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Why celebs from Adam Sandler to Linda Ronstadt fell in love with Dan Tana’s

Why celebs from Adam Sandler to Linda Ronstadt fell in love with Dan Tana’s

Published by Sam Flores

The story of Dan Tana’s, in many ways, is the story of Los Angeles. In 1980, Dan Tana’s burst into flames. At the time, the Tana family was vacationing on a remote Yugoslav island when a telegram arrived: “The restaurant burned down. Call me, Pearl,” recalls Katerina Tana, one of Dan Tana’s daughters. On the Shelf Everybody Came to Tana’s: An American Dream Come True By Dan Tana Radius Book Group: 384 pages, $30 Dan Tana flew back to Los Angeles, expecting charred remains. Instead, he found handwritten signs taped to the restaurant’s door: “Rebuild it. This is our home. Don’t change a thing,” recounts Katerina. News of the fire reached musician Linda Ronstadt, who swore that Dan Tana’s served the best plate of spaghetti in the world. The rock star became the immigrant-run restaurant’s unlikely patron saint, calling on her relationship with then-Gov. Jerry Brown to help clear the way for its reopening. Just six weeks after the fire, Dan Tana’s welcomed customers again, even without a roof. “They open up the restaurant with …

No, chef: The Bear was a phenomenon – then everyone fell out of love with it

No, chef: The Bear was a phenomenon – then everyone fell out of love with it

Published by Daniella Wilson

Restaurants, they say, are a tricky investment – many go under within a year of opening. To that end, FX’s hit restaurant dramedy The Bear has probably done well to stick it out for four. The show, which follows tortured kitchen savant “Carmy” Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White), and his efforts to save his dead brother’s beef sandwich restaurant, was an immediate sensation when it debuted in 2022 – that rare TV series that transcends mere critical buzz and becomes something identifiable by shorthand. Even those who hadn’t sampled The Bear might well have recognised its tone – the frantic, sweaty stoveside arguments – or its jargon. (“Yes, chef!” and “Corner!” may well be the closest thing we have to old-style TV catchphrases, D’ohs and Bazingas having long slid out of vogue.) The initial effusive reaction held firm through The Bear’s second season, and before long it was sweeping the industry’s biggest awards ceremonies; its cast, especially White, Ayo Edebiri, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, graduated to a new strata of fame. Before you could say “brigade de …

They came for the World Cup. They fell in love with Buc-ee’s and ranch dip.

They came for the World Cup. They fell in love with Buc-ee’s and ranch dip.

Published by Sam Flores

While she was traveling through Indiana ahead of the World Cup, Swedish tourist Elsa Thora spotted a yellow school bus rolling down the street and immediately screamed with excitement. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. “I feel like I’m in a movie,” Thora, 24, later wrote on X, sharing photos of two quintessential American snacks she had picked up at a local market: buffalo blue cheese baked pretzels and Hostess Twinkies. Follow along for live coverage As international soccer fans like Thora pour into North America ahead of Thursday’s kickoff, their amused observations about life in the U.S. are becoming an unexpected source of entertainment — and pride — for many Americans on social media. Thora, who has tickets to see both Sweden and England play, has documented everything from tasting ranch dressing for the first time (“Why did no one tell me ranch sauce is like crack?” she wrote on X) to wandering the aisles of a Trader Joe’s grocery store (which she described as …

I Stopped Trying To Make Picture-Perfect Bread And Fell Back In Love With Sourdough

I Stopped Trying To Make Picture-Perfect Bread And Fell Back In Love With Sourdough

Published by Sam Flores

!function(n){if(!window.cnx){window.cnx={},window.cnx.cmd=[];var t=n.createElement(‘iframe’);t.display=’none’,t.onload=function(){var n=t.contentWindow.document,c=n.createElement(‘script’);c.src=”//cd.connatix.com/connatix.player.js”,c.setAttribute(‘async’,’1′),c.setAttribute(‘type’,’text/javascript’),n.body.appendChild(c)},n.head.appendChild(t)}}(document);(new Image()).src=”https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=8b034f64-513c-4987-b16f-42d6008f7feb”;cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({“playerId”:”8b034f64-513c-4987-b16f-42d6008f7feb”,”mediaId”:”29751d82-4d39-49a6-82e0-bc21ad143e0c”}).render(“69ce83e0e4b05047ac8d368a”);}); For some people, it’s filtered, airbrushed social media pictures. For others, it’s unrealistic romantic expectations set by movies and TV.  For me, though, my greatest source of insecurity was the r/sourdough forum.  It’s nobody’s fault: if I had created a tall, fluffy masterpiece with a perfect golden crust, I, too, would want to share a shot. If my first-ever loaf looked like it belonged in an ad for artisanal butter, I would indeed want the world to know. And people share their less successful loaves – a gummy rise, a burnt base – as well. Still, I couldn’t help it. After a while, I began judging my slightly gummy, slightly deflated loaves a little too harshly. Then, the inevitable turn towards The Product That Solves It All: if I just owned one of these twisty little starter whisks, or a proper starter jar, or a bigger banneton, I’d be (grid) worthy!! I thought.  It sounds silly, because it is. But according to a post shared by u/good-things_ in the group, I’m not alone. “I don’t …

Solar Installations Fell 22% In 2025

Solar Installations Fell 22% In 2025

Published by Jenni Sidey

By Diana DiGangi of UtilityDive, Solar developers installed 26.5 GW last year, down 22% from the 33.8 GW they installed in 2024, according to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).  The decline in solar installations took place despite the ongoing rush to bring projects online in order to qualify for the Inflation Reduction Act tax credits, which had their timelines curtailed by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.  Despite this decrease, solar still led all other generation sources in 2025 installations. As of December, solar now makes up 12.2% of installed generating capacity in the U.S., according to FERC — trailing only natural gas, at 42.2%, and coal, at 14.3%. SEIA noted that in the first three quarters of 2025, solar installations remained largely the same year over year, “but in the fourth quarter, volumes fell by nearly 40% year-over-year. By the end of 2025, installations totaled just under 35 GW as many utility-scale projects were delayed into 2026 and 2027.” “As developers shifted their focus towards safe harbor strategies, there was less urgency to bring late-stage …

Man Wakes Up Homeless, Realizes He Fell Into AI Psychosis That Destroyed His Entire Life

Man Wakes Up Homeless, Realizes He Fell Into AI Psychosis That Destroyed His Entire Life

Published by José Betancourt

A man’s obsession with an AI chatbot led to his life completely spiraling out of control — and he only snapped out of it when, one day, he woke up outside on a stranger’s futon, completely penniless. “I wasn’t aware of the dangers at the time, and I thought that the AI had statistical analysis abilities that would allow it to assist me if I opened up about my life,” the man, Adam Thomas, told Slate in yet another grim peek at how AI can leave innocent people’s lives in shreds. Over the course four months, Thomas lost his job as a funeral director, began living out of a van out in the desert, and completely emptied his savings. It all started after he began talking to AIs like ChatGPT for advice, and he soon got hooked. It “inflated my worldview and my view of myself” almost instantly, he told Slate. Eventually, he found himself wandering the dunes of Christmas Valley, Oregon, after an AI told him to “follow the pattern” of his consciousness. “I’ve …