New Digesty.com - Want a Preview?

You may or may not know, but my other project is Digesty, (Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Candy, Wine). It’s a place where you can scan headlines from food-topic specific blogs.
I have been working on a new version of Digesty, with the aim of making it faster, simpler and more useful. Part of [...]

Some New (to me) Local Food Blogs

I’m excited to see more local food blogs springing up here and there. I rely on blogs more and more for suggestions and recommendations for new restaurants to try out. Here are some of the recently added sites to our blogroll:

Gnawing Thru LA
Taste Buzz
all kinds of yum
Anything Good
What’s to Eat LA
Hungry Couple
Food Marathon
Tune in Tokyo! [...]

Au Revoir to an LA Landmark

For 29 years, l’Orangerie has been a Los Angeles staple. It has been home to chefs such as Christopher Eme and Ludovic Lefebvre. Now, the very famous l’Orangerie is about to close its doors for good. This is the last week to get a meal in before l’Orangerie goes away on December 31st.

As tempting as [...]

Cheww.com

I have been working on a new food based site, Cheww.com. I am inviting la.foodblogging readers to check out the site and participate before I share it with a wider audience.
To get an idea of what Cheww.com is, read this post, “Why I Created Cheww” . Cheww is a place to share web dishes. Dishes [...]

Eater LA, Open For Business

A few months ago we posted that Eater was looking for some LA contributors. It looks like they found the right people and Eater LA is now open.
Assuming that Eater LA will follow the same format as Eater NY, you can expect to see a lot of news of comings and goings, restaurant gossip and [...]

A Digesty Look at LA

If you haven’t been keeping up with Digesty Los Angeles, here are a few items that you may have missed:

Triplecreme Goes to Breadbar
Best of LA Has the Goods on the Ghetto Gourmet
Bandini Tastes Tacos El Tapatio
LA Ritz’s Bun Comes Out of the Oven!

As a bonus, if you are keeping an eye on Digesty New York, [...]

Dismissed Top Chef Contestant Disses LA Food Scene

Emily Sprissler, who was recently dismissed from Top Chef, cuts loose in this interview on Chow.com. Not only does she trash the show’s sponsor, Kenmore, the show’s host, Padma, and the show’s producers for how they set things up, she also lays into Los Angeles:
Of course, the show is filmed in Los Angeles which should [...]

Beard Papa and His Progeny

Excellent costume by ex-Angeleno Andre Torrez:
Photo by Honan
Where are the Pinkberry costumes? (Colleen Cuisine, I’m looking in your direction)