fall offering: puree of chestnuts (poached with juniper) with bacon consommé, potato crisps, and celery leaf. So far so good. The hot chestnut puree and velvety bacon consommé are the world’s most luxurious baby food:...

Ethiopian in LA, but I wouldn’t make it a highlight of a Chow tour of LA, not when there are so many other things that are brought to their pinnacles in LA.

,95) with a zesty sauce, trying not to crash into one of the numerous fences on the FSE where the repairs were carried out on my way there. After that appetizer, I headed to the California for a bowl of oriental combination soup...

Short Ribs with Horseradish Scented Marrow Beans and The Seared Rare Big Eye Tuna with Savory Cornmeal Cake, Sugar Snap Peas & Wild Mushrooms. Since there was a bit of the Melville PN, I went with the Turley Old Vines California...

now. First, the generosity of Patrick who willingly and unvolntarily offered his track winings at various moments as payments to our costs. Second, to Zim, who proved that even after 18 or so hours of chowing, one could still...

lemongrass curry sauce (nearly identical to haw mok in thai cooking, loved this too!) Desserts were provided by Rochelle who brought to die for cookies that seemed still warm from the oven! The cookie with white chocolate cut by...

Angeles tijuana dogs (hot dogs wrapped in bacon) are pretty spot on. Damn, I need to eat healthier.

was that the owners held out against the developers of the Westside Pavilion additions and kept their property. Kudos for that. But rather than turn out a really great thick carefully cooked burger, you get a fairly chintzy...

teen years before ever tasting McD’s. We’re talking 1960’s and 1970’s Southern California - and mostly my mom cooked. We didn’t eat out or get take-out very often. Actually, I really prefer...

Sauvignon. We splash out there on rare occasions: why not more often come to think of it: six bad meals in the Beach or three very fine ones at Sauvignon? I think I’m too salt-freaky though, because I never cook with it and...

to when it came to food discriptions. I don’t remember Nancy Drew having many gastronomic depictions but I did pick up the “Nancy Drew Cookbook” at a garage sale. It is a treasure in my collection but I have yet...

, and our group went out shopping in the Riverwalk Marketplace, just across the RR and streetcar tracks, along the waterfront. After several hours, we decided to try the food court for a late lunch and chose Messina’s Cajun...

, Il Moro, Giorgio Baldi’s or anywhere else in this city. The difference is, of course, the minimal decor, the correspondingly low prices and the assiduous personal care Chris brings to his cooking. It’s not a...

and cooking are a big priority to me. I’d love to hear arguments from Chowhounders in each city as to why I should move there. Are there great market places? Fresh farm produce? Ethnic diversity? Top Notch resturants?...

for the “décor” and cast of characters alone! Impeccably fried, greaseless oysters. Lagniappe Guest House — wonderful breakfasts (guests only) - banana pancakes, perfectly cooked bacon and the best scrambled eggs...