The Misfit is scheduled to open in Santa Monica on Thursday. LGO Hospitality, the restaurant group behind La Grande Orange in Pasadena and M Street Kitchen (nee La Grande Orange) in Santa Monica, has transformed what was formerly Anisette on Santa Monica Boulevard into the Misfit. It's a breakfast-lunch-dinner spot that intends to offer some [...]
April 26, 2011 | Posted in
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Image courtesy of GrubWithUs.It sounds like the premise of a romantic comedy. (Or perhaps a gory slasher film? Let’s hope not.) A handful of strangers meet at a restaurant to share some food an
April 26, 2011 | Posted in
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As far as book release timings go, Seattle private chef Becky Selengut really got the raw end of the omakase deal when her new cookbook, Good Fish: Sustainable Seafood Recipes from the Pacific
April 25, 2011 | Posted in
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kale chips are super easy to make In the time since I first started writing this post a few weeks ago, I’ve heard kale mentioned approximately a zillion times. – Bearded guy on the patio at Bar Covell: "Local has the most amazing kale salad!" – Tweet from someone I follow: "Great greens from Montrose [...]
April 24, 2011 | Posted in
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Happy Easter everyone! We've counted down to Easter by celebrating some of our favorite Easter candies. What are your favorite Easter candies? On this, we can all agree: It just wouldn't be Easter without finding the classic hollow chocolate bunny in your Easter basket this morning. (Dontcha just want to bite his ear off?) And [...]
April 24, 2011 | Posted in
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Celebrate Easter with Ukrainian Easter eggs, pan dulce from a Mexican panaderia and gluten-free communion wafers.
April 23, 2011 | Posted in
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Times restaurant critic S. Irene Virbila says her Santa Barbara dining options used to be limited to La Super-Rica and a few other spots. But now, her list includes Julienne Restaurant. She gives it two stars in this week's review: I was smitten the moment the platter of house-made charcuterie came out. This was a [...]
April 23, 2011 | Posted in
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Flickr/Lauren Manning In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. “As Sotto, the new Italian restaurant from Steve Samson and Zack Pollack, who ran David Meyer’s Pi
April 23, 2011 | Posted in
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This week’s Eat LA on KPCC segment pays tribute to Kendall-Jackson founder Jess Jackson, who died recently; visits Street’s Susan Feniger at the South Pasadena Farmers’ Market to talk about eating locally and sustainably; learns about Mark Stambler’s cool backyard bread oven; and visits The Spice Table, LA’s newest Asian hipster hybrid. Check out the [...]
April 22, 2011 | Posted in
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Yes we can…order more beignets! It was a pretty weak week for celeb-spotting at L.A. restaurants, with the typical Ryan Phillippe and Amanda Seyfried at Fig & Olive-style sightings we’ve come to expect. With one huge exception. President Barack Obama held a fundraiser at Suzanne Goin’s Tavern last night, drawing heavy-weight star appearances to the [...]
April 22, 2011 | Posted in
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