thing if someone starting spraying Windex at a nearby table while I was still eating. It’s another to watch a kitchen, basically behind a fish bowl at the l’Atelier, doing whatever it does every night. Anyway, I...

ago when she was making tuna fish for me and wanted to add seasoning after it was all mixed with mayo. I stopped and questioned her, explaining why, which naturally got me “It's f—-ing tunafish!” and a bitching...

and settle for a “less than” mentality. Restaurant service in SD has gone over the same precipice and into the same abyss as the Chargers ever winning a Super Bowl and the Padres every winning the World Series. As a...

– chicken, green olives, tomato, onion, palm, bacon with ranch sauce. As to arugula, I probably had it on one of the Berkeley Bowl pizzas. Wouldn’t turn it down. Wouldn’t go out of my way for it. The Brazilian pizza...

- La Serenata di Gariboldi in Boyle Heights for upscale Mexican - Pho 999 in Van Nuys for straight-up good noodle bowls - Thursday night at Campanile for grilled cheese (all under $20) - Jack & Jill’s in Beverly Hills for...

to another, with mixed results. But this demographic also drives up rents because they are perceived to be more desirable to live near and sell stuff to. So Mr. Local Chef is forced to close up shop, and Aux Bon Painful moves in....

Gave it a go. Most impressive. It’s kind of like a mix between Tomato Pie with Albano’s crust, but it’s much better. I’m adding it to the rotation with Village, Lamonica’s, etc. Please no more...

there, and the cycle starts all over again. (Said the woman who just had maybe my 10th bowl of cereal in about 8 years. It was Grape Nuts Trail Mix Crunch – and everything in me felt like adding sugar to it, like I used to...

. I hope she lives up to the title of the show and really mixes things up a bit.Show us all types and styles of food and how a professional chef would treat those ingredients in a restaurant setting. Show us how you bake a potato...

The mention of Burmese, even steam table, at Sapphire drew my interest. It also reminded me of a very satisfying bowl of noodles from Natoma Cafe. Maybe a little too far for you, but worth checking out for $4.95. Here’s a...

be tried by anyone from a city lacking good Vietnamese Food as should a steaming bowl of Pho. Is New York one of those cities? Good bagels are a must anywhere, though you gotta go to Montreal for the best Montreal Bagels. Brewpubs...

dishes when done right, too. My friend ordered the penne arrabbiata. The penne was likewise cooked al dente, but the spicy tomato-based sauce was incredibly watery. Since they oversauced the pasta—the bowl was almost half-full of...

) made a few days before Assorted nuts and candies, in small bowls on tables throughtout the house I set up a coffee/dessert station on a table separate from the main buffet, and also had a cold beverage station (soft drinks, wine,...

. So, we met up in Scottsdale AZ a year ago for a vacation and I took her to Trader Joes since our hotel had a fridge. She loves the speciality items, the little gourmet treats, and the prices. She raves about the mixed nuts and...

, bring a wad of cash, and have the time of your life. El Katracho is a hole in the wall honduran palce on Burbank blvd in Van Nuys. Amazing food. Huge bowls of conch or blue crab soup. baleadas, plantains, beans, honduran...