If you want to keep tabs on the latest and greatest in the Los Angeles food world, most people subscribe to the usual suspects: Eater LA (those heat maps!), Chowhound, LA Times' Jonathan Gold and LA Weekly's Besha Rodell.
But for people who like to eat with their eyes first, there are a few key Instagram users that are a window into LA's vibrant restaurant scene. For most of these people, their Instagram accounts are linked to lively and illuminating food and drink blogs where you can read more about their culinary adventures. But if you're a TL; DR[1] kind of person, maybe you better just follow them on Instagram.
If your idea of a scene is a Farmers Market...
Follow Krista Simmons[2] . She's the Food Editor at LAist and is no stranger to TV (catch her on Top Chef Masters re-runs and the KTLA morning news). After she graduated from UC Santa Cruz, Simmons spent over a year[3] working on organic farms in Southeast Asia and Australia, and it shows in her Instagram feed. She's constantly posting pics of her Farmers Market loot and how she cooked it.
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If you're a celebrity chef groupie...
Follow Jo Maxwell Stougaard at MyLastBite[4] . In addition to posting her own mouthwatering creations[5] and dishes from new restaurants (Flores, most recently[6] ), Stougaard gets up close and personal with the people behind LA's best restaurants. Follow Stougaard, and soon you'll feel like you're friends with all your favorite chefs.
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If you just want someone to tell you what to do...
Follow Joshua Lurie at Food GPS[7] . He's been methodically eating at Los Angeles restaurants since 2005 and eats more than dozen restaurant meals per week. Don't let his restrained tone fool you; words like "well balanced" and "pretty good" speak volumes when you consider he only features restaurants worth returning to.
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If you just want to eat vicariously though other people's feeds...
Follow Stacey Sun at TheStaceySun[8] . As Unemployed Eater[9] put it, Sun is the woman behind LA Restaurant Week, and her Instagram account definitely reflects that. She eats out constantly, at both pricey and modest restaurants, and always shares her discoveries.
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OR Darin at darindines[10] . Not only does he eat out on the regular, but he takes his photography seriously, as well. You won't find a single pixelated pic in his feed, and he doesn't lean too heavily on the Instagram filter magic.
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If you want to eat dessert first...
Follow Nastassia Johnson at letmeeatcake[11] . LA Weekly has a great list[12] of the best professional bakers to follow on Instagram, but the thing about those accounts is that they're usually posting the equivalent of culinary selfies -- their own work, most of the time. Not Johnson. She criss-crosses the city in search of her next sugar high and she shares the goods with her followers.
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If you shell out for cheap eats...
Follow Zach Brooks at midtownlunchla[13] . Not every meal can cost $50 per person, which is why Brooks takes followers to places where plates cost just $5[14] . Sure, eating out on the cheap can take its toll (both physically and emotionally), which is why he throws in an occasional dish from Animal[15] or Genwa[16] .
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If you live for Mexican food...
Follow Bill Esparza at streetgourmetla[17] . Esparza is an expert on Latin American cuisine -- Mexican in particular -- because of his family ties and travels throughout the country. Keeping tabs on Esparza will keep you informed on what's going on in LA, San Diego and just south of the border, where he runs restaurant tours with a group of foodies called Club Tengo Hambre[18] (the I'm Hungry Club).
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If you're using your oven to store shoes...
Follow Esther Tseng at estarla[19] . Financial adviser by day and food blogger by night, Tseng covers it all: dining, cocktails and beer, with an emphasis on new spots or changes at old favorites. Her most recent posts include photos of items from Red Medicine's new menu and Alma in downtown LA. "No recipes or cooking, at all!" she said to HuffPost.
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If you prefer to drink your dinner...
Follow Caroline Pardilla at carolineoncrack[20] . Pardilla is one of LA's first cocktail bloggers. According to her site profile[21] , she loves drinking craft beers, finding well-made cocktails under $10 and day drinking. Follow Pardilla and you'll soon be doing all three.
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OR follow Shauna at TheMinty[22] . She posts a whole lot of food (and nail art, and shoes), but her low-light cocktails shots are what set her apart. The Minty will post a grainy drink photo (give her a break, it's dark in there), list all of its exotic ingredients and at the end of it all, the bartenders will hand over a personalized receipt. This woman could drink anyone under the table.
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Contribute to this Story:Send us a tip[23] Send us a photo or video[24] Suggest a correction[25] References^ TL; DR (www.urbandictionary.com) ^ Follow Krista Simmons (instagram.com) ^ Simmons spent over a year (kristasimmons.com) ^ Follow Jo Maxwell Stougaard at MyLastBite (instagram.com) ^ her own mouthwatering creations (instagram.com) ^ Flores, most recently (instagram.com) ^ Follow Joshua Lurie at Food GPS (instagram.com) ^ Follow Stacey Sun at TheStaceySun (instagram.com) ^ Unemployed Eater (www.unemployedeater.com) ^ OR Darin at darindines (instagram.com) ^ Follow Nastassia Johnson at letmeeatcake (instagram.com) ^ LA Weekly has a great list (blogs.laweekly.com) ^ Follow Zach Brooks at midtownlunchla (instagram.com) ^ plates cost just $5 (instagram.com) ^ Animal (instagram.com) ^ Genwa (instagram.com) ^ Follow Bill Esparza at streetgourmetla (instagram.com) ^ Club Tengo Hambre (www.clubtengohambre.com) ^ Esther Tseng at estarla (instagram.com) ^ Follow Caroline Pardilla at carolineoncrack (instagram.com) ^ site profile (carolineoncrack.com) ^ OR follow Shauna at TheMinty (instagram.com) ^ Send us a tip (www.huffingtonpost.com) ^ Send us a photo or video (www.huffingtonpost.com) ^ Suggest a correction (www.huffingtonpost.com)Source:http://todayshoes.blogspot.com/2013/08/best-food-instagram-accounts-in-la.html
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I doubt anybody'd cry about no politicos HOW CAN THEY possibly be trusted to govern the state of Illinois any longer? So vote Republican!They’ll probably cite the Republican Day rally scheduled for Thursday and all the excitement that will be on display and try to claim that it is evidence that The People!!!! are ready for a change.Excuse me for being skeptical. But I don’t buy it. I don’t think it is any big surprise that Democrats aren’t going to do much with their traditional rally on the fairgrounds. I’m actually surprised they didn’t do this years ago.Now for those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about, the tradition for the state fair (held at the State Fairgrounds on the far northeast corner of Springfield) is that one day is designated as “Governor’s Day.”IT IS A day meant for the governor himself to show up on the fairgrounds, take part in many events and appear as though he’s one of the people. By tradition, the governor’s political party uses the fairgrounds to hold a rally to let us all know how wonderful they are.Then, in a sense of fairness and equality, the opposition party gets its own “day” at the fairgrounds, in which their officials try to make it seem as though they’re more in tune with the public.It’s all a lot of trivial nonsense. Although in a year before the elections, it can be an unofficial start to campaign activity for the prospective campaigns.This year, Governor’s Day is Wednesday, and Pat Quinn will show up and do his thing (although he’s already spent a lot of time at the fairgrounds since the event began Friday). Republican Day is Thursday.
I doubt many would come even if there was a Wed. rallyBUT QUINN SAID last week that the Democrats who in theory are his allies won’t be doing anything at the fair on Wednesday. They will have a breakfast meeting in Springfield, but that’s it.Some people are pointing out the fact that at last year’s Democratic Party rally at the state fair, organized labor officials showed up and heckled the governor. Perhaps the reason for no partisan rally is that Quinn is some sort of coward who can’t take a little bit of criticism.Actually, I think it is just a realization that the state fair has become a less-important political event for the Democratic Party that represents the interests of the urban portion of Illinois.There are Democrats in the rest of Illinois, but their numbers are dwarfed in most cases by the Republican Party organizations. Which is evidence of just how much the Chicago area can dwarf the rest of the state that it has become the dominant political party in Illinois as a whole.MY POINT BEING that the Illinois State Fair largely draws its crowds from people who live in Sangamon County and the rural counties that are directly adjacent to it.Much of Southern Illinois takes the DuQuoin State Fair (this year, it’s Aug. 23-Sept. 2) more seriously. While in the Chicago area, even the scaled-back Taste of Chicago and all the summer festivals are more significant than what happens at the state fair.With the Chicago dominance of the Democratic Party, I wouldn’t be shocked to learn that most of the power-brokers are pleased they don’t have to make the four-hour drive to Springfield to pretend they care about what is happening at the fairgrounds.
QUINN: Gets the fair all to himselfIn fact, what I recall of the state fair during the seven years (1993-99) I was a Statehouse reporter was that the political rallies were held in a portion of the fairgrounds that was isolated from the rest of the event.MOST PEOPLE ATTENDING the state fair weren’t even aware of the blather being spewed by political people of all partisanships. I really doubt anybody at the fairgrounds on Wednesday will miss the presence of politicians in the least.Perhaps people at the fair on Thursday will wish that Republicans would follow the same lead and spare us their blather. You really want to get the people who attend the Illinois State Fair all angry? Take away the Husband Calling Contest.Somehow, I suspect the loss of the sight of middle-aged women trying to come up with loud, obnoxious screeches meant to attract their husbands’ attention (which took place Sunday) would upset fairgoers more than the loss of politicians. -30-
