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Mom & Pop Markets - the best way to shop

For me, one integral aspect of the joy of cooking, and eating, is the part that comes before. Finding that perfect recipe, or honing in on that dish that’s going satisfy the craving you’ve been having for days, is where the fun begins.
Then comes the part where you write the list and set out [...]

MILK open house

In a rather savvy cross-promotion (actually, a no-brainer, when you think about it…) the delightful ice-cream parlor and café on Beverly, Milk, teamed up with the Got Milk? people (namely, the Cali Milk Processor Board) to host an open house last night.
I spotted a handful of fellow bloggers, including the gorgeous Kristy of [...]

All about asparagus

It’s getting warmer, the days are getting longer, and my allergies are starting to act up. That can mean only one thing: asparagus season!
Why do I love asparagus? Nothing else tastes quite like it, for starters. It’s sweet, it’s tangy, it’s pungent, it’s fresh, it’s savory, all in one vegetable! It’s like a complete food [...]

Artisan Cheese Gallery - outstanding cheeses in Studio City

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 [...]

Ambrosia from the Antipodes – New Zealand Wine Fair at the Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood

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 [...]

Culver City Farmer’s Market

Quaint. That’s the word I’d use to describe the Culver City Farmer’s Market. It is slightly smaller than if Luxembourg and the Gaza Strip gave birth to a street. It occupies less than a block on Main Street between Venice and Culver. I’ve worked in Culver City for four months now, and I never really [...]

Past Season Figs

Is there any hope for these little figs left on my tree?

Mitsuwa Market

Well, damn, since we’re covering all the axis participants in WWII (Italian food has been covered so many times already, anyway), I’ll throw my two cents in for Mitsuwa in Torrance. Mitsuwa is a chain of Japanese grocery stores, but their flagship is located in Torrance, on Western Ave. Outside of alphabetically neighboring J & [...]