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A vibrant and familiar iconic symbol caught my eye at Gelsons, yesterday. It was a golden flying kangaroo inside a green triangle = Aussies! Turns out there were some new Aussie products to sample and I was feeling peckish.

Here’s a bit of background:
Many of you dear readers will already know that A.O.C. [...]

Basil foam as created and invented by Ferran Adria at El Bulli, Spain.
Are you fed up with foam?
All truffle-oiled out?
Deathly sick of soft serve?
During the eighties in restaurants and kitchens everywhere (at least in Sydney), there was such a wholesale preoccupation with sun-dried tomatoes, placing them front and centre in virtually every [...]

Sushizo
9824 National Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA

I got lost finding SushiZo. Something happens to me when I venture west of La Cienega, where streets make no sense, curve randomly, and change names without warning. National is tres guilty. But I clicked on my raw fish homing device, and eventually found my way.
Like many magnificent sushi joints, Zo [...]

Whist at the Viceroy
1819 Ocean Ave.
Santa Monica, CA
7.30.06 - Sunday, 6:30 PM
Moi + a French Foodie Friend

The Viceroy hotel is a swanky little spot a stone’s throw from the Santa Monica beach, right on Ocean Avenue. It’s not really a famous LA hotspot, but it certainly has it’s historical significance. Inside this decadently decorated hotel [...]

Tujunga Avenue in Studio City (just south of Moorpark) is rapidly becoming LA’s very own Little Italy (at last!), what with Caioti Pizza (so-so) and old-skool Italian joints like Vitellos (the death restaurant – just ask Bonnie Lee Bakely). Village Gourmet has an array of wonderful imported goodies too.
Now we have a cosy little breakfast [...]

Oishii Eats didn’t have to twist my arm to meet her and friends at Silverlake Wine’s 2-year “Hump Day” Anniversary this past Wednesday. And I was so glad that after a full day of getting trained and ready for my new job, I went.
There’s nothing better than the sweet subtle taste of apples, pears, and [...]

As part of our Learn About Wine promotion, la.foodblogging was given two entries to review the event. Our resident south-of-the-equator writer, MaxMillion was on the scene - Jonah
Last night we swanned over to the gorgeously refurbished Roosevelt Hotel – an historic site smack bang in the heart of Hollywood – to attend the New [...]

Tapas has been long reviled as nouvelle food that reeks of elitism: overpriced, undersized and smug. Tapas has gotten a bad rap. Far from being gauche, tapas has a rich history as Spanish dinner food. Fact is, I like the idea that my entire dinner is comprised of appetizers. The appetizer, at least in haute [...]