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5.9 miles, about 9 minutes, from my home in Atwater Village.
Pazzo means ‘crazy’ in Italian. In the case of Pazzo Gelato it means ‘crazy good’ Italian gelato and sorebetto. Pazzo Gelato has been at its Silver Lake location on the corner of Sunset Blvd. and Hyperion Ave. since 2006. Forage is a couple of doors [...]
Chefs and winemakers can be a rough and tumble crowd. Throw butchers into the mix and watch out. Then there are chefs who also butcher. Time to run the other way. This spring my friend, Jo Stougaard (of My Last Bite), and I attended ‘Cochon 555 – 5 Chefs, 5 Pigs, 5 Winemakers’ in the [...]
2.2 miles, about 5 minutes, from my home in Atwater Village.
Italian, Mexican, a cafe and bakery, Korean BBQ, a gelateria, and Lucifers Pizza are just a few of the eating options along a four or five block stretch of Hillhurst Avenue in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles. The stretch that is becoming a [...]
Chefs John Stewart and Duskie Estes are a husband and wife cooking team who own two restaurants in Sonoma County: Zazu Restaurant and Farm just outside Santa Rosa, California, and Bovolo Restaurant on the square in Healdsburg, California. They are cooks who embrace a local, sustainable, ultra-fresh, from-the-garden cooking style wholeheartedly and without fail. Not [...]
The Spice Kitchen: Everyday Cooking with Organic Spices. Sara Engram and Katie Luber with Kimberly Toqe. Andrews McMeel Publishing. $29.99 (208p) ISBN: 978-0-7407-7972-5
“Eat locally but season globally” is a favorite mantra of spice experts and cookbook authors Sara Engram and Katie Luber. It quite aptly sums up their new cookbook The Spice Kitchen. It would [...]