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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 [...]

      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 [...]

      *The Local Report – McCall’s Meat & Fish Co.

      1.9 miles, about 5 minutes, from my home in Atwater Village.
      There’s a new butcher in town and boy am I happy. It seems that the neighborhood butcher has gone by the wayside and that more and more people are relying on supermarket butchers. While the guys at my local Whole Foods are very [...]

      25th Annual Chefs’ Holidays at The Ahwahnee

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      Chef Suzanne Goin of Lucques, A.O.C. and Tavern at her cooking demo at the ‘Chefs’ Holidays at the Ahwahnee’ in Yosemite.
      Uhm, let’s see: three days of celebrity chefs cooking amazing food at The Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite in the middle of winter?! Okay, I’m in. I’ll splurge to watch Suzanne Goin of [...]

      25 Miles – Odds & Ends

      100 Miles is turning one! I started this blog one year ago on January 30, 2009. A lot has happened in the past year. I’ve learned what it means to actually have a blog, all that goes into it, how to attempt to write on a regular basis, how to maintain it, [...]