Sharing the awesome Food Articles that can marinate your day.
CHUPE DE CAMARONES
WE MOVED TO LOS ANGELES IN 1975 FROM NEW YORK AND WERE APPALLED INITIALLY BY THE FOOD SCENE. THERE WERE ONLY A HANDFUL OF DECENT ITALIAN OR FRENCH [Read More]
LUSTIG
THE FOUR BEST MEALS I’VE EATEN OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS HAVE ALL BEEN AT LUSTIG, BERNARD MAIRINGER’S AUSTRIAN-INSPIRED BISTROT IN HELMS BAKERY. I RARELY REVIEW RESTAURANTS BECAUSE [Read More]
THANKSGIVING. WHAT ELSE?
IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN AND YOU’RE PROBABLY SATED, NOT YET WITH TURKEY AND ALL THE FIXINGS, BUT THANKSGIVING RECIPES; BOMBARDED IN YOUR NEWSPAPER OF CHOICE, FOOD MAGAZINES, AND [Read More]
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]
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]