Last week, we said a sad farewell to Angeli and honored the occasion with one of chef Evan Kleiman’s most adored desserts. Now we turn to another superb Italian place that’s saying arrivederci: Drago, the Santa Monica flagship of chef Celestino Drago. To honor the occasion, he’s shared with us one of the best recipes [...]
We are terribly sad to acknowledge the closing of one of our very favorite LA restaurants, Angeli Caffé, but happy that cookbook author Grace Bauer was willing to share this fantastic recipe from her book, Los Angeles Classic Desserts. Here is a simple, sweet, crowd pleasing dessert—a bread pudding that is easy to make and a [...]
Top Chef‘s hunkiest competitor, Chris Crary of Whist in Santa Monica, first worked as a breakfast cook in his Ohio hometown, and his favorite foods growing up came from the kitchen of his Tennessee grandmother. So when we asked him for his favorite recipe for the new year, it had to be his grandmother’s biscuits [...]
I had a very odd tasting last week. It was the day before Christmas Eve, and a vegan couple from Arizona were in for the holidays and wanted to come in for a tasting. Naturally I made it work. They did not tell me that the mum was an editor of some Fancy Schmancy food mag. They made some jokes at my expense while I was trying to extract what exactly was going on. But that’s OK, I can take it. I’m 99% sure I will NOT be awarded the job. However, the Fancy Schmancy food editor loved the vegetable tian and vowed to make it for her holiday party. (Glad to be of service, of course.)
I love the way sweet potatoes contrast with spicy chiles. Here, they are contrasted with pungent garlic, chipotles (smoked dried jalapeños) and smoked dried tomatoes from Windrose Farm in Paso Robles. Bill Spencer built a smoker at his farm, the perfect way for farmers—and cooks—to extend an abundant pepper and tomato season. Keep a supply of these condiments in your freezer.
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