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Bean There
Rummaging around the seductive shelves at River Cafe & Cheese Shop, I was looking for a substantial lunch. Something to go with that fabulous bbq pulled pork and slaw sandwich. Hmmm, what's this? A platter filled with gemlike gigante beans, green olives, yellow...
Autumn Vinaigrette
Ginger & Garlic Vinaigrette: Perfect with arugula. Three parts minced ginger to one part minced garlic. That's how it begins. Then whisk in your best olive oil and sherry vinegar in 3 to 1 proportions. Add sea salt to taste. Toss with arugula. Killer. (You'll...
Halloween Sushi
You haven't lived until you've seen a sushi bar decorated for Halloween. Mobo did a fine, if restrained job of tossing a few pumpkins and spiders and cobwebs here and there on October 31. But I was there for one thing - my favorite guilty pleasure lunch. Sushi. More...
Tourist Dining, L.A. Part I
Granted this is high-end tourist dining, but still...when in the belly of the downtown LA art scene — I refer to the splendid, if self-congratulatory performative smorgy known as the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, the Mark Taper Forum, the Disney Hall, yada yada — you...
Tourist Dining, L.A. Part 2
After the performance, I roamed the broad sidewalks outside the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion along with most of the Mark Morris Dance Group audience — we were trying to come back to earth. Across the street in the gleaming Disney Hall is Joachim Splichal's flagship...
The Emperor Has No Clothes
The subject is lettuce mix. I guess I've just had enough. Yesterday, as I once again picked over the wilted, tired lettuces in the mix at New Leaf - searching for a handful of greens that still looked as though they still retained some lifeforce, I realized it had...
Au Midi Opens
Michel Loubiere, whose wife Muriel is a talented chef, emailed to tell me that the couple will unveil their new restaurant, Au Midi, this weekend. The French dining spot is located in Aptos, in the tiny center behind the Aptos Cinema, at 7960 Soquel Drive. I'm looking...
Tripp Does Cheese
Here's a highlight of Theo's chef Nicci Tripp demonstrating one of his delightful house cheeses for Wine Country magazine.
Changes
Severino's Community Butcher is heading back east! The talented couple, Hilary Prescott and Justin “Blade Runner†Severino will be leaving the area at the end of the year. Headed for Pennsylvania. “We’ve got family there, we can afford to buy a home and raise...
Farmers Markets Rule!
If you haven’t yet gotten the message that the Saturday morning Westside Farmers Market is THE happening place, then allow me to put you straight. Last weekend the market seemed to have doubled its size — harvest time has filled every one of the organic produce,...