Strawberries

Tumblr users take to blogs to express fear over 'Yahoo takeover'

2013-05-20 21:00:00

Many Tumblr users are already up in arms over worries that their beloved blogging service could lose its hip edge under Yahoo's control. The blogging website was filled with rants after Yahoo announced on Monday it was acquiring Tumblr for $1.1 billion....

Review: 'Cuatro Corridos' is a disturbing look at sex trafficking

2013-05-09 15:25:00

LA JOLLA — It turns out that even those ripe, red, fragrant local strawberries that help make May farmers' markets so seductive can have, as beauty sometimes does, sad tales to tell. A new opera's undercover job is to taste the flavor of that...

Mother's Day 2013 dining guide: Mimosas, French toast, crab crepes, more

2013-05-08 07:00:00

Mother's Day is Sunday, and if you're wondering where to celebrate with Mom, here are 24 restaurants offering options such as free Champagne with brunch, blueberry French toast, squash blossom enchiladas and, of course, the bottomless mimosa. Border...

Mother’s Day breakfast

2013-05-09 00:43:15

Letters: Learning from life in the fields

2013-05-07 00:00:00

Re "A field day — not," Column One, May 3 Hector Becerra's article on his day as a farm worker picking strawberries reminded me of a similar article I read many years ago on complaints that immigrants were stealing jobs from American vegetable...

Setting Times stories to music: From the Smiths to R.E.M.

2013-05-03 10:06:00

By Kari Howard These songs are a personal soundtrack for this week’s wonderful Column Ones, but one below is featured on an actual soundtrack, for the Danny Boyle movie “The Beach.” The band is called Underworld, and Boyle has used...

Greek police arrest suspects in shooting of migrant workers

2013-04-19 08:28:00

ATHENS – After an intense two-day manhunt, Greek police on Friday arrested three strawberry farm foremen suspected of shooting and injuring 28 migrants who were demanding wages they claimed they had not been paid for six months. The violent...

Greek police hunt for suspects in strawberry plantation shootings

2013-04-18 13:40:00

ATHENS — Police scoured much of Greece’s rural south Thursday searching for three strawberry plantation foremen suspected in the shootings of 29 foreign workers in a pay dispute that has fanned fear of rising racism. None of the workers,...

Coachella 2013: Clint Eastwood, Vanessa Hudgens at Neon Carnival

2013-04-16 14:27:00

Vanessa Hudgens, Julianne Hough, Emma Roberts and Clint Eastwood were just a few of the celebrities who took a break from the Coachella Music and Arts Festival to visit the Armani Exchange Neon Carnival on Saturday night. For the last four years, the...

That Time of Year

2013-04-08 12:14:00

Strawberry nachos in Oxnard? Playing dress-up in your finest big-band-era garb for a weekend of music in Ventura? Toasting Mother Nature at an Earth Day festival in Santa Barbara? Take your pick. The Central Coast is ripe with plenty of escapes this...

Farmers markets: Be aware of the rhythm of the season

2013-04-05 11:04:00

April is generally the least abundant month for locally grown fruits, with nothing like the profusion of stone fruits in summer, apples in autumn and citrus in winter. But there's still plenty of great choices at farmers markets, particularly for shoppers...

PB&J bacon burger and more for National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day

2013-04-02 06:13:00

When you're 12, few things beat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich - If you don't count video games, spending your allowance on candy from the Sweet Factory or slurpees of course. But after a hard morning's work at school, there's nothing better than...

FRUITY FUN:Take advantage of summer s plentiful bounty by making virgin aguas frescas with fresh summer fruits like watermelons, strawberries, and peaches. Aguas Frescas recipes: Watermelon and lime, Cucumber and lime, Strawberry and jamaica, Peach and lavender RELATED: More L.A.

2013-05-22 16:37:00

STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER: Balsamic vinegar and Grand Marnier add layers of flavor to the strawberry sangria adapted from bar chef Albert Trummer at Fra�che. Click here for the recipe. RELATED: More L.A. Times drink recipes Recipes from the L.A. Times' Test Kitchen at latimes.com/recipes Back to L.

2013-05-22 00:00:00

Deb Perry, of Newport News, picks strawberries to make jam with her family at Wood's Orchards in Hampton. Most years she travels further away, but this is her first year picking in Hampton. She said she likes the size of the fields and that it's closer to home.

2013-05-15 00:00:00