Archive for December, 2011

Dining Out—But In

Friday, December 30th, 2011

A new kind of supper club lets guests make themselves at home

Palate Pleasing Pop-ups

Friday, December 30th, 2011

By Lisa Mouhibian
Pop-ups are similar to the in-home dinner model, but pop up in borrowed restaurants, often on short notice. Said to have been originated in Los Angeles by Chef Ludo Lefebvre (who claims his famous LudoBites has evolved into more of a “touring restaurant”), some amazing meals by creative chefs are being served [...]

Dine In on Rustic Italian

Friday, December 30th, 2011

Grubly chef Benjamin Brignola shares his rustic Italian recipes

Transformational Media Is Out of the Gate

Friday, December 30th, 2011

Local luminaries work to change the world through the arts

Gingery Pot Stickers

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

Exotic, gluten-free holiday dumplings from Laura B. Russell

2117 Sawtelle

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

Upscale dining goes casual

Nuts for Better Breasts

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

By Elizabeth Barker
To rev up your defense against breast cancer, reach for a handful of walnuts each day. In a new studyfrom Nutrition and Cancer, mice that munched on walnuts daily developed breast cancer at less than half the rate of mice given a walnut-free diet. What’s more, the walnut-fed mice had significantly smaller tumors [...]

2012: Change Odyssey

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

The year ahead — Impending doom or unprecedented possibility?

Cool to Be Kind

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

The Kindness Cab delivers a goodwill message — Dan Eldridge

Why We Go Crazy at Christmas: The Psychology of Holiday Shopping

Thursday, December 8th, 2011

11 Ways to Outsmart the Overspending Impulse
The holidays are here, and in addition to festive time spent with family and friends, for most of us it means a small fortune spent on gifts and other non-necessities. Were you tempted by the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales offers? Were some of the sales so good [...]