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Earlier this year – actually, during summer – I made my way down to Santa Monica to try a restaurant that I’d heard rave reports about. A young, new chef, Evan Funke, had just taken over the kitchen at Rustic Canyon Wine Bar. Word on the street was that he had studied [...]

Yesterday was my birthday. I had been looking forward to it all week. One of my friends had come up with a great idea for how to celebrate the anniversary of my birth. This included a visit to The Kitchen, a neighborhood favorite. The Kitchen is an interesting little spot. [...]

Hey everyone - I was just at Leda’s Bake Shop (Sherman Oaks) on Friday and found out that Ledette is planning to close down and re-think her bakery. She mentioned re-opening in the New Year and *no more cupcakes*!!! (too labor intensive)
SO - the very last day you can walk in and get [...]

A few days ago, I went to celebrate a friend’s birthday. He is an avid fan of Sushi Nozawa. In fact, he was the one who took me there for my birthday last year. For his birthday, he said he wanted to try a new place, sugarFISH… by Sushi Nozawa. [...]

Okay, I don’t usually get excited about sandwiches. They’re not really my… thing. It’s not that I avoid bread or anything, it’s just that I tend to prefer my carbs in pasta form, or as roasted or fried potatoes.
So —
you’ve gotta appreciate it when I go nuts about this new sandwich I tried.
Backstory: [...]

::STOP PRESS:: THIS resto closed down sometime late 2008…
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 [...]

So the fro-yo craze is still going strong in L.A. It seems like there is a Pinkberry, Red Mango, Ce Fiore, or a “Fakeberry” just about everywhere. I enjoy the occasional Pinkberry, but I never really jumped on board this trend… until now. I finally gave Red Mango a chance, and [...]

Last year my feelings about Indian food went from 0-10 in a matter of one week. Prior to that time, I ignorantly assumed all Indian food was “covered in curry,” which was, in my mind, a thick, pungent green sauce I’d tried in Australia and quite disliked. Eventually a friend convinced me to try Electric [...]