Category Archives: Food and Drink

#history, #museums, 8|8|2011 [Updated]

Posted on August 8, 2011 by lmharnisch

Photo: Colonel Harland Sanders, 1976. Credit: KFC   The Edgar Allan Poe House in Baltimore is threatened with “Nevermore.” Kate Taylor in the New York Times. KFC has launched a website to collect people’s stories about Colonel Sanders. [Update: The … Continue reading →

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Carlos Lozano: Sunday Journal – Norms

Posted on August 7, 2011 by lmharnisch

Photo: Norm’s. Credit: Carlos Lozano. Note: My friend Carlos Lozano, the state editor at The Times, passed along one of the essays he calls Sunday Journal and gave me permission to post it here. BREAKFAST AT NORM’S  The place is … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay – Hoffman’s Cafe

Posted on July 22, 2011 by lmharnisch

The 700 block of South Spring Street via Google maps’ street view. For years, 743 S. Spring was the home of Levy’s Cafe, but sometime in the early 1920s the address became Hoffman’s. It’s not clear from The Times’ clips … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay – Oviatt’s

Posted on July 17, 2011 by lmharnisch

We’ve been rambling about “navy blue ghosts” and otherwise reciting “Facade” at the Daily Mirror HQ after finding this cocktail shaker from Oviatt’s on EBay. Bidding starts at $99.99.

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Found on EBay – Great White Fleet

Posted on May 21, 2011 by lmharnisch

       A postcard showing a barbecue for sailors during the Great White Fleet’s visit in 1908 has been listed on EBay. This was a huge event in turn of the century Los Angeles, and I had fun exploring … Continue reading →

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Grill ’em All

Posted on May 9, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Photograph by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times   X-treme dining on Tuesday at Grill 'em All in Highland Park. I took a break from blogging the other evening, and on the spur of the moment thought … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, March 22, 1961

Posted on March 22, 2011 by lmharnisch

         March 22, 1961: Paul Coates publishes a personal testimonial from a woman advocating free school lunches for children. “It breaks my heart when I hear people say it's a waste of money to feed hungry kids … Continue reading →

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Chicken Boy

Posted on March 15, 2011 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Bruce Cox/Los Angeles Times Feb. 5, 1970: Behold the wonder of Chicken Boy on the roof of a restaurant on Broadway near 5th Street in downtown Los Angeles. In 1977, Art Seidenbaum looked at oversized signs as part … Continue reading →

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Town Called Hollywood, Feb. 23, 1941

Posted on February 23, 2011 by lmharnisch

        Feb. 23, 1941: An old hand at writing columns but feeling his way in his new assignment, The Home Front,  Tom Treanor writes: "Of all the times in the history of the world to be writing … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay — Parkey Sharkey

Posted on February 21, 2011 by lmharnisch

A copy of “Whiskey Road” by the incomparable Parkey Sharkey has been listed on EBay. Sharkey was a frequent presence in Paul Coates’ columns and many readers suspected that Coates fabricated Sharkey’s letters. Not at all. Sharkey was an actual … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, Feb. 6, 1961

Posted on February 6, 2011 by lmharnisch

         Feb. 6, 1961: A religious group moves into a vacant storefront next to a country-Western bar and Paul Coates has the rest of the story… Richard Daniel Johnson, owner of the Eaton Canyon Riding Club, is … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on January 28, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: This is Hugh Herbert, but the rest of the people in the photo are unidentified. Please congratulate Dewey Webb, Mary Mallory, Carmen, Rotter, Mark Heimback-Nielsen, Eve, Cold in Phoenix, Roget-L.A., … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay — ‘They Call Them Camisoles’

Posted on January 24, 2011 by lmharnisch

A rather battered but interesting copy of “They Call Them Camisoles” has been listed on EBay. “Camisoles” was written by Wilma Carnes under the pen name Wilma Wilson and is a graphic first-person account of her time at Camarillo (“Camisoles” … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, Jan. 23, 1961

Posted on January 23, 2011 by lmharnisch

       Jan. 23, 1961: If brewers are developing instant beer, can “instant writers” be far behind, Paul Coates asks.

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L.A. Serial Killer Suspect Kills Himself in Jail

Posted on January 12, 2011 by lmharnisch

        Jan. 12, 1981: Vernon Butts, a suspect with William Bonin in the Freeway Killer case, hangs himself with a towel in his cell at the Los Angeles County Jail. He was 23.  People are struggling to … Continue reading →

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Restaurants and Their Critics

Posted on December 29, 2010 by lmharnisch

        Dec. 29, 1980: A few days after the incident involving Times restaurant critic S. Irene Virbila at Red Medicine, I came across this piece by the late David Shaw on the relationship between restaurants and restaurant … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving 1910

Posted on November 25, 2010 by lmharnisch

        Thanksgiving 1910: President Taft declares the annual holiday. “The records of population and harvests which are the index of progress show vigorous national growth and the health and prosperous well-being of our communities throughout this land … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Nov. 22, 1940

Posted on November 22, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Nov. 22, 1940: Talk about a divided nation! Part of the U.S. celebrated Thanksgiving on Nov. 22, as declared by President Roosevelt, while 16 states waited a week. From 1939 to 1941, Roosevelt moved the holiday ahead … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Nov. 19, 1940

Posted on November 19, 2010 by lmharnisch

           Nov. 19, 1940: CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNIQUE to Vivien Leigh: Be smart and quit giving out interviews about your great love. Three are people who disapprove, Jimmie Fidler says.

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Pages of History

Posted on October 29, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Longtime reader Jenny Lerew mentioned this recipe in a recent comment about “What Actors Eat When They Eat!” so I thought I would share it. Also on the jump, Jimmie Fidler’s recipe for Boston baked beans. Wot’s this? … Continue reading →

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