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my parents visited a pistachio farm recently, and came back with a giant bag of fresh pistachios, right off the tree, for me. any ideas on what to do with them, other than eat them out of hand?

The Grove which I (luddite that I am) understand is what use to be called the Farmers' Market on Crescent Heights in West Hollywood until it became one of Paris Hilton's hangouts and too too cool.
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ok, i know this is kind of random and bizarre, but when we were younger, my mom would use egg yolks as a treatment for my sister's and my hair! it was supposed to strengthen and soften the hair -- no ...

indeed madame -- while i must admit I dozed off the first time I saw it (!!!), it would be stimulating on so many levels for little ones!

First, here's the requisite link to my own blog:

http://tannazie.blogspot.com

It's all aspects of food according to me -- recipes and cooking adventures, restaurants and bars, Los Angeles (which ...

Some of these have already been mentioned, but:

- Mad Hot Ballroom
- Spellbound
- Word Play
- Latcho Drom
- Baraka

The first 3 are light, feel-good films with real emphasis on the 'cha ...

Simona -- one more then! It's in thousand oaks, which isn't too far from calabasas -- there' s a place called Shave It that does hawaiian-style shave ice. It's certainly not gourmet but very refresh ...

I haven't been to Serenata de Garibaldi yet, but yes I believe there is one in Santa Monica as well. A friend of mine teaches high school in Boyle Heights -- she starts her break this week,and I'm ma ...

doy, of course you'll have a car. i need to read more closely! =)

there are tons of hole-in-the-wall strip mall restaurants in LA with great ethnic food:

- Mario's Peruvian Seafood in Hollywood (get the saltado de camarones)
- Attari is a nice Persian sandwich ...

figs! i just encountered them in the farmer's market today for the first time this year. summer is officially here! they are so gorgeous that they hardly need any preparation. i served them with w ...