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Surf & Turf, Spanish Style

Next time I go to Spain I’ll be sure to take my fine swine t-shirt with me. It just might get me some freebies! I’m currently reading John Barlow’s Everything But the Squeal, in which he details his year spent eating every … Continue reading

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Mr. Cabbage Buys a First-Class Ticket to Decadenceville

Last week’s blog entry on cabbage drew interest from people who wanted to know how to give it the bacon and maple treatment. Here’s the recipe I devised… Bacon Maple Cabbage Makes 8 servings The Internet has loads of variations … Continue reading

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A Taste of NOLA in LA

I have to believe I’m forgiven for playing hooky from church when there’s soul food involved. And jazz. So on Sunday I went for champagne brunch to NOLA’s A Taste of New Orleans, wedged in between Los Angeles’s downtown neighborhoods … Continue reading

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The Real McCoy (Hint: It Ain’t Corned Beef)

Once during a St. Patrick’s Day pub crawl, I saw a bruiser of a guy swagger down the street wearing an ill-fitting dress and a lopsided wig, his face painted bright green. When some revelers on a balcony howled at … Continue reading

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Evan Flings the Gauntlet

Evan Kleiman, everyone’s favorite radio food person–who’s actually an honest-to-God chef–is hosting a pie-a-day challenge on her KCRW blog. Of course I want to help her out so she doesn’t have to eat a pie a day all by herself. … Continue reading

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