The Market on Holly is partnering with Silver Lake Farms to create what is possibly Pasadena’s first Community Support Agriculture program. For $30 a week, members will receive at least 12 different items including fresh local sustainable produce and Market on Holly gourmet items like homemade soups or cheeses. A 6 or 12 week commitment, [...]
Roots and berries salad What: Sandwich wizards Mendocino Farms grows up into Blue Cow, a full bar and restaurant. Where: 350 S. Grand, Downtown (California Plaza, across from Starry Kitchen) What to get: Lamb Lavash, Spanish Chicken Tartine, Smoked Brassica, Root Salad, Smoked Pecan Bourbon Old-Fashioned. When: Opening Monday Feb. 13 or thereabouts Who: Mario [...]
Is this the coziest lunch spot in all of Pasadena? You can mostly forget Old Town Pasadena for decent food, but thank goodness, other areas of town such as Lake Ave. are starting to really improve with solid casual spots like Cham Korean Bistro. Daisy Mint was one of the first of such nouveau Pasadena [...]
Can’t wait until Common Grains launches its Soba-Ya Restaurant in late February in Torrance? Want to see what happens when artisanal Japanese buckwheat soba noodles meet the modern cuisine of recently-opened Cooks County? On Wednesday night, Common Grains, a collaboration between soba maker Sonoko Sakai and rice company Shinmei, hosts a pop-up East Meets West [...]
Apparently the people of Silver Lake have spoken, and they’ve asked for…oysters? It’s hard to say if an oyster bar was exactly what was needed in the former Domenico’s and Michelangelo spot, but judging from the crowds of the first few nights, it was a popular choice. Dustin Lancaster and Matt Kaner of buzzing Los [...]
In this week’s New Yorker, Dana Goodyear profiles Javier Plascencia, the Tijuana chef who is a vital figure in bringing respect and reason to dining in Baja California. Goodyear made numerous trips to Baja to research the profile called The Missionary: A Food Renaissance in Baja, one of them with our October blogger trip (in [...]
Toyon berries are vaguely cherry-tasting and can be made into jam or put in baked goods Even before Noma restaurant and foraging TV shows were in vogue, I’ve wanted to find out what’s edible along local trails. I didn’t think I could figure it out by myself, so I was happy to be invited to [...]
giant pretzel is the thing for beer; kale rolls (left) are…kind of vegan-ey Golden Road Brewing has come together in an amazingly short time compared to most things in L.A., and Sunday was both the grand opening of the pub eating area and the beer’s availability in cans. Just seven months after the brewery was [...]
Gastronomico’s cured salmon sandwich The Gastrobus was one of the earlier stabs a mobile gourmet food, though I never got to try it. As with several other food trucks, the Gastrobus has morphed into a brick and mortar spot called Gastronomico. Tucked in the corner of the same Hillhurst Ave. mini-mall that houses the Drawing [...]
basic bowl of porky ramen bliss Us mid-Wilshire office workers were suffering along with Baja Fresh and Callendar’s for a long time before the food trucks arrived. They brought welcome diversity to office lunches, though not much in the way of seating or healthy food. If you’re looking for burgers or beer, the Counter is [...]
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