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Want a $100 gourmet meal but don’t want to pay the full $100? Then Bistro 561 is the place for you! Located right next door to the Southern California School of Culinary Arts, the restaurant is the final test for aspiring new chefs. While dining here is still not exactly cheap, it [...]

I was about to walk out. I never heard of such a thing, and now to be staring at prices I considered punitive–I was damn near insulted. How dare they, the owners of Harold and Belle’s, charge $18 for a large gumbo for lunch. Are you out of your mind?
Let me back up. Harold and [...]

Dorothy had it right: “There’s no place like home,” especially when home has all the Chinese food that I’ve been totally craving. After an exhausting flight back to LA last night, the only thing I could think of was which restaurant I should go for my first LA meal. The decision was fairly [...]

By all accounts opening a new restaurant in Los Angeles can be a harrowing experience. Bryce Rademan and Robert Wicklund planned to open Spitz, a small Spanish kebab shop, in Eagle Rock this September. Their plans have been waylayed by unpredictable obstacles and costly disappointments.

Former Los Angeles Times dining section editor Ruth Reichl pacted with HBO to produce a half-hour comedy based on her memoirs as a food writer. But who will play her and who will play Jonathan Gold?

This stunning tortilla breaks the molcajete with its new determination of molecular dimensions, enh? As if we need further proof that photoelectric effects taste better with frijoles negro and a cold Bojemia.

…and thus this raging debate, now affecting two offices, many defensive IM users, a battalion of aggressive emails, fighting words, gnashing teeth and furrowed brows, has now spilled over to a blog. Not even my own [gastrologica.com - thanks for the shameless plug] but an entirely different blog. This is where the dust settles and [...]

One of our weekend rituals is to head down to the Santa Monica Farmer’s Market on Sunday morning. We don’t go so much for the produce, as for the prepared food and to relax on the grass. Our first stop upon arrival is at the Groundwork stand for some iced tea or coffee.

After we have [...]