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It’s no secret how much I love cheese. I also love my local cheese emporium, The Artisan Cheese Gallery in Studio City.
Apparently plenty of cheese aficionados make frequent pilgrimages to this temple of buttermilky delights. One of their bestsellers is Coach Triple Creme Goat from New York cheese maker Coach Farm (apparently the same [...]

When it’s pouring rain outside, and you have a gift card in your wallet with $$ still left on it, how can you resist the temptation of a cozy French bistro and onion soup? The other night Comme Ca was calling our names in a sexy French accent and the promise of hot comfort food. [...]

I am a huge fan of Christophe Émé. For the past couple of years, Ortolan has been at the top of the list of restaurants I want to go to. Now that my two-year sabbatical to the frozen tundra is over, I finally made my way out there. I will probably wax [...]

Perhaps Le Sanglier can’t be classified as a hunting lodge, but the hanging guns, the hunting themed wall paper and the wild game on the menu certainly suggest the theme. The decor is decidedly French, bordering on tacky but pulling back and settling with a certain comfort and surprising transport from the San Fernando Valley [...]

 
My mom was in town this past weekend and I took her to Little Next Door, the spawn of its popular parent restaurant, The Little Door. I went when they first opened and was very disappointed with both food and service but the ambiance is great! I am obsessed with the imperial violet blue and royal [...]

Colorado Boulevard is one of the busiest streets in Old Town Pasadena, full of restaurants and stores. Blink and you might miss Mills Place, the little side street/alley that leads you to one of the coziest French bistros in town, The CrepeVine. The CrepeVine offers up two types of crepes - savory or [...]

It’s that time of year again… Pellegrino is doing its annual Dine Out event. For those who are unfamiliar with Dine Out, participating restaurants offer a 3-course meal for lunch at $25 and dinner at $35. I have to say, I think I get more out of this than the charity. [...]

I love cheese. No, wait - I adore cheese. I don’t mean that rubbery, bland molten and stringy stuff you generally find on pizzas, nor that weird orange stuff you find melted inside a quesadilla. Don’t offer me a highly processed slice of square, plastic-wrapped plastic ‘cheese’ unless you want to [...]