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The best thing we ever cooked up, baby Simon:
Born April 19th, he was a big boy, well fed from our pre-infant dining tour for sure. Just look at all that hair!

As I have said before, I get a lot of PR emails for restaurants and events around town. I’m not special, most foodbloggers are on the same lists I am.
One email did catch my eye this week. From a PR company, I got a cleverly titled email, “Recession Concessions at Table 8″. Hm, sounds [...]

I’ve always wondered what culinary school is really like and what goes on there. For years, one of my fantasies has been to spend a day in Le Cordon Bleu Program. Well, I get to check this fantasy off my list. Yesterday, I was invited to visit the California School of Culinary [...]

Heading into the final days of DineLA Restaurant Week, more reviews are rolling in.
I know that the votes are still be counted, but I am going to project that this event has been a winner. People trying places they haven’t been to, returning to old favorites and generally enjoy some good deals.
A couple posts here [...]

Normally, a place like Grace would be a very special occasion dining choice for me, so restaurant week seemed like the perfect time to try it. I have walked by Grace often enough gazing longingly at the low light and neutral tones of the interior, and the trio of soups and homemade donuts on the [...]

DineLA will be taking the night off on Saturday, but fires up again on Sunday. A few more reviews have rolled in, with mixed moods.

More controversy at Tiara, where Franklin Avenue tried to have lunch on Sunday. “We specified the Dine L.A. menu when we made reservations and the person on the other end took [...]

More reviews have rolled in after yesterday’s roundup of DineLA Restaurant Week meals. I interpret the general consensus to be “pleasantly surprised”. Sounds like diners go in with mixed expectations and the restaurants are stepping up and offering full featured meals at the discount price.

Our own Sneakypeteiii finds fabulous food at Ford’s Filling Station for [...]

Ford’s Filling Station
9531 Culver Blvd., 90232
(310) 202-1470
$34 + tax, tip
Bottom line: Yum.
This is the food I love to eat. These are fresh, well-seasoned, unpretentious, and simple dishes borne of a deep hunger within, not of some intellectual curiosity or misinformed science project — I walked out of Ford’s Filling Station last night at 11 pm [...]