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MY TOP 10+ BARBECUE JOINTS IN L.A.
Why are people so passionate about barbecue? Why does barbecue take hold of the imagination so strongly? What about b...
What Would The Candidates Drink?
Can a black man drink red wine in the White House? He very well may if he’s Barack Obama. Obama, the Illinois senator...
OSTERIA MOZZA DURING THE DEPRESSION
Not sure whether we're entering into a long-term global economic depression (say 3 to 10 years) or just a serious rec...
WHAT TO EAT WHILE YOU'RE VOTING (WITH WORCESTERSHIRE)
I don’t know about the rest of you but I am so tired of this election I just want a decision made and let's ...
THAT GREEN DRINK I'VE BEEN TELLING YOU ABOUT
All right, here's a photo of the product. I've been drinking it mixed into water for almost a week now and this stuff...
WHAT EXACTLY IS A NITRITE?
Additives, preseratives, food chemicals, etc., etc. The ingredients in our foods contain far too many unpronoucable s...
An Oklahoma Road Trip: Chicken Soup and Apple Pie
On a trip through Oklahoma, I was reminded again how deliciously satisfying homemade food can be in restaurants off t...
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: LA GIOSTRA
With Halloween just around the corner and Thanksgiving sneaking up faster than I anticipated I'm trying really really...
BRESAOLA FROM SALUMERIA BIELLESE
Mark Buzzio of Salumeria Biellese, New York City, at left I’ve been buying cured meat and sa...
OH BRAVE NEW (M&M) WORLD!
Don’t go to your friend’s house for a play-date if you don’t want your kid to eat M&Ms. My frie...
Wine For The Young And Young At Heart
Apologies for the lack of posts over the past couple weeks. I've been traveling, culinarily of course. On my recent ...Chefs 13-18 of 27
MIKEY GALVAN
8 videosMy father, Teodoro, began Hacienda Galvan in Pacific Palisades in the early 1960s. Success led to the opening of more restaurants throughout the Westside, in Santa Monica, Marina del Rey, Westches...
JOSH ROSENSTEIN
Josh Rosenstein has cooked at Hungry Cat, Maple Drive and A.O.C. in Los Angeles; at Alain Ducasse Mix in Vegas; and at Village Bistro and The Screening Room in New York. He now has a 2 year ol...
NATALIA MACLEOD
Sweet tooth, we all have one in my family. We baked when we wanted to satisfy it, and no dessert ever lasted more than a day in our home. My Mom baked pies, crème caramel, chocolate mousse; my Dad...
CAPRIAL PENCE
Chef Owner, Caprial’s Bistro, Portland OR. Her fans know her as the celebrity chef and cookbook author, her weekly students as a cooking teacher, her restaurant guests as chef/proprietor and her ...
ROCCO DISPIRITO
Rocco DiSpirito was born and raised in Jamaica, Queens. His culinary experience began at age eleven in his mother Nicolin's kitchen. By the age of 16, DiSpirito entered the Culinary Institute of Am...
PAULA DEEN
Everyone has a beginning, and mine really starts in my Grandmother Paul’s kitchen. I promise you, she knew everything you ever needed to know about making the perfect Southern meal. Every day I was...
