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Cover Reveal! The Design for 'Meet Me at the West Beach Cafe: Art, Restaurants, and the Rebirth of L.A.' Has Venice, CA, 1979 Vibes
In addition to a proper cover, the book now has a publication date, a pre-order link, and, to my delighted surprise, endorsement from a legend in Los…
 • Alison Pearlman
The Restaurants That I Can't Forget That I Also Can't Remember
Lead Me to Realize that “Third Places” Have an Under-appreciated Flip Side
 • Alison Pearlman
The "Look of the Games" for LA28 Takes a Winning Approach to 4 Essentials of Visual Branding
From the minute I heard that the 2028 Summer Olympic & Paralympic Games would take place in my home town of Los Angeles, I couldn’t wait to see the plan…
 • Alison Pearlman
Behind NOMA-GATE
Putting the Revelations of Abuse Mounting around Noma + Chef René Redzepi in Broader—If No Less Depressing—Context
 • Alison Pearlman
Noma Pop-ups + the Problem of Site-Specificity
René Redzepi Doesn't Need to Say His Traveling Restaurant Expresses the Host Place
 • Alison Pearlman
The Skewers and the Stakes: On Negative Reviews of Restaurants
Should a restaurant critic, the type with a regular column and clout, ignore a horrible place or publish a negative review?
 • Alison Pearlman
A Short History of the Autobiographical Restaurant
If you like trying new restaurants and reading about them, you probably consume a lot of autobiography with your food.
 • Alison Pearlman
The Eye in Dining
The Eye in Dining
Alison Pearlman is The Eye in Dining, an art historian who writes about restaurant design and experience. This newsletter brings commentary on these topics as well as occasionally, art and broader trends in design.
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