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Cultural comfort foods go modern


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If you’ve dined in Los Angeles recently, there’s a good chance you’ve found some strange inclusions on menus.  Maybe you’ve spotted matzo ball soup, chicken and waffles or poutine. That’s because these very specific comfort foods have been taken out of their homestyle contexts and given upscale updates. Most prevalent in recent weeks has been […]

Chinatown’s interior breaks tourist stigma


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If you think about spending a day in Chinatown, perhaps not much more comes to mind than bargain shopping and Chinese food grubbing. But a closer exploration of Chinatown will reveal the unique places that make it much more complex and interesting. Conveniently close to campus, the area is replete with idiosyncrasies and an overall […]

LA dining classics impress visitors


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In the cozy microcosm of Los Angeles that is USC, one can easily forget how big this city is. Sometimes, it takes the arrival of friends and family to drag you out of this patch of the Figueroa Corridor. With no designated Trojan Family Weekend in the spring semester, your family might decide to visit […]

Flavored pastas fuse convenience and taste


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There are days when nothing sounds better than a heaping bowl of pasta. Perhaps you return home late from class, starving and in need of a quick meal. Or maybe you’re experiencing pangs of nostalgia for that old Italian restaurant you used to frequent with your family — you know, the place with the red-checkered […]

Letter to the editor


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USC should make fresh food and non-bottled water more accessible.  I strongly agree with Tim Clayton’s opinion column “USC promotes healthy eating, doesn’t deliver,” published Feb. 7. Though the university might encourage nutrition with its words, it fails to make healthy food available and affordable for students. USC Hospitality should immediately make two sweeping policy […]

Creative methods enhance seafood


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Traditionally a showcase for pork and beef, charcuterie is a delicious assortment of smoked and cured meats and pâtés, often served with bread, cheese and a pickled veggie or two. But charcuterie is now having a seafood moment. A survey of popular chefs in the Boston Globe determined that seafood charcuterie is the number one […]

USC promotes healthy eating, doesn’t deliver


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Fun fact: If you type “fast food desert” into the Google image search bar, an image of Figueroa Street pops up. The three-block stretch of Figueroa close to USC contains virtually every fast food chain imaginable.  We live in a fast food desert: healthy dining is hard to find, and it is often very far […]

Rising juice trend quenches thirst


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Juicing, a verb that not only describes the process of making juice but also the act of dieting on it, is the first big food trend of 2012. Juice bars have had an impressive presence in Los Angeles for a few years. Now many people take it upon themselves to produce homemade creations. Celebrities preparing […]