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First Taste: Neal Fraser’s Redbird at The Vibiana
Maine Lobster, gnocchi sardi, nettles, black trumpets The long-awaited restaurant from Neal Fraser, Amy Knoll Fraser and Bill Chait is finally here, and all of Los Angeles is the better for it. With a...
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Hai Di Lao: The Disneyland of Hot Pot
Dancing Noodles at Hai Di Lao In partnership with Westfield Santa Anita. Memories of hot pot have always involved family and friends around one or two boiling pots of broth on hot plates, set upon the...
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Celebrating Lunar New Year at Westfield Santa Anita
Lion Dance In partnership with Westfield Santa Anita While the Lunar New Year is today, Westfield Santa Anita went all out and brought in the Year of the Ram with traditional dances, calligraphy, food,...
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Ivan Marquez’s Ever Evolving Pastries at Short Cake
Pastry Spread If you haven’t been to Short Cake at The Original Farmer’s Market for some breakfast pastries and Verve coffee, you’re definitely missing out. I recently visited head baker Ivan Marquez,...
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Jeni’s Ice Creams Opens First West Coast Outpost in Los Feliz
Jeni’s Ice Creams Opening Party There’s some fantastic ice cream now on Hillhurst Avenue in Los Feliz and it comes by way of Ohio. It’s Jeni’s Ice Creams first West Coast outpost, and Los Angeles is...
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Highlights of the Inaugural Lexus Culinary Classic at Cavallo Point
Our arrival in the Lexus NX 300h at Sunset – Cavallo Point, Fort Baker Apologies for the lack of updates, but I can only blame an excellent month of March spent traveling and seeing more of North...
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Revisiting The Hungry Cat in Santa Monica
Seafood Platter, Siberian Osetra Caviar There are always plenty fo reasons to visit Hungry Cat, but the location in Santa Monica has put a new focus on their wood-fired menu, thanks to their brand new...
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Happy Hour is Restocking Hour at Stir Market
Porchetta Chili Cheese Fries There are happy hours where get enticed into what might seem like a great deal but, once you’ve arrived and start ordering, the specials don’t seem as attractive now that...
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Jazz Up Your Fridays at LACMA With Patina’s Picnic Baskets
The Louis Picnic Basket (minus one serving of chicken) The sun is out – when June Gloom isn’t in, that is. But when the high of summer arrives, you’ll bet it’ll be time for that picnic. Whether at The...
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Los Angeles Veteran Barsmith Joe Brooke Lands at The 86 Co.
Joe Brooke’s Shaker Face. Photo by Caroline on Crack When I first met Joe Brooke at The Edison, it was a whole seven, maybe even eight, years ago. And though I steer more towards food than cocktails on...
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Bolthouse Farms’ #ThirstyThursdays Bartender Series on Periscope and Meerkat
Alex Straus – Photo by Joshua Lurie of foodgps.com There’s been a #ThirstyThursday weekly broadcast that’s been happening for the past month, but the good news is that we’ve still got the remainder of...
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Lexus Culinary Classic: Q&A With Master Sommelier Carlton McCoy
Youngest Master Sommelier Carlton McCoy A couple months back, I was able to spend a weekend in Sausalito at the phenomenal Cavallo Point while attending the inaugural Lexus Culinary Classic. To say...
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Links: e*starLA Elsewhere in 2015
Catch & Release, Marina del Rey Apologies for not updating the blog, but here’s a post to push its revival into the New Year. Here I come, 2016! This week, I’ll be posting a round-up of sorts on...
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The Best Things I Ate in 2015
Branzino, Maré Los Angeles has been a phenomenal place to eat for the duration of 2015. In fact, it’s been really hard to keep up with everything going on in all parts of the city, but what a great...
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February 29: Jeremiah Stone and Fabian von Hauske Guest Chef at E.P. & L.P.
E.P. & L.P. With this year being a leap year, I feel it calls for a special outing of sorts on February 29th. After all, it comes but once every four years, so you might as well make the most of...
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Culinary Experiences at Passport to Dry Creek Valley
Dry Creek Valley Now in its 27th year, the Passport to Dry Creek Valley event this weekend promises to be a great time to visit and taste Pinots, Zinfandels and other Sonoma wines. If you fly to Sonoma...
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Remembering LudoBites With Mind of a Chef and Ludo Lefebvre
Shooting with Ludo, Krissy & Mind of a Chef Crew When you get approached to reminisce about a certain time and place, nay, a certain chef and his concept – on-camera – you know you’ve been hit with...
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Links: e*starLA Elsewhere
Brodard Nem Nuong Hello, Little Blog; How are you? I’m so sorry to have neglected you all these months, but the truth is that I’ve been writing elsewhere. It’s been a great experience, so let’s put...
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Food and Wine Adventures in Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County
Video shot and produced by John Beck. Last July, I was invited to the incredible Dry Creek Valley in Sonoma County for a multi-day excursion in tasting and learning about the region’s wines and the...
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See You at Northstar California!
Photo by Chris Bartkowski, Vail Resorts It’s December! I’m super excited about this month every year because it means snow in the Sierras — and that means snowboarding — but for the 2016-17 season,...
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