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Southern California Must Eat & Drink: We curate a list of the best food, restaurants, chefs, farmers markets, and where to find them in Southern California. If you are a foodie, this section will keep you in the loop on the best of the best in food news, restaurants reviews, upcoming food events and so much more. The latest news on spirits, bubbles and brews, lounges, cocktails, beers, wines, wineries, juices, smoothies, coffees, teas, and more will also be featured here. We highlight everything from old staples to new additions in the juice, alcohol, and coffee fields. We talk with mixologists about new inventions and twists on old staples.

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Pink's Hot Dog
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Happiness Is A Warm Bun  Featured

April 11, 2025

Pink’s has made Hollywood a hot dog haven for 85 years  By Carrie Bell While scanning the classifieds for employment inspiration in 1939, Betty and Paul Pink spied an ad for a pushcart. A plan started to percolate. The couple borrowed $50 from her parents, schlepped the cart by foot two miles to an empty lot on La Brea and Melrose and worked out a deal to “borrow” electricity from a nearby hardware store using the extension cord the owner sold them. A few homemade signs and a batch of Betty’s special chili later, and the Pinks were officially in…

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The Maybourne Beverly Hills_ Prêt-à-Portea Red Carpet Collection
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Sip Like A Star: The Maybourne Beverly Hills Launches A Glamorous New Afternoon TeaFeatured

March 18, 2025

On the heels of awards season, Prêt-à-Portea, The Red Carpet Collection, a high fashion take on afternoon tea, comes to The Maybourne Beverly Hills from the hotel’s sister property in London.  The Red Carpet Collection is a playful collection of cakes and cookies that pay homage to iconic red carpet moments, from Björk’s famous Oscar swan dress by Marjan Pejoski to JLo’s infamous green Versace gown at the Grammys.   First up on the red carpet is Björk’s swan dress from the 2001 Oscars, transformed into a pavlova with passion fruit ganache, swan meringues, and sugar eggs.  Michelle Williams’s saffron Vera Wang gown from the…

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Chef Michael Mina Is Back At The Beach With Orla at The Regent Santa Monica

September 12, 2024

James Beard Award-winning Chef Michael Mina is bouncing back after a two-year hiatus with his most stunning concept yet, Orla, which opened in September in the Regent Santa Monica Hotel. “Orla is an incredibly personal concept for me, taking inspiration from my childhood,” Mina says during a tour of the property, in between grilling herb-marinated lamb chops with black harissa. “I was born in Egypt and grew up in a very Middle Eastern household. My father was from Alexandria and my mother was from Cairo. A lot of the food that I grew up eating I thought my whole life…

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Canyon Creek Mushrooms Are Feeding The Coachella Valley

June 23, 2023

When snowbird Jim Shaffer emigrated from his frigid Michigan roots to the warm breezes of the Coachella Valley, the only thing he really missed was finding fresh mushrooms to satisfy his love for fungi. After spending a few hundred hours on YouTube, he created his own farm in a spare bedroom, and within three years, his Canyon Creek Mushrooms could hardly keep up with the desert demand. The one-room operation started in 2019, when Shaffer built his first fruiting room in his garage, followed by an incubation room and a lab. What was just meant to be a source of…

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