any blog adhere to any specific code. I happen to

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Potato salad of the day was bright yellow potatoes layered with crab meat and avocado.For a while now, it's been bruited that Peruvian food is the NEXT BIG THING. I'm still not sure I buy it as a trend, because I still feel like there's a limit to what you can do with raw fish, potatoes and giant corn kernels. But then I probably said that about Vietnamese too, so what do I know?In any case,

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On Wednesday evening, the HotKnives guys are teaming with the Verdugo Bar for a beer and cheese tasting featuring beer from L.A.'s most anticipated new brewery. The tasting is already sold out, but if you guess the beer on HotKnives' site, you can receive two free tickets.Happy 4th, raise a tall one!

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I mentioned Digesty yesterday to someone who was looking for a way to see what's going on with several L.A. and national food blogs at once, and since she hadn't heard of it, I thought I'd give it a plug. Jonah from la.foodblogging created Digesty as a way to see who's updated every day, without having to deal with news feeds or subscriptions, which some people don't care for. There's ways to

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Salsas from Homegirl CafeWhen you go to a tasting event, do you ever feel like theret's too many diverse flavors going on, with Thai food piling on top of foie gras in your stomach? he upcoming East LA Meets Napa benefit for Alta-Med on Friday evening offers a thematic array of flavors, with a collection of great Latin tastes from Moles La Tia, El Tepeyac, Porto's, Cook's Tortas, Rivera, Palate,

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Meryl Streep as Julia Child and Stanley Tucci as her hubby in "Julie & Julia."Been asleep the last 24 hours? Latest mini-controversy in L.A. food world has EaterLA posting a rather inflammatory email from a tipster about Downtown's Must Wine Bar, Daily Dish following up and now LAObserved posting a response from an actual lawyer. While it's nice to know that blogs are probably legally allowed to

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Popeye's chicken sushiSorry for the light posting, more reviews and news coming soon, but in the meantime here's an amusing idea: FancyFastFood takes fried chicken, cheeseburgers and such and makes it into surprisingly decent-looking dishes. If you were served this quiche or sushi, you'd probably think it looked good, at least until you tasted it.(via Buzzfeed)

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...sounds cool, right? The catch is that it's at RockSugar in Century City, which is known for for its decor than its authentic Asian foods. But classes like this are hard to find in L.A., especially since Jet Tila, who taught the Thai street foods class I took, has moved to Las Vegas.So if you're still curious, here's the menu for the July 25 class:Singapore Chili Shrimp Newton Circus Baked

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Wow, tonight's prix fixe dinner at Lou on Vine sounds delightful:Salad of Adriatic & Black Mission figs, roasted almonds, speck, arugula (w/Sancerre rose)Grilled Maine lobster tail and butter-poached claw, baby potatoes, roasted corn (w/tasting flight of Veltliner, etc.)Boysenberry-Blenheim apricot trifle w/Muscat de RivesaltesIt's $55, and no reservations are required. That sounds like a pretty

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Sorry, but egg or no egg, I would never order this "cowgirl pancake" in a million years, it looks terrible.I have to applaud QuarryGirl for her Operation Pancake report, where she takes on an intensive, scientific project: testing the food from many popular L.A. vegan restaurants for the presence of milk, egg, and shellfish. More bloggers should be so thorough! It's a long post but I'll summarize

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Michael Cirino demonstrates How to Cook an Egg, molecular gastronomy style, in a groovy Italian "slow food" kitchen, whatever that is.Dwell on Design had a day of food events Sunday, including the Gestalt of Meat panel with panelists including Sasha Wizansky, founder of Meatpaper and chef Neal Fraser. There was talk of the art of meat but also of raising more sustainable meat. Fraser, who is

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If you missed the sold-out screening and food truck row and the restaurant design awards, there's still time for some food-focused programming at Dwell on Design.Sunday at Dwell on Design at the Convention Center is the Square Meal food day, including cooking demonstrations from Little Flower Candy and more, and panels that include:1:00 The Gestalt of Meat with Neal Fraser and Evan Kleiman;1:30

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La Guera Tamalera, who makes terrific organic tamales with a special fluffy masa recipe, is hosting a tamale-making class next Saturday in Boyle Heights. The class is $58, but if you mention Eating LA, two tickets are $100, so go with a friend. You'll get an organic lunch and get to take home all the tamales you make.Here's the event details, but reservations must be made by phone in order to

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When the first Fresh & Easy store opened, it seems like nearly everyone thought it would be some twee sort of giant Tudor House full of mushy peas and Bisto gravy mix. But of course, that would have been retail suicide, and the first shoppers in Glassell Park were much more interested in their tortilla prices than Marmite. A few early shoppers reported sightings of streaky bacon and British tea,

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Pretty classy for a supermarket party...Wow, busy week! Before I was recruited for all-day obituary writing, I stopped by Fresh & Easy's tasting party at the Hollywood Roosevelt Pool Wednesday night, celebrating the Hollywood location finally getting its beer and wine license a few weeks ago. I met lots of blogger moms (note to Trader Joe's: they want organic baby food) as tasted some of Fresh &

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Rachel Morrison's jello cheeseburgerHere's a so-unhip that of course it's totally hip contest from Brooklyn: a Jello mold construction competition. To be sure, the molds were very creative.Will this idea wiggle its way to L.A.?via EatMeDaily

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A bunch of popular cooking bloggers, including several L.A. cooks and Paris-based David Leibovitz contribute to the new food website GoodBite. Photographer and chef Matt Armendariz, cookbook author Jeanne Kelley, White on Rice couple, Steamy Kitchen and Gluten Free Girl are among the bloggers contributing to the site, which includes lots of videos and recipes. It's a nicely-designed site, with

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Amy Seidenwurm, who was featured in the L.A. Times story on Urban Beekeepers back in March, is cooking at Canelé restaurant in Atwater through the "friends cook" program on Tuesday, June 30."I'm going to prepare a 3-course menu featuring honey from different apiaries (bee hives) from our LA beekeeping group," says Amy.The subject-to-change menu includes: Mixed green salad with roasted beets,

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