In your Fage

L.A. Fashion Week has its own version of Pinkberry this season, with a kiosk of the popular Greek yogurt Fage (pronounced like "page" with an F)  in the front lobby at Smashbox Studios. Until now, the best the lobby had to offer was a Windex-blue cocktail and sushi or two kinds of panini, and that started at 10 am. But now that the event has gone green, it’s also gotten more health conscious and seems to be expanding the food selection in a good way.

The creamy yogurt is doled out in front of a wall of cubbies, all housing individual containers of Fage. It tastes like an even creamier Pinkberry and unlike the trendy treat, has all the nutritional information right on the container. There is plain, and then the kind with a little cup of fruit preserves to stir in. Cherry is too cough syrupy but strawberry has the right amount of sweet-to-dairy ratio. The plain is also good with a little honey stirred in, but you’ll have to bring your own -- the only addition available is fresh strawberries and the packaged preserves.

The yogurt stand has drawn as big a line as the bar and seems to be keeping participants well fed and definitely more sober.

-- Melissa Magsaysay

Photo credit: Melissa Magsaysay