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  • Hospital Food

    Stories and Rants

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    October 3, 2011
    Hospital Food

    Last Tuesday morning, Craig complained of a stomach ache that didn’t feel like an ordinary stomach ache. Right away my mind went to “appendix” and though Craig was reluctant at first to admit that this might be the case, after spending a few seconds on WebMD, he was convinced–based on the location of the pain…

  • Why Cookbooks Are Here To Stay

    Essays

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    September 30, 2011
    Why Cookbooks Are Here To Stay

    There’s a lot of talk these days about the future of cookbooks. On Eater National, yesterday, Paula Forbes made the case that “the end of print is in clear sight” and that the only cookbooks that might survive are the “art object” cookbooks, those “huge, photo-heavy tomes.” Maybe I’m naïve, but I find this hard…

  • One Night in Bangkok (Dinner & Dessert in Hollywood’s Thai Town)

    California, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Travel

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    September 28, 2011
    One Night in Bangkok (Dinner & Dessert in Hollywood’s Thai Town)

    The end-of-the-day meal is a funny thing. For people who spend their days away from home, working in offices or out in the field, nothing’s more appealing, after a hard day’s work, than returning to the place where you live, lured in by the smell of a chicken roasting in the oven or the prospect…

  • Spelt & Olive Oil Cake with Bittersweet Chocolate

    Cakes, Desserts, Recipes

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    September 26, 2011
    Spelt & Olive Oil Cake with Bittersweet Chocolate

    Spelt is not a pretty word. There’s a reason that, when language was created, the word “love” became “love” and not “spelt.” You can’t imagine telling your life partner that you “spelt” him, can you? Let’s all thank the language gods for that. Unfortunately, we’re left with the word “spelt” to describe a certain kind…

  • Mo-Chica & A Sunday Supper at Lucques

    Beverly Hills, California, Los Angeles, Travel

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    September 23, 2011
    Mo-Chica & A Sunday Supper at Lucques

    Zach Brooks, who created the blog Midtown Lunch, moved from New York to L.A. over a year ago. From my perspective, he’s been like the canary in the coal mine; the fact that he not only survived the move but is flourishing out here gave me inspiration to move here too. And, of course, once…

  • A Trip To The Santa Monica Farmer’s Market

    California, Los Angeles, Travel, West LA

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    September 22, 2011
    A Trip To The Santa Monica Farmer’s Market

    To get to the Santa Monica Farmer’s Market from where I live, you have two choices: you can take highways (the 101 to the 110 to the 10 West) or you can take streets. If you do take streets, there are probably many speedy options; streets that take you far west with minimal traffic. Of…

  • Setting Up Our New Kitchen

    Housekeeping

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    September 21, 2011
    Setting Up Our New Kitchen

    The last time that you saw our new California kitchen was in this post, “Our New Kitchen.” But that was our kitchen the way it was set up before we arrived. Now that we’re here, big decisions had to be made: where do I put the plates? Where do I put the spoons? Where do…

  • Lisa Fain’s Seven Chile Chili

    Main Dishes, Meat, Recipes

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    September 19, 2011
    Lisa Fain’s Seven Chile Chili

    There are two chili recipes in Lisa Fain’s incredible and indispensable new “Homesick Texan Cookbook.” The first is, according to Fain, “an all-day affair,” a real-deal Texas chili (that means no beans) that requires careful shopping (seven different chiles–anhcho, pasilla, guajillo, chipotle, chiles de arbol, cayenne, and pequin–are employed) and five hours of simmering on…

  • Two L.A. Sandwiches & A Burger at Bay Cities, Café Tropical & Umami

    California, Los Angeles, West LA

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    September 15, 2011
    Two L.A. Sandwiches & A Burger at Bay Cities, Café Tropical & Umami

    Stand back, mere mortals. You are about to encounter a sandwich that is not meant for the meagre constitutions of wimpy humans. This is food for giants, food for gods. “God” is even in the sandwich’s name: meet The Godmother at Bay Cities in Santa Monica. A sandwich with so much meat on it, if…

  • Food Shopping For The First Time In California

    Stories and Rants

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    September 13, 2011
    Food Shopping For The First Time In California

    Do you remember that game show where couples would race through a grocery store trying to buy as much as they could in 60 seconds? “Supermarket Sweep”: that’s the name of it! I remember watching that when I’d fake sick and stay home from school to watch “The Price Is Right” (the major perk of…

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