Gallego’s Though we typically veer towards El Sazon Oaqxaqueno and Mariscos Chente come taco time in the Mar Vista area, Gallegos is a classic neighborhood standard-bearer that has stuffed 66 years under its belt. The restaurant first sprang up as a tortilla shop called Gallegos Brothers in Santa Monica and moved within that city in [...]
March 31, 2012 | Posted in
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This week's Culinary SOS comes from Kathleen Sheldon in Santa Monica: I had a delicious meal at Nage restaurant on a recent trip to Washington, D.C., and I would love to have the recipe for its clementine salad. This salad is the perfect way to highlight these sweet little mandarin oranges. Nage combines the orange [...]
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Flickr/Lauren ManningIn which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. “Yes, pork lovers of the world, as of today, for just under $3,000, J&D’s can send you off to your
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Burrata salad (via BoyMeetsGirlMeetsFood) Blogs and Yelp have speeded up the review process so that restaurants are often subjected to thorough scrutiny just days after opening. Print reviewers like S. Irene Virbila traditionally wait at least three months, though that waiting period seems to be going the way of the star system. EatingLA likes to [...]
March 30, 2012 | Posted in
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• The L.A. Beerathon is refunding money to 4,000 customers and “re-wiring” the event after the Department of Alcohol Beverage Control took issue with its serving beer for free, even though it wasn’t exactly free. Anyway, drinking at home sounds fine to us. [SI] • Whole Foods has pledged that beginning Earth Day, they’ll stop [...]
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Rain was predicted last weekend, but who knew if it would really show up? Nevertheless, I decided to cook as if a tremendous storm were on the way. The garden needed rainy weather. I needed it, too, if only as an excuse to stay in and make bollito misto. It’s one of my favorite dishes, [...]
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amazon.comThose summer berry and fall holiday pies may get all of the seasonal baking attention, but spring really is the ideal time to Pie it Forward, isn’t it? There are those rainy weekends
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A Berkshire from ReRide Ranch Praise be to sacred Thaleia that April Fool’s Day falls on a Sunday this year, sparing us all those inevitable fake restaurant headlines (“Animal Going Vegan,” hardy har…). That being said, a whole animal pop-up is planned this Sunday at Urbano Pizza Bar, with fun on the mind, but benefiting [...]
March 29, 2012 | Posted in
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Ever on the lookout for market bags, I found two new ones at the kitchen store that’s part of Lost & Found in Hollywood. If you’ve never checked out this sweet little complex of five side-by-side stores, now’s the time. The Green Kitchen is filled with covetable items for the home and kitchen. But don’t [...]
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thecampussocialite.comYes, this weekend’s inaugural Los Angeles Beerathon will ask participants to drink beer at 26 locations throughout Downtown. But please don’t call it a “pub crawl.” Inste
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