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George's Bistro in Valencia, owned by a husband-wife team, offers a lengthy, appealing menu of familiar and eclectic selections, many of them California-inspired, plated with appeal.
A couple of appetizers ordered to start arrived in short order. Read Full Artice...
Former world heavyweight champ Mike Tyson will take flight on Animal Planet with a new sport - pigeon racing.
The network this week announced a new reality show that will pit Tyson, a novice pigeon racer, against serious competitors. Read Full Artice...
Love it or hate it, everyone has an opinion on coconut.
Lori Longbotham, author of "Luscious Coconut Desserts" (Chronicle Books; $19.95) knows she can't sell everyone on the exotic treat. Read Full Artice...
Pizzelles ultra-fast
If you've ever made pizzelles, you know it's time-consuming to bake a batch of them, cooking two at a time, in an electric pizzelle maker with the batter and the machine sputtering at times. Read Full Artice...
Los Angeles Wine Co.
4935 McConnell Ave., Los Angeles
310-306-9463, www.lawineco.com
Steven Bialek, owner
Red of the Week
Henry's Drive Pillar Box Red, 2007 ($8. Read Full Artice...
Monday
Monday Book Group will discuss "Unaccustomed Earth" by Jhumpa Lahiri, 12:30 p.m. Barnes and Noble, 160 S. Westlake Blvd., Thousand Oaks. 805-446-2820.
Mystery, Murder and Mayhem book group will discuss "Vanish" by Tess Gerritsen, 7 p.m. Read Full Artice...
Here's an abiding mystery - in an age when every medium for the written word is evolving or under assault, why do people still write books? I have concluded that it's because they have to. Read Full Artice...
Julie Powell did not set out to become a celebrity. The way she tells it, the author of two memoirs and one of the central characters in the film "Julie and Julia," was just fighting off boredom when she started her blog in 2002. Read Full Artice...
BOOK EVENTS
Tuesday
Harry Turtledove will sign "Liberating Atlantis," 7 p.m. Borders, 9301 Tampa Ave., Northridge. 818-886-5443.
Wednesday
Mystery Book Club will discuss "Through a Glass Darkly" by Donna Leon, 10 a.m. Read Full Artice...
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