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How Anonymous Sex with Strangers Helped Me Find My Way in a New City
When I first moved to LA, the loneliness was overwhelming. Cruising changed everything.
Shrimp Rolls Recipe
Lobster rolls may get all the glory, but these shrimp rolls—seasoned with a balanced blend of six different spices—are the seafood rolls for the rest of us.
Local Natives' "Dark Days" Isn't About Dark Days and Its New Video Reflects That
Want to see some good-looking people having a lovely time in nice places? Because you can.
Running a Successful Oyster Bar Means Watching Out for Posers and Scammers
Running an oyster bar really means just having good relationships with oyster farmers, being able to cut through the bastardization of oyster names by big seafood distributors, and just dealing with their fickle nature.
This Burmese Chef Doesn’t Care If His Tea Leaf Salad Tastes Like Your Grandma's
When you mix it all up—along with its traditional dressing made from lime juice, garlic oil, and fish sauce—the extremely delicious, traditional dish is a study in textures and the small Southeast Asian country’s geographic culture.
How My Ceviche Obsession Transformed My Life
My quest to find the perfect bite of ceviche has changed the course of my life. It led me to quit my successful career as a lawyer and start a pop-up called Ceviche Project. I haven't looked back ever since.
Meet the Cambodian-American Baker Behind LA's New Punk Rock Vegan Doughnut Shop
Donut Farm is a new vegan and organic doughnut shop in Silver Lake owned by Josh Levine of the punk band, Flipper. However, his Cambodian-American baker is the star of the kitchen.
This Pizza-Maker Wants You to Stop Talking About the Oscars
Wood Handcrafted Pizza was opened by the pizza delivery guy who crashed the 2014 Oscars and his brother. Two years later, his brother wants you to stop bringing up The Oscars and take his tasty Neapolitan-style pizza seriously.
How a Long-Distance Relationship Built One of the Best Lobster Rolls in the West Coast
A restaurant that specializes in lobster rolls and owned by two love-stricken Millennials (one of which happens to be Roald Dahl's granddaughter)? Only in LA.
This Former Firefighter Is Making Some of the Best Drinks in LA
"If I’m willing to risk my life for a random-ass person, then I have the mentality that whoever is sitting across from me should be having a good time."
This Wine Bar Is a Thai Restaurant in Disguise
Wine is an unlikely powerful element of Kris Yenbamroong’s restaurant Night + Market Song, the place that brings authentic, rarified Thai street food traditions to LA. Wine has no place in those traditions, and in Thai food, generally, it has hardly...