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The Cannabis Cafe in West Hollywood reopens Thursday as a drive-thru

The Cannabis Cafe is selling weed and food through a new drive-thru operation.




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L.A. County will list restaurants that have had COVID-19 outbreaks online

L.A.'s Department of Public Health announced Tuesday it will publicly disclose restaurants that have had outbreaks of COVID-19.




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Whole Roasted Cauliflower With Charred Lemon and Spicy Tahini Sauce

For the best flavor, lightly char the outside of a whole cauliflower, then drench it in a bright lemon-tahini sauce.




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Whole roasted cauliflower is the lazy cook's best friend

For the best flavor, lightly char the outside of a whole cauliflower, then drench it in a bright lemon-tahini sauce.




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Elliott: Olympian Mirai Nagasu finds hope in fight to keep parents' restaurant from closing

Olympic figure skater Mirai Nagasu, who grew up in her parents' restaurant in Arcadia, is determined not to let the coronavirus close the family business.




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Food YouTube is the best YouTube: 6 channels to watch while you're cooped up

When you're down and troubled and need a helping hand, these food YouTubers are here to guide the way.




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Column: Cocktails for Kittens — how Quinn Cummings stirred up a boozy lockdown fundraiser

Former child star Quinn Cummings put her mixology hobby to work, first as a morale boost for pals, then as a fundraiser for an L.A. cat rescue.




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Surviving the Shutdown: Brodard Restaurant keeps feeding Little Saigon

Sales are down at one of Orange County's most famous Vietnamese restaurants, but Brodard is adapting to survive




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Classic Pound Cake

This classic pound cake recipe follows the one-to-one ratios of butter, sugar, flour and eggs and is flavored with vanilla.




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This perfect pound cake goes back to basics

This easy pound cake recipe relies on the classic formula of equal weight ratios of butter, sugar, eggs and flour for a fine-crumbed cake that keeps and packs well.




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Your local farm in a box: How farmers are coping with the crisis

These are unprecedented times for farmers, accustomed to selling produce to restaurants. Many have shifted to CSA boxes and other methods to cope




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Dark times, dark recipes

The quarantine has been stressful for everyone. But for me, it's caused some weird food desires I had as a kid to resurface.




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L.A. street vendors fought 10 years for the right to sell. Then COVID-19 came along

L.A.'s street vendors are grounded and facing a new Goliath: COVID-19.




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Column: Why we cook when the world doesn't make sense

Food gives us the immediate sense of satisfaction and comfort. Most important, it shows us that there is still beauty in simple things.




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Happy hour in your sweats? Do it here, virtually

These restaurants and wine shops are offering beer, wine and sake flights and accompanying virtual tastings.




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California effort will employ restaurant workers to provide meals for seniors amid coronavirus crisis

The program will provide $66 a day per senior in funding for daily meals. Newsom said the effort will launch immediately, focused on seniors who are at risk for COVID-19 or have limited income.




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Hot and Fluffy Pancakes

Fluffy and hot all at the same time, diner-style pancakes are the best breakfast for two.




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Does cooking food kill coronavirus? An expert weighs in

To address the coronavirus food safety question of whether cooking kills the virus on food, an infectious disease medical expert answers common concerns.




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Classic fluffy pancakes are best when you just do less

Fluffy and hot all at the same time, diner-style pancakes are the best breakfast for two.




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Milo & Olive Garlic Knots

This garlic knots recipe from Milo & Olive is easy: Stuff pizza dough with garlic confit, brush with garlic oil and bake until golden.




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Famed Basque restaurant Noriega Hotel in Bakersfield to close permanently

The restaurant, which served traditional Basque cooking enjoyed family-style, had been in business for 89 years.




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SOS: How to make Milo & Olive's addictive garlic knots

Milo & Olive gives us the recipe for their giant garlic knots, which the restaurant now also offers as a take-and-bake item




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Bake like a pro: Measure ingredients by weight with this conversion chart

The best baking tip is measuring ingredients by weight, as professional bakers do, to ensure the most accurate and consistent results.




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Baking a lot? Follow these 7 essential tips for the tastiest results

During coronavirus, these baking tips for those quarantine baking will reduce anxiety about the process and guarantee delicious results.




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Surviving the Shutdown: Alta Adams reopens, with fried chicken to order and a sliding payment scale

The West Adams restaurant Alta Adams reopens with a sliding price scale so people in need can dine for free.




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Chopped Salad With Citrus-Soy Dressing

This simple salad dressing recipe combines tangy lemon juice with salty soy sauce and rich toasted sesame oil. It tastes great tossed with any chopped vegetables.




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John Krasinski had a surreal guest list for his 'Some Good News' virtual potluck

As part of his hit YouTube series, John Krasinski hosted a virtual potluck with Stanley Tucci, Martha Stewart, Guy Fieri and David Chang. Yes, really.




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Jonathan Gold's Barefoot Fried Chicken

When Jonathan Gold was gathering people at his house in Pasadena for a night off from eating out, fried chicken was usually what he made.




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This chopped salad with lemony dressing is what we want on hot spring days

Coronavirus quarantine comfort foods can include fresh, light meals like this chopped salad recipe with a bright lemon soy sauce dressing.




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L.A. looks to help restaurants by capping food delivery service fees at 15%

A new proposed Los Angeles city ordinance could set a 15% food delivery service fee cap.




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Op-Ed: Ramadan in the time of the coronavirus

The solitude of social distancing gives the faithful an opportunity to reflect on the core principles of Ramadan.




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What We're Into: The best quarantine snack you can get delivered

During coronavirus quarantine, good snacks are essential and this trail mix from a small, female-owned food company is the best out there.




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It's a Zoom cooking lesson with the Food team: Beer-braised chicken

Cooking editor Genevieve Ko teaches deputy Food editor Andrea Chang and columnist Lucas Kwan Peterson her beer-braised chicken recipes on a Zoom call.




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Half-Salted Steaks With Kale-Caper Sauce

An umami-packed green sauce made with kale and capers seasons expertly cooked steaks at home.




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Crushed Honeycomb Candy

Honeycomb candy is bitter, sweet and extraordinarily crunchy, the ideal topping for ice cream or to mix in cakes and baked goods.




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Stop salting steak before you cook it

An unseasoned steak browns faster and keeps smoke to a minimum, the perfect combination for cooking chops at home.




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Restaurant vendors are now selling to the public. Here's why it might hurt them instead of help.

Home cooks can get sushi-grade fish and dry-aged steaks for cheap, but at what cost?




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A family of strawberry growers had big dreams. Then came the pandemic

The Carranza family worked on the McGrath Family Farm for more than 20 years. Just as they sought to go into the strawberry business on their own, the coronavirus hit.




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To safely reopen its restaurants, L.A. should transform its streets into cafes

L.A. should be taking inspiration from cities that are experimenting with public space to help businesses during coronavirus lockdowns.




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'Poilâne,' Apollonia Poilâne's first cookbook in English, is a quarantine baker's perfect bread handbook

French baker Apollonia Poilâne's latest cookbook, "Poilâne," teaches techniques and gives recipes for what to do with all that bread.




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Easy Chocolate Soufflés

This fast, easy chocolate soufflé recipe requires only three ingredients.




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Sqirl's Sourdough Scones

Sqirl's Sourdough Scones




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Sqirl's famous scone recipe is now yours for the baking

The superlative scones at Sqirl restaurant are a master class in balancing extravagance and simplicity.




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Do try this at home: easy three-ingredient chocolate soufflés

This coronavirus quarantine dessert recipe is surprisingly simple. The easiest chocolate souffle recipe has only three ingredients and is ready in less than 30 minutes.




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Easy desserts to make during quarantine

These simple sweets hit the spot every time.




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Bon Temps in the Arts District closes permanently, a casualty of the shutdown

Lincoln Carson has decided to close his lauded Arts District restaurant permanently because of the coronavirus outbreak.




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California to provide more food benefits for schoolchildren during the coronavirus crisis

Newsom says low-income families will receive $365 per child to buy food to make up for the loss of free and reduced-priced lunches provided by schools.




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12 cookbooks that refresh the spirit and inspire in the kitchen

A dozen recent cookbooks for escape and encouragement




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Tasting-menu gem Auburn closes for good, the latest restaurant casualty of the coronavirus shutdown

Chef Eric Bost's Melrose Avenue restaurant opened just 13 months ago.




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