The mechanism that “turns on” taste cells (i.e. the lightning quick chain of events in which our brains process and respond to the foods we put on our
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Los Angeles has seen a spate of German-themed bars and restaurants open in the past few years (Wurstkuche, Biergarten, Steingarten, the upcoming Currywurst), but v
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It wasn't that long ago that the only place you could get good, freshly harvested bitter melon was as the local Asian grocer, or someone's backyard. Bitter
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We never thought there was anything to like about infomercials–those endless, repetitive cycles of thin promises, fast-talking pitchmen, and flimsy products.
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Rum always seems to get the raw end of the piña colada deal. Yes, the spirit has a “sweet” finish, but not in the sugary sense. It's more like a rea
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When America’s hot dog traditions are discussed, the Talmudic parsing of the Chicago dog and the Detroit Coney and the Rochester white-hot, somebody will inevitabl
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In Italian, the word ubriaca means “drunk,” which is what you may be, if you sample all the wines on tap at LA's newest pop-up, Ubriaca LA (@ubriac
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As our fearless 30-burgers-in-30-days critic moves on to ice cream, some of us are still thinking about burgers. Because it's suddenly June, which means summer,
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— In which Slate's Nathan Heller goes off on pie. Yes, pie is un-American and well, just generally terrible. Maybe somebody needs a better pie recipe. [Sl
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It's not so amaaaaaazing that National Donut Day is almost upon us. It occurs every year on the first Friday in June. What is amazing is that our very favorite
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Over the past year, London-based Lamberton brothers Derek, 33, and Mark, 23, have rolled out Best Coffee iPhone apps — the kind of comprehensive, searchable i
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Plenty of people asked how we planned to follow up our 30 Burgers in 30 Days “triumph” (read: reason we no longer fit into our favorite jeans). We consid
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