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The NoHo Rockin’ Food Truck Fest is back! This Saturday only!

Report by Pauline Adamek

This North Hollywood foodie festival will help raise funds for Hope for Paws, a local animal rescue which saves homeless and abandoned dogs and cats from the streets and public shelters, rehabilitates them and finds them forever homes.
The NoHo Rockin’ Food Truck [...]

Review by MaxMillion
Opening mid last year is a (still new-ish) Mediterranean restaurant in Beverly Hills. The name Momed is short for modern Mediterranean, and the majority of the cuisine is eastern Mediterranean, meaning influences from Lebanon, Turkey, Israel, Egypt, Greece, Tunisia and Morocco.
This dine-all-day place is simply fantastic!

The sweet smell of roasted beets greets your [...]

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Review by MaxMillion
What better way to excite young imaginations and introduce kids to the fun of creating in the kitchen than this gorgeous new cookbook from writer, healer and cook Nancy Mehagian?
Newly launched is The Supernatural Kids Cookbook, a super-cute little book brimming with healthy, delicious and easy-to-follow recipes, plus dozens of adorable illustrations [...]

Review by MaxMillion
Somehow Hendricks Gin — a Scottish concoction — has recently crossed my radar, meaning during this past Christmas. I think it’s been around since the 1960s, but further research is required.
This aromatic spirit has supplanted (at least for now) my go-to Gin of choice, the elegant Bombay Sapphire, for the makings [...]

Okay, I’ll preface this review with the disclaimer that I was taken out to eat at Geisha House by a visiting European travel/food writer and so, mercifully, I did not pay for this meal.
A free meal at an overrated, passé sushi spot – how bad could it suck?!
Well, it didn’t completely suck, but it certainly [...]

When you are a critic (theatre, film, food, art etc) you generally have to see movies and plays during the dinner hour. I am a big fan of post-show suppers, but unfortunately in this show-biz town the kitchens of most of the decent restos shut down around 10pm, right when the newest remake or [...]

Okay, I am no pho (pronounced “fah”) expert, but I do know that the broth should be quite clear.
Cloudy broth, such as the bland dishwater served at Pho 999, simply does not cut it.
Phor those who don’t know, pho is a Vietnamese soup, similar to Japanese ramen or soba, that is usually served with beef [...]

Fresh & Easy complaint letter
Thursday, July 1, 2010
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
I am writing to request an explanation for the following complaint:
Recently I used two of your Fresh & Easy brand 14.5oz cans of “ORGANIC Italian style diced tomatoes” with about one pound of ground beef to make a typical “ragu” or “bolognese” pasta sauce.
On [...]