Why are people so passionate about barbecue? Why does barbecue take hold of the imagination so strongly? What about barbecue gives it an almost spiritual dimension? And … where’s the best barbecue in Los Angeles? (with links)
Let’s start somewhere random. A shack in the middle of an industrial strip in Gardena. The woman who owns the joint is not the friendliest but, hey, she’s bombarded with crowds of people clamoring for her barbecue starting at 11:30 AM every...
A marriage is often celebrated with a big wedding, and a big wedding cake. Each member of the community eating a small piece of a big cake is symbolic of the fact that marriage is not merely a private affair, but also a public concern. All too often, however, divorce happens privately, shamefully, and out of the public eye. I say, let's publicly celebrate divorce. Let the community participate in the dissolution of marriage, as well. Let them eat cake, too!
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The Los Angeles BBQ Festival was held in the parking lot just north of the Santa Monica Pier, this past weekend Sept 13 & 14.
Day 1
My plan: get there at 11:45 AM. Wait for the "doors" to open. Bee-line for LC’s from Kansas City for spare ribs (Kansas City being a barbecue mecca and LC's considered one of the best, I fear long lines here); then head straight to Southside Market and BBQ for the "Elgin sausage" (Elgin, by Texas state legislative decree, is the sausage capital of Texas) and ...
I’m NOT looking forward to Mr. Cecil’s. Gus’s I’ll try, but wait, it’s chicken, maybe not. Baby Blue I’ve had a thousand times, don’t need to waste energy.
I’ll get there at 11:50 on Saturday morning, somewhere near the Santa Monica Pier, I’ll pay my ten bucks, the “doors” will open and I’ll bee-line for L.C’s BBQ from Kansas City Missouri. Never been to Kansas City, never had a rib in Kansas City. But Kansas City is a mecca of bbq. L.C’s is considered one of KC’s best. Hello, KC....
Cheese and bread. Bread and cheese. Pretty much the platonically ideal food combination. There's bagel with cream cheese. There's brie and baguette. There's munster cheese stuffed into pita bread and microwaved (one of the best things you'll EVER eat, I promise, something about what the microwave does to the munster is sexually good). And of course there's the ultimate... pizza. Yesterday I had pizza for lunch (Petrillo's, yum!) and pizza for dinner (left over Trader Joe's Meat Combo Pi...
Have been hearing about the French Toast at Comme Ca for a couple of weeks now. One of my best friends is getting divorced and after a major court date she and a bunch of girlfriends went to Comme Ca and they all came out raving about the French toast.
I immediately went into competition mode: really? Is it better than the Griddle? What's the Griddle?, they asked. Please! Only like the most genius French Toast in the universe. Sweet and eggy! Eggy is the key to genius French Toast in my...
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