· Drink and surf: Bars with free wifi [LAist]
· Eating Pico, from La Brea to Fairfax [Metromix]
· Avoid the paparazzi: Dine between 5pm-8pm [LAT]
· Shamefully admitting that McDonald's new Chick-fil-A ripoff is good [The Knife]
· These ice cream giveaways are getting ridiculous [Slashfood]

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C'd in '06, Joal Pike, Flickr

· How Jonathan Gold and his kid pick lunch [LAW]
· Chicken wars: BonChon vs. KyoChon in Koreatown [LAT]
· Who goes to Beso? The Mayor! [TMZ]
· What happens if you try to play the juke at Hop Louie [LAT]
· Cafe dining at tony Beverly Hills Stores [LAT]
· Farm Bill approved, $3 mill for fruit and vegetable growers [AP]
· Q&A with James Beard Foundation prez Susan Ungaro [RG]
· Carving James Beard out of a watermelon (video) [NYT]

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· Starbucks environmental impact is huge [Seattle Times]
· Getting busted for counterfeit $$ at Popeye's drive-thru has to suck [LAT]
· Malibu banning plastic bags at restos, stores [LAT]
· Gordon Ramsay's fine proposal maybe a bit hasty [CHOW]
· Experts say too many jumped on the molecular gastronomy bandwagon [The Age]

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Foodblogger spotted, Comme Ca, jslander, Flickr

· Neal Fraser, CA resorts taking the locavore track [LAT]
· Craving a lamb burger? Here you go [Metromix]
· Akasha, Travi take foodbloggers with a grain of salt [ABC7]
· More 'members-only' clubs, a la Doheny, hitting LA [Metromix]
· Dream eating from Arianna Huffington, others [Diner's Journal]
· Prepare for second wave of food-politics books [Serious Eats]
· Bourdain finally follows up Kitchen Confidential [Grub Street]

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Le Petit Greek, doleisl, Flickr

· Le Petit Greek celebrates 20 years [Larchmont Chronicle]
· Sgt. Recruiter not yuppified, locals get 25% off [NYT]
· Top Chef's Stephen Asprinio still thinking about LA wine bar [NNP]
· Lots of vegetarian, vegan and veg-friendly choices this Spring [Metromix]
· What?! A beer tax? Time to start SaveOurBeer.org [Eating L.A.]

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No denying that's what it is...

· Another (Fourth!) Famima!! Downtown [Racked LA]
· Happy 3rd Birthday, la.foodblogging [LAFB]
· Gwyneth/Mario PBS Show Sponsored by...Chipotle [AdAge]
· After 62 Years, Baskin-Robbins Goes Soft Serve [USA Today]
· Michael Pollan Says Spend More Money, Time on Food (video) [SE]
· What's up Burger King? Pay the Tomato Pickers Already [Slashfood]

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Waiting at Daikokuya in Little Tokyo, Champloo, Flickr

· Where Kazuto Matsusaka and Vicki Fan, owners of Beacon, dine [LAT]
· 'Stuff white people like' apparently includes El Prado [LAT]
· South is loud, ya'll! [Metromix]
· Jamba Juice not offended by Baby Mama jabs [LAT]
· Marty D's, hot dogs and double entendres [Metromix]
· Sunset Junction nightlife [Metromix]

Bonus Mother's Day Listage
· What chef moms cook and where [LAT]
· The least you can do is buy her brunch [Metromix]
· Deals and ressies, easier than you think [OpenTable]

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Lines out the door at Tender Greens yesterday, Culver City

· Wine lover's hope and heartbreak Downtown [Angelenic]
· Restaurants are switching ingredients to deal with rising food costs [AP]
· Picking farm stands over farmers' markets [LAT]
· There's all sorts of unrest at Culinary Institute of America in NY [NYT]
· Wine snobs/lovers: Maybe its all in your head [NYT]
· Emilio Estevez works his own vineyard, more Malibu wine stories [LAT]

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Why the dangling soup cans at Bastide?

· Maybe not so fast with all the new Hollywood restos, bars [LAT]
· Interview With Michael Pollan (video) [YouTube]
· Crepes, crepes everywhere [Metromix]
· Have new bar, will drink [Metromix]
· Starbucks' free wifi experiment hits a snag [Gizmodo]
· Ruth Reichl: Dumpster diver? [Ed Levine Eats]

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Loteria Grill at the Farmers Market, lkurnasky, Flickr

· Parents dote on son/Wilshire chef Andrew Kirschner [LAT]
· Feds help investigate Basque fire [Daily Breeze]
· There's no Spago at Americana but black-tie gala got Puck [LAT]
· Andrew Zimmern eating 'bizarre foods' in LA [Deep End Dining]
· Soaring food costs take toll on local families [LADN]
· Vote: Best Mexican food town in America [Serious Eats]
· Growing a smaller Mondavi wine business [LAT]

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Tacos La Fonda in NoHo, MakeSeeEatDo

· Every Night Should Be Taco Truck Night [MakeSeeEatDo via LA Metblogs]
· Thai food lovers rejoice: The return of Renu Nakorn [LAW]
· America's healthiest chain restaurants [Health]
· SUV hits Krispy Kreme: "shattered glass and doughnuts everywhere" [OC Reg]

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Basque fire; sundogg/Flickr via LAist

· Hollywood fires not connected, according to LAFD [LAT]
· Restaurants with their own wine labels [LAT]
· Barbecue picks from Crenshaw [LAT]
· Food prices still soaring, people still stockpiling [WSJ]
· Chick-fil-A vs. McDonald's, chicken-to-chicken trowdown [Serious Eats]
· Robin Williams is crazy as a locavore on Law & Order [~ESF~]
· Mega food fest in NYC: Waters, Adria, Bourdain, Lawson, more [~ENY~]

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