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Pizzanista, formerly Toddy G's is making really really great pizza
I live within walking distance and once I finish my no-carb regime, I'll be back in a second. I love the place. And you can get day old cold slices for $1.Perfect for the morning after the night before breakfast.
Black Cat Bakery: First Impressions
I've heard they're opening for dinner this week.
Black Cat Bakery: First Impressions
I've been a couple of times for lunch or a quick snack, and I'm inclinded to go back. The prices are certainly reasonable for the neighborhood, and I loved my egg salad sandwich. I agree about great coffee.
Red Medicine - is the food any good?
I went there very early, and while the cocktails were pretty amusing, the service was sloppy, the pork chaud-froid was okay, the foie gras banh minh was great, and the place was cold and very noisy.
Tuxedo Strawberries
I guess. I try to avoid food that looks like it's been touched a lot.
You would have a hard time finding _________in Los Angeles...
Any TJ Maxx or Marshalls has this stuff, as does M. Marcel in the Farmer's Market.
Moving to LA. Which neighborhood for a Hound?
I live in downtown, right by the 7th street bridge, and I'd rather eat broken glass than have to drive to Westwood everyday. Why torture yourself?
You can probably find a sublet in Westwood, cheaper below Wilshire (and good Japanese food around Sawtelle).
Takeout's not such a big deal here in LA, as it is in NYC and environs. Tasty, cheap and local is a food truck.
Most people drive out of their immediate neighborhoods when they have guests (why eat Westside Chinese when you can go to the SGV?)
Quiet and friendly bars are bars with lots of old guys. You're in LA.
You could take a walk on the wild side and look in Sherman Oaks/Studio City or even (gasp!) Van Nuys, north over the hill.
But the real ticket is to give up pre-conceived notions of what your neighborhood will be like--you can live in an apartment and walk to everything, but you'll miss so much. LA's big and spread out and there's cool places in every zip code.
L.A.'s Animal Explained By The New Yorker
I would never call Dana Goodyear a foodie. And while Fairfax is Jewish, it's hardly old--nothing in LA is really all that old, and Boyle Heights used to be the traditional Jewish neighborhood.
And Chadwick might have closed but it hardly "failed". Harrison Ford is a cheap SOB with very mixed feeling towards his kids. I read the actual piece and it's not going to make me stop eating there.
Creme Brulee
But then it's just custard with sugar on top. I don't see the point of the chocolate boxes if you really want creme brulee. If you want a nice custard in the boxes, I'd make a ginger or a lemon mousse, instead.
Good to the Grain: Baking with Whole-Grain Flours, by Kim Boyce
It's been a good long while since she was at Spago, to be honest. I'm not bowled over by most whole grain goodness, and some of these strike me as pointless--sure, you can make Quinoa and Beet Pancakes, but why?
Same with this one,
"To a savory muffin made from kamut flour and wheat germ, Boyce adds sauteed red chard and Cotswold cheese, an aged cheddar flecked with chives."
That's way too many ingredients for me: http://articles.latimes.com/2007/nov/07/food/fo-muffins7/2
flecks of (maybe) carbon from top of oven - safe?
I wouldn't think twice about eating it--what have you been baking? Radium brownies? Get some of that icky toxic oven cleaner, follow directions and you should be fine.
Kid-Friendly Near USC
If highchairs are such an issue, maybe you should invest in those portable ones that hook on the table.
Restaurant Supply Store
Costco's Business Center has a ton of cooking/restaurant supplies at very good prices. No French copper, no sexy madeline tins, but good stuff.
lobster a la riseholme?
It's a recipe in the Lucia books, right? Are you looking for a recipe? Nigella has one.
http://www.nigella.com/recipe/recipe_detail.aspx?rid=14085
LA Street Food Fest
It sounds fun, but why do I have to pay $5 to get into a place to buy food from food trucks?
guests not offering to do dishes, is it rude?
Maybe it's regional? I live in LA, and trust me, no one leaps to do the dishes--host or guests.
PBS Series - The Winemakers ???
I think that bland tone is more a product of it being produced by the same outfit that made Uncorked: Wine Made Simple with Ted Allen. Sad to say, but being on PBS is not a sure sign of a high-quality production. I thought this was very amateur-hour, and not in a good way.
Doc City Productions has produced more television programming about wine than anyother production company in the United States. Doc City
Productions and SCETV have delivered three series about wine to Public Television. DocCity Productions founder Kevin Whelan created WINE 101 (1996) narrated by DavidHyde Pierce, Tales From the Vineyard with French-American chef Serge David, and Uncorked: Wine Made Simple (2007) with Ted Allen (Queer Eye).
Why cook pasta in water and not the sauce?
She made a single serving. I'm cooking for more than 1, and I think that the time she spent adding the water ended up being more work than just boiling the noodles. She was also cooking in broth and oil, not ragu.
"Add the pasta, and stir continuously for 2 minutes. Add stock or water to just about cover the pasta -- about a cup -- and lower the heat to medium-low. Cover, and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring from time to time. 5 minutes into the cooking, add the zucchini, and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Taste the pasta for doneness: if it isn't quite done and all the liquids have been absorbed, add a little more stock or water, cover, and cook for a few more minutes before tasting again."
It sounds fine, but it's too much work for me.
Pizzeria Mozza
I don't understand why you'd sit there an order 1 thing at a time? If I was the waiter, I'd be antsy too. Especially if the place is packed. I must be missing something in your logic.
Help with the in-laws
But why would your in-laws want to include your food ways into their established tradition? If you haven't been married very long, I think you should do what you want in your house, and enjoy what's on offer in theirs. Makes things far easier.
guests not offering to do dishes, is it rude?
I'd offer at a family dinner with my in-laws, and maybe at a very informal meal at a very close friend's house, but usually not. I don't think many people expect it, and it's kind of odd to have the guests troop into the kitchen and grab a dishcloth.
Don't most people want to continue the dinner table conversation after the meal's over? My dishes can wait--it seems ungracious to leap up and start with the clean-up when guests are still there.
REVIEW w/ pics: Indian Fusion Food at Cowboys and Turbans
THanks for this. I get a big kick out this place. It's weird, but in a good way.
Clueless NY Hound Transplant Needs LA Help!
And Cowboys and Turbans, my fave weird local place. right next to the El Rey.
Is anyone else appalled by "Worst Cooks in America?"
Of course they know. I used to work on a show about clutter, and people manufactured cluttered rooms, just to get on the show. We'd go on a scout, and they'd be scattering stuff around the living room--even though they didn't really live like that. Hoarders shows the houses our show wasn't willing to do.
For some people, being on a TV show, no matter how silly or inconsequential, is fun. Or at least noteworthy. If you don't live in a big media center, it's exciting and cool. If you live in NYC or LA, chances are you probably know someone in entertainment, and thus, it's no big deal. Like in Atlanta--you probably know someone who works for CNN, but in Billings MT, not so much.
Casting notices are all over Craigslist, so it's easy to find out about the shows. There are casting agencies, but for most shows like this, people just answer an ad.
Like this one for a new Gordon Ramsey show. http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/tfr/1565307320.html
Curb Salt Use - Yay or nay?
I've got very low blood pressure, and I love salt. Why do I have suffer?
