Hanukkah

Disney withdraws trademark filing for 'Dia de los Muertos'

2013-05-08 08:32:00

If the dead could speak, they probably wouldn't have been heard over the burst of virtual shouting and howling Walt Disney Co. drew for attempting to trademark "Dia de los Muertos" -- a bid it has since dropped. The company filed 10 applications with...

Valentine's Day: Four socially responsible ways to celebrate

2013-02-07 07:00:00

I love love. When it comes to Valentine’s Day, though, I’d rather skip the whole ordeal and enjoy a date night with my husband on any other night in February. The only thing more dreadful than prix fixe Valentine’s meals are the...

Coachella 2013 de-escalates the EDM arms race

2013-01-25 10:36:00

For Brit-pop fans, Thursday night's Coachella announcement was like a birthday, Christmas, Hannukah and an unexpected inheritance check all arriving at once. Devotees of the dance-leaning Sahara Tent, however, might be taken aback by the light bill of...

Eric Garcetti invokes Latino-Jewish ancestry in mayor's race

2013-01-02 16:04:00

Working a recent breakfast gathering of business owners in Northridge, Los Angeles mayoral contender Eric Garcetti introduced himself in Hindi when a Sikh businessman approached. A few hours later, Garcetti donned a colorful Peruvian headpiece with ear...

Slow news can be good news for readers

2012-12-31 05:00:00

There’s often a slow-down in news during the holiday season, with lawmakers out of town, businesses closed and many people on vacation. In turn, newspapers tend to run more feature stories, photos and retrospectives. Whether that touches readers&...

Homemade holiday gift idea: Chocolate bouchons recipe

2012-12-20 10:00:00

The perfect gift for the chocolate lover: bouchons. Thomas Keller's recipe for bouchons is built with a cup of cocoa powder and 6 ounces of chopped chocolate -- and twice that amount of melted butter. The bouchons turn out of their tins like oversize...

Holiday cookie recipe: Gingerbread macarons

2012-12-21 08:00:00

What does one of the world’s best pastry chefs come up with when pressed for a holiday cookie? Sherry Yard, working with Sixto Pocasangre, took the oh-so-popular French macaron and scented it with an oh-so-Christmas-y touch of ginger, cinnamon and...

Tidings of comfort and latkes

2012-12-22 00:00:00

What am I cooking for Christmas dinner? Well a goose, of course, a fine, fat one, cooked in the Barbara Kafka way that involves high heat and an hour of resting in the cooling oven; and my mom's sweet-and-sour red cabbage; and blanched Brussels sprouts...

Homemade holiday gift idea: Fig bars

2012-12-21 10:00:00

Vanilla-scented fig bars are wonderfully sweet homemade gifts, and the recipe is a worthy addition to any cookie repertoire. RECIPES: 25 homemade holiday gift ideas! Fig bars are just one way to get crafty this holiday season with homemade gifts...

Holiday cookie recipe: Amanda's amazing sugar cookies

2012-12-19 08:00:00

Amanda Rettke of Shafer, Minn., was one of the 10 winners of our first Los Angeles Times Holiday Cookie Bake-Off with these sugar cookies: "This recipe was groundbreaking for me in that it changed how I perceived myself in the kitchen. I am not a...

Holiday cookie recipe: Rugelach with three fillings

2012-12-20 08:00:00

Looking for a winning rugelach recipe? Former Test Kitchen director Donna Deane came up with these for a holiday story we ran a few years ago. And we still haven't been able to forget them.... Her recipe makes the most wonderfully flaky pastry dough,...

Homemade holiday gift idea: Granola

2012-12-19 10:00:00

Make homemade granola using the excellent recipe in Christine Moore's new "Little Flower" cookbook, changing the mix of nuts and dried fruit depending on what appeals to you at the moment. The granola mix makes a terrific gift, packaged in cute storage...

Zoe Englander shows off her decorated crown, which she made at a community Hanukkah celebration on Dec. 13 at Barnes & Noble Booksellers located in Plantation. The event was co-sponsored by PJ Library, Ramat Shalom Synagogue and Temple Kol Ami Emanu-El.

2012-12-21 10:09:00

Benjamin Wheeler was "a very spirited boy," said Rabbi Shaul Praver of Adath Israel in Newtown. He and his parents, David and Francine Wheeler, were not members of the synagogue, but they attended its Hanukkah celebration.

2012-12-17 00:00:00

Xavier Campos, 6, lights the hanukiah with his brother Adrian, 4, as his mother Stephanie Campos and Natalia San Pedro, 3, prepare a separate hanukiah during Temple Beth Jacob's celebration of Hanukkah, Saturday evening.

2012-12-16 03:42:00