On May 2, 2025, arts and cultural organizations across the country received notifications that grants and funding promised by the National Endowment for the Arts were being rescinded. This was part of a larger initiative by the Trump Administration to dismantle not just the NEA, but also other arts advocacy programs including the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute for Museum and Library Services.
If a consortium of Italian grandmothers were to put down The Ten Commandments of making pasta, then 'Thou Shalt Not Break The Spaghetti Before Boiling It' is likely to be right up there alongside 'Thou Shalt Serve The Pasta Al Dente' and 'Thou Shalt Only Add Salt To Boiling Water, Never Oil'.
Producers check meat and produce for items approaching their expiration date that will not last until the next round of filming. Whatever is eligible is donated to local food banks, schools, and shelters like the Redwood Gospel Mission.
Clint Eastwood's son, Scott, stated, 'My dad does not eat for pleasure ... he eats salmon and brown rice for breakfast.' This highlights Eastwood's focus on nutrition over enjoyment.
Los Angeles is home to more than a dozen one-of-a-kind cinemas that operate on their own terms. Some of these theaters have been around for 100 years, and in classic LA fashion some of them are owned by living LA legends-think Quentin Tarantino and Kyle Ng. Kristen Stewart recently announced she's also jumping into the mix with her purchase of Los Angeles's Highland Theatre.
A catering business is really more difficult to run because you might be really busy for a week and then another week you have very little. Restaurants tend to have more consistent hours and traffic. Catering doesn't always work that way.
Tuna carpaccio arranged in a circle arrived first, the slices beaming ruby like sun through stained glass. Radicchio leaves had been dressed with kefir and gorgonzola, the tart and the sweet funk offsetting the bitter. Clams, splashed in bright and herby broth, were paired with a narcotic mound of thin fries.
Head to this free community festival celebrating Lunar New Year on Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood on Saturday! This street festival brings together Korean, Vietnamese, and Chinese cultural traditions with arts & crafts booths, performances, interactive activities and a lively artisan market curated by MAUM. You'll find food trucks and Asian-owned vendors, traditional music and dance and kid-friendly creative stations.
You know, most of the people did not eat all day long. So when they come out, everybody is famished, you know? They say, 'Wolfgang, where is the mac and cheese? Where is the chicken pot pie?' And people really love it. When I made that for the first time, Barbra Streisand ate three of them!
The move follows reports from former staff who recounted physical, verbal and psychological abuse primarily executed by the restaurant's co-founder and figurehead, celebrity chef René Redzepi. Representatives for American Express, Resy and Blackbird confirmed Tuesday that the companies are no longer sponsors of the event.
And lately, the food has been a bit, um, underwhelming. Just last week, the Critics' Choice Awards went viral for its "sad" snack plate, which featured little more than grapes, crackers, and other tiny bites, joining a growing list of underwhelming awards shows meals, including what was served at the 2024 Oscars and the infamous pizza-in-a-bag from the 2024 Critics' Choice Awards.
With the holidays in the rearview mirror, restaurants assume that customers' free-spending days are over for a while and might be ready to save a few bucks when they're dining out. To that end several fast food chains are touting their value menus, offering to fill you up for as little as $5 or $6. Here are some deals that caught our attention this week.
Rankin was not wrong. Officially known as the restaurant's "family dinner," though it will always be a party to me, Carousel's group menu is what I default to time after time when I have people of varying dietary predilections come through my home at varying times for varying lengths. As a banker's box of kebabs, salads, and sides, it requires minimal prep on the part of the host and promises maximum returns:
Natasha Price and Tatiana Ettensberger never really imagined being "the British restaurant" in Los Angeles. Three months after opening their neighborhood bistro-cafe in Los Feliz, the childhood friends-turned-business partners are the grateful, extremely busy owners of one of the city's hardest-to-get-into new restaurants. During evening service, would-be diners arrive right before 5 p.m. in hopes of scoring one of the tables held for walk-ins, while online reservations - released every two weeks at midnight - are snatched up almost instantly.
