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Though it’s still technically Spring until mid-June, LA is already hitting summer numbers on the thermometer - creating just the right climate for a carefree caprese salad – milky mozzarella, soft, supple, a perfectly smooth complexion for the naturally bright yet simple round slices of the tang-colored tomatoes. Lucky for us in LA, tomato [...]

This Memorial Day weekend, it’s likely you’re going to find yourself at a barbecue. Maybe two. If you’re lucky enough, you might host one yourself. Try something new - Korean barbecue! It might be a refreshing break from an overdose of beer and bratwurst, or fajitas and margaritas, or burgers and coleslaw. (Not that those [...]

Others: How pretty! What is this? A cheesecake?
Sarah: A ricotta cheesecake. (They taste.)
Others: It doesn’t taste like a cheesecake. It’s kinda grainy.
Sarah: Well, it’s made with ricotta, not cream cheese, so it’s different.
Others: Oh. Cheesecake Factory tastes better.
So if your friends and family are happy with that texture-less, dense, *ickie* thick, overly sugared stuff that [...]

Jules: Crème brulée can never be Jello. You could never be Jello.
Kimmy: I have to be Jello!
Jules: You’re never gonna be Jello!
It’s a scene from My Best Friend’s Wedding, which, though I shall forever be a bitter bridesmaid, is one of my all-time favorite movies. Julia Roberts’ character, Jules, is trying to convince Kimmy, played [...]

Lucky for us in southern California, citrus is pretty much in season year round. On a whirlwind tour of the westside farmers markets, I mostly went for vegetables, since I’m much better at cooking savory things (with vegetables) than baking sweet dessert things (with fruits), but still came away with lemons…that became a Ginger Graham [...]

Making the rounds at the LA farmers markets, I ended up with a lot of produce. So much that I might not have known what to do with it before they go bad. Bibimbahp is a good way to use them all up.
Bibim-bahp is a Korean dish - a serving of rice with any number [...]

After a review of a visit to Nanbankan went up at The Delicious Life, a reader sent me an email telling me that though Nanbankan is good, there is a place that he prefers, slightly west on the same stretch of Santa Monica Boulevard. He only goes to Nanbankan if this other place is closed. [...]

This is No.7 in a 7-part series (the last one!) on LA Farmers Markets at The Delicious Life.
With big weekend cooking done, and the busy-ness of the beginning of the regular week, there’s not much activity at farmers on Mondays. In Los Angeles, there are only three: Bellflower, Southgate, and West Hollywood. These are a [...]