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I called Wally’s Wine yesterday, looking for some Antinori Tignanello to take to my in-laws for Christmas. We had tried the wine on our honeymoon and I enjoyed it so much that I wanted to introduce the wine to them. When I talked to the Wally Wine rep, he was helpful and even suggested some [...]

Well, damn, since we’re covering all the axis participants in WWII (Italian food has been covered so many times already, anyway), I’ll throw my two cents in for Mitsuwa in Torrance. Mitsuwa is a chain of Japanese grocery stores, but their flagship is located in Torrance, on Western Ave. Outside of alphabetically neighboring J & [...]

I’ll admit it. Germans frighten me. I am aware of how racist that sounds, but owing to the checkered history of Germany in the first half of the twentieth century, I am admittedly timid about surrounding myself with German culture. And my last name is Wasser.
One thing I do like about Germanic-Austrian (or is it [...]

Growing up in Los Angeles, my family and I would drive down to Little Tokyo pretty regularly as part of our usual routines. I took my first Odori dance lesson there, had my first round bowl haircut there, had Japanese bento lunches with my grandmother there, fed the koi fish there in the Pacific Square [...]

A brand new Marukai marketplace, formally known as Marukai Pacific Market, celebrated its grand opening this weekend.

You may have noticed that at the end of every post here on la.foodblogging there is an easy link to save the post to a few of the popular social bookmarking sites. This way you can mark posts and remember these great tips that our la.foodblogging writers come up with, maybe in your own “to [...]

After a long time away, an la.foodblogger realizes that India Sweets & Spices in Glendale has really come into its own.

No photos of my latest cooking experiment as my Canon A70 is being repaired. Be sure to check out this item that references this article about CCD problems in many popular digital cameras manufactured between 2002 to 2004. Fortunately, Canon is willing to repair the problem for free even if the warrantee has [...]