Sampler Platter: French fries, pita pizzas, naked sushi

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Midweek midafternoon tidbits...

• Why French fries smell good -- notes of butterscotch, cocoa, onion, flowers, cheese and ironing boards -- and what can make them smell better. Discover
• L.A. Taco checks out Honduran restaurant El Katracho in Sherman Oaks.
• Inspired by the Armenian shish kebab shops of Glendale, the 99-Cent Chef makes pita pizzas with clams and artichoke hearts.
• Baltimore to get its first naked sushi restaurant? ABC2News
• Say ‘I love you’ with toast. Slashfood

-- Elina Shatkin

izakaya restaurant in Santa Monica. Credit: Ringo H.W. Chiu / Los Angeles Times