28 Jun 2011 5 Comments
…. and no, I’m not talking about cough syrup, so relax. The medicine I speak of is no other than Red Medicine, a scene-y little Vietnamese-inspired restaurant on Wilshire Blvd in Beverly Hills. I’d heard about it because I’m one of those food geeks that peruses websites like eater.com for my weekly restaurants-to-visit list making sessions (I [...]
22 Jun 2011 40 Comments
So, as some of you know, I do a fair amount of traveling. Sometimes it’s for fun, pleasure, and the endless and arduous task of finding the world’s most perfect beach (Napili Bay, I love you). But a lot of the time, I travel on business. The business I’m referring to usually pertains to some [...]
19 Jun 2011 25 Comments
Dear friends: I’m about to share with you one of my most sacred and beloved vacation spots. A place so precious, one can only deem it to be the promised land, my own personal mecca, my pot of proverbial gold at the end of my drunken rainbow…. Santa Ynez Valley, California. Tucked away on the [...]
15 Jun 2011 26 Comments
Hey, remember that time I casually mentioned my friend Celina Dean’s Perogi Pie? And then you facebook’d/messaged/screamed at me for the recipe? Well, I heard ya, loud and clear. I also heard the perfect opportunity to get Celina to whip up another one of these pies so I could taste it I mean photograph it [...]
08 Jun 2011 36 Comments
Ever seen the movie Big Night? Basically, it’s about these two brothers who own a failing restaurant and, as a last resort to gain some sort of notoriety, they throw a lavish dinner party where of course all hell breaks loose. It’s a great movie. You should really see it. So, at the center of [...]
03 Jun 2011 13 Comments
Never before in my life had I ever envisioned posting a blog about kale. It isn’t exactly the thing I think of when I’m craving yummy foods, and I’ve been known to make fun of people (sorry, Sean Maher, I love you) for eating it in the past. But things have changed. It’s delicious, my [...]
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