A sandwich, salad or burger at La Grande Orange will set you back $8 to $14 — not exactly unusual for a Santa Monica lunch spot. But then there’s that $9 bag of giant house-made sourdough English muffins that you won’t be able to bike home without. The bargain hunter’s solution? The “cheap egg salad [...]
Most turkey burgers are generic things, coming out of the mass-produced, Foster Farms operation, making a person wonder if they really are a more responsible choice than beef burgers. But when they’re done right, a turkey burger is a beautiful thing — not just lower in fat and less environmentally bad than beef burgers, but [...]
Our own Jenn Garbee also writes for the new national food site ZesterDaily.com, and she’s just posted a fine rant responding to the new ban on bake sales by New York City public schools. Yes, it’s New York, not L.A., but this foolishness is catching on, and what New York does others will mimic. LAUSD, [...]
DineLA’s Restaurant Week has been extended another week (making it Restaurant Three Weeks), but one of the better deals in town right now is separate from that: Chaya‘s $25 anniversary menu. The original Chaya Brasserie is 25 years old (I’m sorry to say that I’m old enough to have gone there when it was brand [...]
The cold and flu season is upon us (wasn’t it 95 degrees just last week?). That means many of us need chicken soup, and fast. Here are some of our favorites around town. We suspect some of you may politely (cough, cough) disagree. “Ancient†Ginger Chicken Soup at Noodle Island The Hong Kong-style “ancient ginger†[...]
L.A. is a home cook’s paradise, with farmers’ markets galore, fantastic cheese shops and butchers, and even quality kitchen-supply stores like Surfas that can satisfy your sudden need for cannoli molds. We’ve also got an impressive collection of local cookbooks on our library shelves. There are so many great ones to choose from — Nancy [...]
I’m just back from meeting my college girl at the Breed Street food fair, an ad-hoc, parking-lot, street-food fiesta that’s been getting a lot of attention in the last several months. I’m sorry to report that the attention seems to have done it harm, for just after we dug into our deep-fried quesadillas from Nina’s [...]
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