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Welcome to 100 Miles, an exploration of sustaining life by going no further away than 100 miles to gather the things we need to live. This web log is my journal of food-based experiences, memories, thoughts, and recipes. I hope you enjoy reading it. To subscribe, so as not to miss each new edition, please enter your email address.

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      A Market Meet-Up with Michael McCarty

      A shopping and eating adventure with a world-renowned chef and restaurateur: Michael’s Market Meet-Ups — where friends, food and flavor come together.
      Chef Michael McCarty is hailed as a pioneer of the California Cuisine movement that began in the early 1980s.  He and a group of California chefs started sourcing [...]

      Artisanal L.A.

      “Living life locally” is a catchphrase for this blog.  100 miles is a theme I try to follow.  Regular readers know very well that I often venture way beyond 100 miles but the idea of “local” is still of paramount importance to me and what I write about.  This is why I’m such a huge [...]

      Le Saint Amour ~ A French Restaurant

      Is there an uptick in the number of French restaurants in Los Angeles?  I certainly hope so.  French food = comfort food.  At least in the case of Le Saint Amour in Culver City.  I haven’t kept track, and I don’t really know actual figures but it seems to me that there are more and [...]

      I Was A Cheesemonger (Too)

      “I Was A Teenage Cheesemonger.”  Title of my autobiography?  Uhm, well, maybe.  Too early to say.  And I wasn’t actually a teenager.  I was twenty years old.
      I hope this isn’t becoming too much of ‘me, me, me’ but I am proud of the few things I did do in the food and restaurant business.  Buying [...]

      Graham Kerr: The Galloping Gourmet

      What ever happened to Graham Kerr, The Galloping Gourmet?  I know!  Pick me!!  Pick me!!  Apparently he’s quietly living in Seattle, Washington.  I found myself wondering about him recently.   He and Julia Child were probably the first people I saw cook professionally.  I diligently watched him on his T.V. show, The Galloping Gourmet when I [...]