'Vegetable Whisperer' Chef Plants The Seeds Of His Own Reinvention
Some people call Jeremy Fox the "vegetable whisperer," the California chef who can coax remarkable flavors out of every part of his produce, even the flowers and leaves that most chefs throw away. One...
View ArticleGas Station Cashier Remembers 1992 Los Angeles Riots
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: A lot of people here in Southern California are focusing on an anniversary right now. In Los Angeles 25 years ago, four days of riots broke...
View ArticleMichael Parks, TV And Movie Character Actor, Dies At 77
Character actor Michael Parks has died after a career that lasted more than 50 years. He was 77. Parks' agent, Jane Schulman, confirmed his death to news organizations but she did not specify the...
View Article'When Time Was New': 'Wonder Woman' Brings Sunlight To The DC Universe
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: "Wonder Woman" opens this weekend. It's the first superhero film headed by women both in front of and behind the camera. In a moment, NPR's...
View ArticleGeorge Romero, Creator Of 'Night Of The Living Dead,' Dies At 77
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Hollywood lost two of its stars this weekend - George Romero and Martin Landau. More about Landau in a couple of minutes. First, director...
View Article8-Year-Old Puerto Rican To Trump: 'Stop Tweeting And Come Help The People'
Eight-year-old Yan Anthony Hernandez has deep dimples on each side of his smile. Somehow, he managed to sleep through the hurricane that roared over his home in Isabela, Puerto Rico. Unlike those...
View ArticlePost-Hurricane Help Slow To Arrive In 'Despacito' Neighborhood
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The song of the summer connected its fans to an oceanside barrio that borders the city walls of Old San Juan. And now the people in this part...
View ArticlePresident Trump To Tour Puerto Rico's Devastation From The Air
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: President Trump is expected to travel to Las Vegas tomorrow. But today, he and first lady Melania Trump are at the scene of another, although...
View Article'We Feel Forgotten': In Storm-Battered Home Of Musical Hit, Help Comes...
Residents of La Perla are still waiting for help. The notoriously dangerous barrio of candy colored homes is bordered by the Caribbean on one side and the ancient city walls of Old San Juan on the...
View ArticlePuerto Rico's 'Singing Newspapers' Tell A Story Of Resilience
Since Hurricane Maria, people in Puerto Rico have been without easy access to electricity, clean drinking water, or food. Many are still staying in shelters; some are living in the ruins of their...
View ArticleOrange Chicken, Panda Express' Gift To American Chinese Food, Turns 30
Happy birthday, Orange Chicken. There are a lot of home recipes now for this dish. But Panda Express, the country's largest Chinese-American fast food chain, claims to have created this sweet and sour...
View Article'Guerrilla Tacos': Street Food With A High-End Pedigree
How many taco trucks do you know that not only have a cookbook but a theme song? Wes Avila's Guerrilla Tacos truck does – and has once again made food critic Jonathan Gold's influential list of...
View ArticleAccomplished Actress And Humanitarian Meghan Markle To Marry Prince Harry
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Prince Harry V in line to the British throne has announced he will marry American actor and model Meghan Markle. On the BBC today, the couple...
View ArticleAt Design Miami, The Future Isn't So Bright
A chair is just a chair, unless it's designed as a sound-insulated "isolation sphere": a space-age, egg-shaped pod that was created by a French architect in 1971. It's the kind of unique object you can...
View ArticleHollywood Diversity Study Finds 'Mixed Bag' When It Comes To Representation
The global box office success of Black Panther is no surprise to UCLA sociologist Darnell Hunt. His annual report on Hollywood diversity argues that movies and TV shows with diverse casts and creators...
View ArticleLooking At Photographer George Rodriguez
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Photographer George Rodriguez chronicled Los Angeles for nearly six decades from Hollywood to the Chicano movement to hip-hop and beyond. As...
View ArticleDisneyland Fan Amassed A Collection Over 25 Years. Now It's For Sale
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit NOEL KING, HOST: All right. We have a lighter story for you now. Most people who visit Disneyland bring home, like, souvenir Mickey Mouse ears. A man named...
View ArticleThe Future Of Food Critics
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Years before Anthony Bourdain traveled the world on his culinary adventures, Jonathan Gold wrote stories about the fancy restaurants and taco...
View ArticleWarnerMedia Announces New Inclusion Rider Policy To Promote Diversity
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Warner Bros. has become the first major Hollywood studio to adopt the inclusion rider. Parent company WarnerMedia announced the policy...
View ArticleThe Rise Of The Los Angeles Philharmonic To 'America's Most Important Orchestra'
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AILSA CHANG, HOST: A new climate report commissioned by the United Nations paints a pretty dire picture for the year 2040 - high food shortages, wildfires,...
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