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Katherine Spiers

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Katherine is the former Living Managing Editor at KCET.org. She's been living in and writing about this area for over a decade.

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There is a fight raging in the United States that must be put to rest as soon as possible. The future of the nation depends on its citizens reaching a consensus.
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These were created for commerce, but they're works of art. Accordingly, some of them are quite salacious.
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Visit one of these small California farms.
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One lucky, lucky winner will receive a three-course dinner for two created by Bouchon Beverly Hills' Chef de Cuisine David Hands, with wine pairings chosen by sommelier Rob Harpest. The evening will include a private tour of the Bouchon kitchen.
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The menu collection at the Los Angeles Public Library is fantastic. Here are some of their best historical L.A. menus.
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The Original Farmers Market at Third and Fairfax opened in July of 1934, and was an instant hit: the first Fall Festival was held that very year among the brand-new stalls.
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What did the study prove? That living beings like treats of all kinds more than they enjoy the limited pleasures of saline injections and rice cakes.
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The South Bay area of Los Angeles County is mostly residential and commercial now, but for a very long time it was an agricultural center. From the time the area was settled by immigrants until the mid to late 1900s, it was all berries, dairies, celery...
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Join us on a journey to The Donut Man, home of the strawberry donut -- the winner of L.A.'s Iconic Dish!
Thousands of SoCal residents will be out in force this Saturday, marching against what they see as the dangerous encroachment of Monsanto and its genetically modified ingredients into our food supply.
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Say you have a particular grocery store you love. Then you find out they give money to a cause you find abhorrent. What do you do?
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Street food is a tradition in Los Angeles, and luckily there's photographic proof: check out this gallery of Angelenos enjoying curbside dinner as far back as the '30s.
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