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A sister restaurant to the one on La Cienega, and situated beneath Romanov Restaurant, Prana Café is a welcome addition to Studio City (even if some of us miss the Albano’s Pizzeria place it supplanted).
Indoor seating is along the west wall, opposite the closed in but windowed kitchen, is reminiscent of the old Out Take [...]

Don’t know about you but I had to ask someone what the flag on the left of the flyer was for. Yes, I’m a typically geopolitically challenged American.
Most of us know the flag on the right as belonging to the United Kingdom. The one on the left is for England.
I’m also told [...]

Gentle readers, this is a cautionary tale…
I spotted some unusual garlic at Trader Joe’s the other day. I think it was called “Whole Cloves of Elephant Garlicâ€? or something like that…
It was packaged in an irresistibly adorable fashion. Six round and purple cloves were nestled in a cute wicker tray (that I just have [...]

The Village Idiot may have to be my new “local.”
When I was just out of college, I went to live in London on a work permit for a little while. One of the things I really loved about England, was how you always had a local. Every neighborhood had a pub or two or three [...]

I’ve always hated scones, ever since I first bit into one. No matter how many times I tried them, they were always hard, dry, and tasteless. My intense disdain for scones ended, however, when I arrived in London and went to afternoon tea. I expected little finger sandwiches and was rather disappointed [...]

Having been to England, I have often marveled at how much different their cuisine is from anything I’ve had. Perhaps it due to the lack of spices used, which generates a much more natural flavor. Additionally, the ingredients don’t have much variation. Being someone who loves different styles of food as well [...]

Dan and I went to an overlooked British Pub in Sherman Oaks last night, on the corner of Woodman and Burbank Blvd called Robin Hood. There’s a small Friar Tuck shoppe in there, too, where you can get ceramic knick-knacks, buck-teeth and whatnot, but we didn’t check it out.
Dan heard about it from a homey [...]

With summertime weather taking us outside, it is time for firing up the grill outside!
Jonah got us going on this track with his positive report on TJ’s Carne Asada.
I’m definitely going to give that a try sometime this summer!
However, what if you and your guests are yearning for sausages? Where do you go [...]