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Noodles, like people, have their own diverse community of different makeups and textures. The pasta or noodle aisle at any market is a huge melting pot, really: there are egg ones, rice ones, wheat ones, short ones, long ones, hollow ones, twisty ones, skinny ones, fat ones. Fat ones. Did I say fat ones? Because [...]

As I was growing up, there were certain things that I swore would never come back in style. Tapered jeans was one of them, and now, to my surprise, they’re back again, being worn with tunic tops, low slung belts and pumps by tall skinny types to being worn with studded belts, beat up Chucks, [...]

Last week, Isaac and I had a dinner date with strangers–strangers we met on the internet.
No, we are not one of those kinds of couples…get your mind out of the gutter! Last week, we met up with the rest of the l.a.foodblogging crew for some good food and good conversation at Papa Cristo’s weekly [...]

Having driven by, around, and through Koreatown for years now, something always caught my attention in this cultural melting pot. Pupusas, pupusas, pupuseria, pupusas, pupuseria, pupusas…words that marked storefronts on practically every block. I knew that pupusas were a type of filled corn disc from El Salvador, thanks to Jonathan Gold from the LA Weekly, [...]

I love perks. Those extra little things make such a difference–the free miniature sized products I get with my perfume or skin care purchases, the free dessert a restaurant throws in ’cause you’re a regular, the free drinking water and coffee I get at the office (oh no wait, my company doesn’t provide free water [...]

One of the funnest (is that even a word?) parts of shopping at Trader Joe’s is picking out new items to try. TJ’s makes such a good attempt at making you try new stuff–colorful blackboards and shelf tags with convincing sales pitches, the Fearless Flyer, the sample guy. How can you not be tempted to [...]

I think I’m falling in love with someone else. I am cheating on Daikokuya, my favorite tonkotsu ramen shop until now. I still LOVE Daikokuya, but maybe I was getting bored with the same routine. I was just looking for something new to rock my ramen world.
Today, I discovered Kyushu Ramen in [...]