I remember very few childhood outings in the 1960s with my rather sickly grandfather Charlie, but I do remember Norms. For a rare treat he’d take a few of his many grandkids to the now-gone Norm’s in Los Feliz, and we thought it was just swell. Today 17 branches remain, most notably the parent in [...]
WHY All the comfort of a childhood treat with quality ingredients that take the whoopie pie to the next level. Try the chocolate caramel, maple cinnamon and peanut butter caramel.
WHAT Roxanne Rubell has spent her career promoting other people’s food, as a publicist handling such accounts as CPK and Rustic Canyon, but now she’s [...]
Good-value Sunday-night menus are all the rage in town, and it’s a trend we applaud — especially the one at Church & State in Downtown’s loft district. The prix-fixe menu is $39 a head for four courses, served in a way that allows for sampling a lot of good things. Three of us went last [...]
WHY The quiet bar is a great pre- or post-movie or theater spot for a glass of wine and a burger or Korean tacos; if you have more time and money, head for the lovely dining room.
WHAT After spending the last couple of years building a loyal clientele for his catering and tiny lunchtime café, [...]
Cooking-show mania is showing no signs of abating, and the newest one is seeking passionate home cooks with absolutely no professional experience. If that describes you, and you’re looking for fame, possible fortune, and the chance to have Gordon Ramsay yell at you, then head over to Farmers Market for the casting call on Sunday.
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Pasadena’s South Lake Avenue is going through some tough times, with empty storefronts abounding, but things are looking up on the block between Green and Cordova. The Counter’s customized burgers are proving a hit, Crocodile Cafe has been reborn as Café 140, and now there’s a new place that people are talking about: the Wine Detective.
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So often our social issues seem huge and overwhelming, and we retreat behind the assumption that it’s just too big a problem to tackle. Not so our friend Jennie Cook, a caterer and former restaurateur who was introduced to the group Root Down L.A. by cookbook author and EAT: LA contributor Amelia Saltsman. We all [...]
WHY For a fantasy French bistro experience when your ship has come in.
WHAT Chef Thomas Keller, he of the French Laundry, Per Se, Ad Hoc and the dazzling new book Ad Hoc at Home, has at last come to Los Angeles. It’s supposed to be a branch of the original Bouchon in Yountville, but only [...]
A coalition of groups, including the city of Santa Monica, the Santa Monica Daily Press and the Chamber of Commerce, has joined forces to stage what’s being called the SANTA Monica Pub Crawl, a food- and fund-raising event to support the Westside Food Bank. Here’s how it will work: Volunteers (dressed as Santa, Mrs. Claus, [...]
WHY Design-it-yourself one-bowl meals that are a couple of notches above the norm at most low-budget Mongolian barbecue joints.
WHAT This style of cooking is neither Mongolian nor barbecue — it’s really a melding of Japanese teppanyaki cooking and Taiwanese flavors. Many of us Angelenos of a certain age remember the late great Col. Lee’s Mongolian [...]
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