So many ways to chill Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:20:07 -0700 This May 2007 article argued that you can dress 'em up or dress 'em down, but one thing is certain: In a quick and easy salad or an elegant, four-part dessert, cucumbers are simply the coolest things around.
Who doesn't love a cucumber?
Cookbook politics: Democrats, Republicans in the kitchen Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Out on the fringes of the campaign trail, the partisan cookbook is a perennial candidate. Want a cookie?
"NOT ONLY do I eat, I also am a Democrat," wrote Frank Sinatra in an intro to 1960's "Many Happy Returns: The Democrats' Cook Book, or How to Cook a G.O.P. Goose" (the sales of which helped buy TV air time for candidates). "Not only should every Democrat own a copy of this book, but he should load up all his or her friends, and even smuggle some copies into Pasadena and other points where the enemy is strong and square."
Los Angeles taco trucks can stay put again Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 A judge overturns a recent county supervisors' rule limiting how long the mobile food vendors can remain parked in one spot.
Taco trucks are back in full force -- at least for now.