Documentarian Takes Stab at Food, Travel Excesses

Documentarian takes stab at food, travel excesses
MEDIUM RAW: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook. By Anthony Bourdain. Ecco Press. 279 pages. $ 27. Oh, Lucky Man … to have survived his worst self-destructive impulses, to have emerged from drug addiction in reasonably good health, to have salvaged a career and rendered it a dream.
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Pride in competition for skid row basketball teams
The Midnight Mission sent two teams to Nike’s 3-on-3 tournament at L.A. Live this weekend. Win or lose, the players say, ‘it gives you a sense of being part of something.’ Chris Allen took a look and let it go. Swish. With that, Allen’s Midnight Mission team won its first round against the Mamba Strikes at the Nike Basketball 3-on-3 Tournament on Saturday in downtown Los Angeles.
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Marine finds a future after falling apart
Going from combat camo and Kevlar armor as a Marine in the Middle East to an orange jumpsuit, chains and shackles as a defendant back home was a hellacious four-month journey for Andrew Tetloff.
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