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Test Kitchen tips: Crepes 101
Could it possibly get any better than crepes for breakfast? French for "pancake," these delicate creations are made using a very thin batter carefully cooked in a shallow pan. The batter is made ahead of time to fully moisten all of the flour and...
Tags: Pancakes, Foods and Beverages, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Advocacy group slams 'Xtreme' high-calorie restaurant dishes
Let’s be real here. Anyone who orders a meal with three pieces of breaded chicken, a buttery sauce, and mashed potatoes can’t be much surprised that it’s high in calories. Or that a piece of cake that weighs close to a pound might, as...
Tags: Peanuts, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Restaurants, Dining and Drinking, Foods and Beverages
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'The Taste' recap: Could go back for a second bite
ABC attempted a prime-time cooking competition with Tuesday night's premiere of "The Taste." The premise is like NBC's "The Voice," but with cooks. For the auditions, home cooks and professional chefs prepared single spoonfuls of a dish for the judges,...
Tags: Dean McDermott, ABC (tv network), Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (tv program), Nigella Lawson, Anthony Bourdain
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New chefs at Church & State, WP24, Scarpetta and more
Former Patina executive chef Tony Esnault has taken the reins of the kitchen at the downtown restaurant Church & State. Owner Yassmin Sarmadi tapped Esnault to work at Spring, a new French restaurant slated to open on the ground floor of the Douglas...
Tags: Church & State, Restaurants, Dining and Drinking, Foods and Beverages, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Holiday cookie recipe: Almond candy cane cookies
Kristen Johnson of Santa Monica was one of the 10 winners of last year's Los Angeles Times Holiday Cookie Bake-Off with almond candy cane cookies: "My mother, Wendy Johnson, had me brainwashed as a child. Chocolate cake with almond frosting for my...
Tags: Recipes, Candy Canes, Hanukkah, Wendy Johnson, Holidays
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World won't end Dec. 21, but Griffith Observatory to stay open late
Any of you worried about 12/21/12 because it’s the supposed “end of the world”? We hope not, but in any case, the Griffith Observatory will be here to allay your fears. The observatory has announced that it “will attempt to...
Tags: Research, NASA, Science and Technology
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Test Kitchen tips: Natural versus Dutch-process cocoa powder
Like chocolate, cocoa powder is made from cacao beans. After the beans are processed into a paste known as chocolate liqueur, some of the cocoa butter is removed and the remaining solids are pulverized into a powder. Natural (or non-alkalized) cocoa...
Tags: Baking Soda, Recipes, Doughnuts, Foods and Beverages, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Many new diet books avoid food extremes
It's too late to lose that unwanted weight for summer. But if you start now — and aim to shed a modest 2 pounds a week — you could drop as much as 40 pounds in time to ring in 2013. The hardest part, however, might be choosing a new diet....
Tags: Breads, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Foods and Beverages, Coconut, French Toast
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Daum: Hostess is the Republican Party
Wednesday, just two weeks after the election all but declared an end to white male dominance, yet another nail was driven into the wood-paneled coffin of old-fashioned America. Hostess Brands, maker of Twinkies and Wonder Bread, announced that even...
Tags: Breads, Parties and Movements, Hostess Brands, Inc., White Bread, Same-Sex Marriage
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A quirky bakery where stellar croissants come from
Los Angeles TimesIf the heart of a bakery is its oven, then Proof Bakery's is ginormous. Really. It's a gas-powered Dalton with double doors and revolving shelves that can fit 18 sheet trays — or 72 pies — at a time. The oven, about the size of a 10-foot U-...Tags: Breads, Pies and Tarts, Chelsea (Manhattan, New York), Chelsea (Staten Island, New York)
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Recipe: Flourless chocolate cake
Flourless chocolate cake Total time: 1 hour, plus cooling time Servings: Makes 1 (8-inch-round) cake Note: From Na Young Ma of Proof Bakery in Atwater Village. 12 ounces 60% chocolate 4 ounces (1/2 cup, or 1 stick) butter 2 tablespoons cocoa powder...
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Counter Intelligence: The Pikey, simply a pub with better food
Los Angeles Times Restaurant CriticIt is toward midnight at the Pikey, the lights are fairly low and the Kinks are playing so loudly that you swear you can hear Ray Davies scratching his ears. You are seated beneath one of Ben Watts' photographs of aging Teddy Boys — tattooed...Tags: Fish and Chips, Restaurants, Dining and Drinking, Wolfgang Puck, Foods and Beverages
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