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I had lunch the other day at a little spot that I’ve always been meaning to tell folks here about: Thai Patio. Maybe you’ve seen it, you’ve definitely driven past it, it’s across the street from The Farmer’s Market/The Grove at 3rd & Fairfax. It’s that shopping center anchored by Whole Foods and [...]

Hungry for Himalayan?
The Tibet Nepal House is a lovely little storefront-sized restaurant in Pasadena, as noteworthy for it’s uniqueness as for it’s serene atmosphere. Maybe it’s the Buddhist statuary, maybe it’s the painting of Everest climbers, maybe it’s the colorful kilims, or maybe me, but it just feels quietly comfortable here–except for [...]

Y’know how In N’ Out’s “double-double” is double meat/double cheese? Yeah, well…
UPDATE: As reader/researcher StarCreator corrects, this is actually a 100×100, total cost $97.66, as blogged over a year ago by What Up Willy. Thanks to StarCreator for the find, and I strongly recommend visiting the original slideshow this pic comes from: a [...]

Yes, it sounds strange, and anyone we mention it to replies, “Huh?” A few years back, this was the first restaurant in the San Gabriel Valley we’d been to. Like many of the treasures in the area, the city of San Gabriel is just six miles east of downtown on the 10 fwy, [...]

Our orange tree is plopping mushy citrus bombs all over the backyard, and it’s gross. So I borrowed a ladder, picked what I could, and spent an hour making juice for our pregnant friends craving citrus. No really, I’m serious. As I was working, I kept thinking about a little piece [...]

At Oscar time last year, Kate Mantilini’s got on TV for serving a ginger-flavored cosmopolitan, then calling it a “Knock Out Punch” to tie in with “Million Dollar Baby.” The bartender used a local product made in by a guy from Santa Monica whom I recently met and found so interesting, I couldn’t stop [...]

More blogging about some recent TJ’s buys.
TJ’s Frozen Organic Brown Rice: What happened to me? I’ve gotten too lazy to cook rice! The fact is, Trader Joe’s frozen bags of white or brown rice have become a staple in our culinary life. The baby eats it, my wife eats it, and [...]

Now that Whole Foods is celebrating 25 years in business, I can confidently bitch about them, without worrying they’ll go out of business. Because I love Whole Foods…but I love my brother too and I complain about him constantly.
We’re eating out a lot these days, our current excuse being that we don’t have an [...]