Food writers and bloggers are piping up with their predictions for 2009, and not surprisingly, frugality is the common thread. Metromix put together a good list of 2008’s trends, inspired in part by Eating L.A.’s (and our own) Pat Saperstein, who herself looked into her crystal ball and found more street food, more young folks [...]
524 S. Main St., Downtown, 213.623.8301, 5cdiner.com. B & L Wed.-Sun.; dinner coming soon. American. No booze. AE, MC, V. $ WHY Bacon doughnuts. WHAT This retro diner at Main and 5th (5th being called “The Nickel” by the tougher locals in this hardscrabble neighborhood) has won local fame for bringing L.A. the bacon doughnut, which [...]
One of the perpetual items on my to-do list is… become a beekeeper. After reading a small book years ago as a primer, I discovered it was a little over my head. Bees and their honey-making activities seem to be part of some alchemical process revealed only to Albertus Magnus in the eleventh century after he discovered the [...]
Over the Thanksgiving weekend PBS aired an episode of Bill Moyers Journal devoted to an interview with author Michael Pollan (In Defense of Food, The Omnivore’s Dilemma, The Botany of Desire). The discussion covered many of the topics familiar to anyone who’s read Pollan’s books — government food subsidies, eating local, corporate agribusiness — but also addressed [...]
This recession is real and painful; many of my friends and family members have been hit hard, and book publishers like me are operating in, shall we say, reduced circumstances. And yet, as I travel around to deliver EAT: Los Angeles to the increasing number of stores that are carrying it, I am marveling at [...]
It’s had a few incarnations, so we’re holding out hope for yet another, but for the time being we’re sorry to say that the formerly wonderful Green Village in San Gabriel is no longer in business. We’ll have a moment of silence for the loss of the silken dumplings, many eel dishes, hot pots and, [...]
I’m hearing from lots of people who are frustrated that neither Amazon nor Barnes & Noble has EAT: Los Angeles in stock yet. This is the challenge of huge bureaucracies—it takes weeks for a new product to wend its way through the system. They’ll be there eventually, but please consider patronizing your local independent bookstore [...]
The advantages of my daughter attending Immaculate Heart High School in Los Feliz are legion: a great education, a spirited and engaged community, a truly diverse student body that reflects the real L.A., and so much more. The disadvantage is the driving. I love that she has friends all over L.A. — as I did [...]
I’ve been shopping at a new-ish Eastside neighborhood market near me in Highland Park called Figueroa Produce. The brainchild of Luis Quismorio, Johnny Sharou, Ruben Perez and Omar Abich, Figueroa is the kind of small local market I’ve been hankering for since I moved here 15 years ago. Each visit I curiously suss out who’s shopping [...]
WHY Divine salt caramels and other gift-worthy candies, as well as delicious bran muffins, berry scones and cookies — and now, superb lunches, too. WHAT After finding success selling her candies online and to local gourmet stores, Christine Moore has livened up this stretch of Colorado with a friendly, relaxed bakery, confectionary and café. Great [...]
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