Bananas

'Arrested Development': 10 foods the Bluths ate; you can do better

2013-05-25 10:00:00

“Arrested Development” is so close we can taste it, and it tastes like a mix of cornballs, hot ham water, martinis for breakfast and just a hint of frozen banana. To get you fully prepared for Season 4 (15 episodes!) to be released Sunday on...

Review: Florian Morlat sculpts an engagingly strange show

2013-05-24 11:25:00

Collages with the material heft of sculptures and sculptures with the two-dimensional articulation of flat drawings characterize Florian Morlat's engagingly strange show at Cherry and Martin. (The show is the first of a two-part exhibition, the second...

'Arrested Development's' frozen banana stand hits L.A. area

2013-05-20 10:54:00

Just days before the new season of "Arrested Development" finally debuts on Netflix, the re-creation of the Bluth's Original Frozen Banana stand that cropped up in New York City last week is making its way to the West Coast. The frozen banana stand will...

'Arrested Development' banana stand in Culver City today

2013-05-20 11:59:00

A replica of the Bluth's Original Frozen Banana stand in all its giant, yellow glory will finally make an appearance in the Los Angeles area today. Fans anticipating the return of "Arrested Development," which was canceled by Fox in 2006 but is coming...

Kroger turns spoiled food into electricity; how do you reduce waste?

2013-05-16 15:55:00

As supermarkets try to figure out how to cut down on waste and experiment with alternative forms of energy,� Kroger Co. says it's doing both simultaneously by turning landfill-bound organic matter into electricity that powers its stores, The Times'...

For the record

2013-05-15 00:00:00

Healthcare law: An article in the May 11 Section A about President Obama's efforts to get Americans to enroll in health insurance said that a healthcare campaign by the California Foundation had devoted more than $200 million to a Spanish-language media...

Alarm among activists after Malaysia kills nearly 100,000 monkeys

2013-05-08 05:00:00

Tourists adore them. Homeowners bemoan them. And the Malaysian government has killed them –- by the tens of thousands. They are macaca fascicularis, mischievous monkeys with unusually long tails that give them their common name: long-tailed...

A hair-loss solution that goes beyond wigs and toupees

2013-05-12 00:00:00

It almost goes without saying that hair is huge business in Hollywood. Healthy, beautifully coiffed and colored locks are a key calling card for those in the spotlight. Exhibit A: Jennifer Aniston's headline-generating honey-blond shag, hyped year after...

Chained thinking on the federal deficit

2013-04-23 19:15:00

Washington's tug of war over the federal budget has many wonders, but the biggest one of all must be the lengths to which politicians and pundits will go to deprive Granny and Grandpa of $30 a month. That's the amount by which benefits for the average...

Grow your own plantains, tropical cousin of the banana

2013-04-16 10:19:00

Fernando Larios eyes the stand of plantains running along one side of the Francis Avenue Community Garden in Koreatown. A large cluster of fruit, just out of arm’s reach, is almost ready. “It’ll be two more months,” says Larios,...

Mickey Rose dies at 77; Woody Allen collaborator and TV writer

2013-04-10 22:02:00

Mickey Rose was a childhood friend of Woody Allen, sharing his pal's fervent enthusiasms for baseball, jazz and movies and later becoming the young filmmaker's writing partner for his early, madcap comedies "Bananas" and "Take the Money and Run." Rose,...

How to store fresh eggs

2013-03-26 07:00:00

Stocking up on eggs for Easter? Next time you run to the store for eggs, don't even think about storing them in the handy open plastic egg holder on the door of your refrigerator. Keep the eggs in their carton, on a shelf, toward the back of the fridge....

Grease well a 9-by-5-by-3-inch loaf pan. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Transfer to a piece of wax paper.

2013-04-02 08:09:00

'Arrested Development' and the return of the Bluths has Jonathan Gold thinking about bananas.

2012-12-03 00:00:00

Grilled banana split Serves 4 Ingredients: 4 ripe yet firm bananas, halved lengthwise with the skin on 1 pint vanilla ice cream Favorite store-bought chocolate sauce 1 cup fresh blueberries 1 cup fresh sliced strawberries Whipped cream and toasted sliced almonds, for garnish 1.

2012-08-23 13:32:14