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Lance Cpl. Noel Boyland, from Caseyville, Ill. eats an MRE | U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sarah Villegas/Released
To meet the vital food needs of modern service members, the Department of Defense — with help from the food industry and academia — have taken the task of feeding troops down to an exact science.
Colonia Publica's Fideo | Staci Valentine LA Mexicano
L.A. is home to some of the best Mexican food to be had. Here are the five best-represented regions and where to get their specialties in Los Angeles. 
Cracking a coconut shell with military person in Guam | Kyle Hausmann-Stokes MRE
Men and women in fatigues are probably the last things we think of just as we dig into a beautifully-plated dish at an upscale restaurant, but the culinary and military worlds overlap in surprisingly countless ways.
Yellowtail Tostada from Wes Avila's Guerilla Tacos | Courtesy of Life & Thyme
What makes claims to authenticity so important for reaching consumers and why are we — the eaters and consumers — so desperately in search of what is real and authentic?
Behind the Table food event | John Wiley
Concurrent with the rise of the craft food movement, one finds communities gathering around a shared affinity to locally sourced food.
Costumed Calaca Sugar Skull attendees at the Hollywood Forever's Dia De Los Muertos celebration at Hollywood Forever on October 28, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Araya Diaz/Getty Images)
Here are five places in Southern California to experience the ofrendas, pan de muerto, and cempasúchitl of this ancestral celebration. 
L.A. Mexicano's book cover. | Staci Valentine
KCETLink is giving away ten signed copies of Bill Esparza's new book “L.A. Mexicano: Recipes, People & Places,” charting the dynamic Mexican food cuisine in L.A.
A pastorero at Vilsito | Lesley Tellez
It takes skill, instinct and years of practice to produce sumptuous al pastor meat, not to mention sell it. 
A dish from Wolfgang Puck using fresh fish from Seiichi | Courtesy of Life & Thyme
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Echo Park's Tsubaki, Sonoko Sakai, Wild Live Seafood's Seiichi Yokota and Spago Beverly Hills aims to introduce Angelenos to the unique spirit of Japanese hospitality and the culture's deep culinary customs.
Cassia's pot au feu | Courtesy of Life & Thyme
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Cassia in Santa Monica, Good Girl Dinette in Highland Park, Red Boat Fish Sauce, and Minh Phan of Porridge & Puffs are hoping to demonstrate that there’s so much more to Vietnamese culture than banh mi, spring rolls and pho.
Chicken Tikka Poutine | Courtesy of Life & Thyme
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Like carefully selected spices to a classic Indian dish, The Mahendro family contributes something special and significant to their restaurant Badmaash and to the city of L.A.
image of red hill and little lake
You don't have to leave the state to find extraordinary examples of ancient geology. Have you seen them all?
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