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Rahel is one restaurant in a row of tasty Ethiopian restaurants in Little Ethiopia on Fairfax. How does this restaurant stand out against the rest? It serves delicious vegan food.
The interior is dim but cozy and the servers are always ready to answer any questions. Upon entering, you get a choice of sitting at [...]

Who knew that such good vegan food would be at the heart of downtown Inglewood? Not me! Until now. The BF had jury duty this week and found out about a little vegan restaurant after some googling, so we decided to meet there for lunch since I worked so close.
The place doesn’t look like [...]

Purgatory Pizza is located in kind of a strange place. It’s on the outskirts of the main part of downtown LA, sitting at a mostly empty street by its lonesome self. If I hadn’t read about it beforehand (from Quarrygirl) I wouldn’t have known about it at all. The main reason we ate [...]

I grew up around where Yoma Burmese is located, but never knew about it until recently. It’s a hole-in-the wall Burmese restaurant that’s easy to miss if you’re not looking for it.
Always willing to try different ways of preparing bittermelon, I ordered the bittermelon with spicy bean paste off the appetizer section of the [...]

8oz Burger Bar is yet another contender in the burger+beer category that has been hyped by places like Father’s Office. Unlike Father’s Office, the burgers here are highly customizable. The beer selection may not be as good, but it’s a small price to pay for not having to deal with the burger nazi.
First [...]

So I am an avid watcher of Bravo’s Top Chef. One of the chefs this season who has been quite entertaining to me was Fabio Vivani. Sadly, he was told to pack up his knives and go last week. My friends and I decided that we needed a Fabio sighting to get [...]

Hello fellow FoodBloggers and all food-lovers out there!
I was approached to audition to cook with the legendary Bobby Flay!
Would you please rate & comment on my audition video for FOOD NETWORK?!
My audition clip is NOW on page TWO of most recent –
go to this LINK
My clip is towards the top, somewhere…
tough to find — my [...]

Okay, we’re probably all feeling the pinch. So here is one way you can dine like royalty on a budget.
Take Oscar night.
Who doesn’t want to party a little while they watch their favourite actors and filmmakers sashay down the red carpet and onto that glitzy stage?
Tomorrow my menu will include:
1. bubbly
2. pate & crostini
3. blini [...]