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      *The Local Report – Pazzo Gelato

      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 [...]

      Interview with Chefs John Stewart & Duskie Estes

      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 [...]

      Eat My Blog

      The 2nd Annual ‘Eat My Blog‘ Charity Bake Sale takes place on Saturday, June 19, 2010 and 100 Miles will be there.  Robert and I will be baking several dozen of his famous (via David Lebovitz) Dulce de Leche Brownies and will be volunteering at the event.  If you live in the Los Angeles-area and/or [...]

      Review: The Spice Kitchen

      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 [...]

      Najat Kaanache ~ Chef-In-Training

      Najat Kaanache is the Wonder Woman of stagiaires/chefs-in-training.  To date she has ’staged’ in the kitchens of Grant Achatz (Alinea), Thomas Keller (The French Laundry, Per Se), René Redzepi (Noma), and will end her stagiaire stints at Feran Adrià’s elBulli.  A stage is an unpaid internship, or culinary apprenticeship, very common in the kitchens of [...]