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Leftovers: Chili Chutney
Afghan cuisine arrives in Orange County. For the L.A. Times: PHOTO by MARK BOSTER / L.A. TIMES There’s chutney everywhere: streaked across piles of rice, dabbed on crisp flatbreads, blotted up by grilled kebabs. Jars of the stuff — gleaming … Continue reading
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Leftovers: Zait & Za’atar and Wraps Xpress
Manakeesh‘s Orange County moment for the L.A. Times: PHOTO by KATIE FALKENBERG / L.A. TIMES There’s a moment in a cuisine’s acculturation when a dish morphs into a movement. In Orange County, that moment belongs now to a multinational influx … Continue reading
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Leftovers: Bruxie
The emerging world of waffle sandwiches for the L.A. Times: PHOTO by GINA FERAZZI / L.A. TIMES Some culinary trends come with promises concocted in the vague argot of marketing executives and brand managers. But a few rare ideas spring … Continue reading
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Leftovers: El Pollo Imperial
Drive-through Peruvian in North Long Beach for the L.A. Times: PHOTO by GARY FRIEDMAN / L.A. TIMES A voice crackles from the tinny speaker in the kitchen, and the staff at El Pollo Imperial listens closely to someone in a … Continue reading
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Leftovers: Tom Yum Koong
Crossing the border into Laos for the L.A. Times: PHOTO by LUIS SINCO / L.A. TIMES Thatched baskets of sticky rice arrive alongside tart pork sausages still sputtering from the pan. Papaya salad follows, the strands of green, unripened fruit … Continue reading
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Leftovers: Dat Thanh
A new nem nuong cuon contender for the L.A. Times: PHOTO by MARIAH TAUGER / L.A. TIMES In the hyperspecialized kitchens of Little Saigon, where dining by dac biet (a restaurant’s prescribed list of house specialties) is almost a moral … Continue reading
Going local at the Food Rendezvous
Checking in on the newest platform for L.A.’s emerging food artisans for the L.A. Times: PHOTO by KATIE FALKENBERG / L.A. TIMES Outside the old Venice jail, toddlers in tie-dyed shirts lick avocado-vanilla popsicles and graying couples aim their Leica … Continue reading
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Leftovers: La Huasteca
Rocio Camacho’s pre-Columbian cuisine for the L.A. Times: PHOTO by GLENN KOENIG / L.A. TIMES Cars cruise through the roundabout under the waning afternoon sun, leisurely circling a reconstruction of Mexico City’s Angel of Independence. First-timers marvel at the faux-colonial … Continue reading
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Leftovers: Merry’s House of Chicken
Indonesian fried chicken and coal-black kluwak for the L.A. Times: PHOTO by MARIAH TAUGER / L.A. TIMES There’s a glistening chicken somewhere under the blanket of crispy rice-flour crumbles. The crystalline snowflake-like particles are scattered over the entire bird, its … Continue reading
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Leftovers: Uyen Thy
A French-inflected breakfast in Little Saigon for the L.A. Times: PHOTO by LAWRENCE K. HO / L.A. TIMES In Little Saigon, modest fortunes have been made on spring rolls alone. Entire legacies have been decided by the buttery crunch of … Continue reading
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