SZ RANCH’S INCREDIBLE, EDIBLE EGGS
WE ALL HAVE OUR FARMERS’ MARKET FAVORITES. FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS I’VE BEEN BUYING ORANGES FROM VICKY AT BERNARD RANCHES; POTATOES AND MELONS FROM WEISER FARMS; TOMATOES [Read More]
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THANKSGIVING
IN PAST YEARS FOR THANKSGIVING, I’VE COME IN ON A LOCAL; THAT IS, I POST MY RECIPES FOR THIS ULTIMATE FOOD-CENTRIC HOLIDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING, WHICH, WHEN YOU COME TO [Read More]
LONDON, PARIS, AMSTERDAM 2023
LONDON, PARIS AMSTERDAM 2023 IN 1982, WE WENT TO FLORENCE AND PARIS. FOR OUR TWO-WEEK STAY IN PARIS WE’D RESERVED LUNCHES AND DINNERS AT, AMONG OTHERS, TAILLEVENT AND [Read More]
WHAT WE COOKED AND ATE IN MAINE
APOLOGIES FOR MY LONG ABSENCE, BUT WE WERE IN MAINE, WHERE WE HAVE BEEN GOING EVERY SUMMER FOR 35 YEARS STAYING WITH LYNN’S FRIEND LIZ WHOM SHE FIRST [Read More]
KALI
KALI Maybe because it’s Spring, restaurants are popping up all over. And they all seem to be doing great business. Trolling for dinner on a Friday night all [Read More]
ARBAT
ARBAT IS AN ARMENIAN GROCERY STORE ON THE CORNER OF ALEXANDRIA AND HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD, ALTHOUGH “GROCERY STORE” IS A MISNOMER BECAUSE ARBAT PACKS A SUPERMARKET’S-WORTH OF PRODUCE, CHEESES, [Read More]
UNICORN: THE WORLD’S BEST PEPPER MILL
UNICORN PEPPER MILLS ARE APTLY-NAMED BECAUSE THEY ARE RARE AND HARD TO FIND. YOU WON’T SPOT THEM AT WILLIAMS-SONOMA, SUR LA TABLE OR IN THE KITCHEN SECTIONS OF [Read More]
AHH, THANKSGIVING…
THANKSGIVING IS NOT JUST MY FAVORITE HOLIDAY, IT’S THE ONLY HOLIDAY I LIKE. WE’RE COMPLETELY NON-OBSERVANT JEWS, SO WE SKIP THE HIGH HOLIDAYS. CHRISTMAS IS UNAVOIDABLE WITH A [Read More]
McCALL’S REDUX
IN JANUARY OF 2010 KAREN AND NATHAN McCALL OPENED THEIR NAMESAKE BESPOKE BUTCHER SHOP ON HILLHURST. THE COUPLE HAD CHEFED AT SONA, DAVID MYER’S MICHELIN-STARRED RESTAURANT ON LaCIENEGA, [Read More]
BACK TO NEW YORK
AFTER TWO MONTHS IN A HOUSE ON A LAKE IN WESTERN MAINE, WE DROVE DOWN TO NYC AFTER LABOR DAY TO CELEBRATE MY SISTER AND BROTHER-IN-LAW’S 50TH WEDDING [Read More]