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It has been a little while since we asked for your dining plans. Why ask the question? So that we can steal your table and stalk you like paparazzi, of course.
Actually, it’s a good way for people to get ideas of what places to check out, maybe this weekend, maybe next weekend or next month.
So, [...]

Gingergrass
2396 Glendale
Silverlake, CA
My first impression of Gingergrass felt warm and fuzzy - I love the lofty, minimalist feel. The building feels unfinished, artsy, yet oddly comfortable. No distracting frou frou scenester fanfare - and the smells were intoxicating from the get-go. The place was slammin’, and a little too warm, but that only adds to [...]

A good week at the farmers market and fall is upon us.  Pomegranates started to show up in the market last week and this week….yumm!!  I always look forward to this time of year.  I saw cauliflower for the first time this week, another indicator of the winter/late fall fruits and veg. coming in.  Some [...]

It takes a lot to cook an egg. You have to understand the egg in order to cook an egg, especially if it’s one you want to eat.
– Marco Pierre White
For the past three months or so, I have been searching all over the area for the eggs you only read about in books. You [...]

One of my friends is a sushi fiend. He, I and another buddy decided for catch up together for conversation and figured that on that night it would be while having some sushi.
My sushi fiend friend recommended we meet up at Frying Fish in Little Tokyo.

Two chefs work in the middle and place their [...]

Blowfish Sushi
9229 Sunset Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA
Cross Street - Doheny
7.25.06 - Tuesday, 6:30 PM
Moi + Val
I’ve said it before - I like a good helping of raw fish. I’ve hit a bazillion sushi joints in this town (barely a dent in those available), and this has been on the list for a while - the place [...]

Hopefully I will not invite the wrath of my friend, Colleen Cuisine, with this tale of my first trip to Pinkberry.
Last night we hit up the new Westwood location at about 10:00pm after an obviously long and busy day of business for the new outlet. I could tell they had a long and busy day [...]

Honey, it’s good for you. This is an updated version of an article I wrote for TERA’s quarterly newsletter. My intention was to wait until the newsletter circulated to publish this, but today is Pollen’s grand-opening so I’d like to share the news with you!

Having spent many years living in and around the [...]