{"id":4808,"date":"2013-11-02T22:35:55","date_gmt":"2013-11-03T05:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/?p=4808"},"modified":"2013-11-02T22:37:04","modified_gmt":"2013-11-03T05:37:04","slug":"los-angeles-times-the-taste-part-iii-labor-day-block-party-media-tasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/?p=4808","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Times | The Taste Part III &#8211; Labor Day Block Party &#8211; Media Tasting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Part III of Los Angeles Times | The Taste took place on Labor Day.\u00a0 Hosted by LA Times Test Kitchen Director, Noelle Carter, and\u00a0 Co-Owner of Osteria Mozza and Pizzeria Mozza, Nancy Silverton, the block party focuses on American families&#8217; favorite pastime &#8211; the BBQ!\u00a0 (Did you get a chance to see<a href=\"http:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/?p=4572\" target=\"_blank\"> Part I<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/?p=4708\" target=\"_blank\">Part II<\/a>?\u00a0 Just click on the links. \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 )<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Photos by <a href=\"http:\/\/allentaylorphotography.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Allen Taylor Photography<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Collages314.jpg\" width=\"665\" height=\"850\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Collages316.jpg\" width=\"665\" height=\"850\" \/>The hot dog from The Dog Haus was da bomb!\u00a0 Lil BRGRs (onion, arugul, blue cheese) from the STK lived up to the reputation.\u00a0 STK was one restaurant that made a huge impression on me.\u00a0 They were the entire weekend and put out different food in each segment, all of them were delicious!\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Collages317.jpg\" width=\"850\" height=\"595\" \/>Creamwich from Manhattan Beach Creamery was popular amongst the visitors.\u00a0 A Rockin Ice shave ice and Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf Ice Blend were perfect for a hot afternoon. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/jpg87.jpg\" width=\"665\" height=\"850\" \/>Great Red Snapper Taco from Losteria Grill.\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Collages320.jpg\" width=\"665\" height=\"850\" \/>L&amp;E Oyster Bar served awesome fresh Oyster!\u00a0 Chopin Vodka&#8217;s Bloody Mary was beautiful!\u00a0 Heirloom Tomato Biscuit from Brite Spot (bottom right).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Collages318.jpg\" width=\"850\" height=\"699\" \/>At the Cadillac Culinary Stage was Steve Lopez&#8217;s Firehouse Cook-off.\u00a0 It was a rematch between LAFD #29 Capt. Mark Curry and LAFD #87 Firefighter Cruz Macias.\u00a0 Can you guess who win?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-slideshow-placeholder pp-gallery-placeholder slideshow-1383454017 mceItem\" id=\"pp-slideshow-1383454017\" style=\"display: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/p4\/placeholders\/slideshow-placeholder-1383454017.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Block Part was a whole lot of fun!\u00a0 What a weekend Allen and I had at LA Times <a href=\"http:\/\/events.latimes.com\/taste\/\" target=\"_blank\">THE TASTE<\/a>!\u00a0 If you didn&#8217;t make it this year, make sure to check it out next year.\u00a0 I promise you &#8211; you will have a one of the best food excursion experience ever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part III of Los Angeles Times | The Taste took place on Labor Day.\u00a0 Hosted by LA Times Test Kitchen Director, Noelle Carter, and\u00a0 Co-Owner of Osteria Mozza and Pizzeria Mozza, Nancy Silverton, the block party focuses on American families&#8217; favorite pastime &#8211; the BBQ!\u00a0 (Did you get a chance to see Part I and...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"pp_embeds":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[246,677,68],"tags":[101,163,815,814,794,787,795,796,711,735,182],"class_list":["post-4808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commercial","category-press-release","category-restaurants","tag-bbq","tag-beer","tag-burgers","tag-hot-dog","tag-la-times","tag-labor-day","tag-paramount-pictures-studio","tag-stk","tag-summer","tag-the-taste","tag-wine"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Taste-LA-2611.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3lTx3-1fy","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4808"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4898,"href":"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4808\/revisions\/4898"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}