Do Horses Have Plumes? Well They Do in Saratoga

The Plumed Horse(408) 867-471114555 Big Basin WaySaratoga, CA 95070$115 Tasting MenuWe came with a purpose. My mother, brother and I came to have the tasting menu; my dad and aunt were just along for the ride. We were not dismayed by the $115 price for a seven-course meal. We were here to eat well.After...

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Cuando Vuelo, Vuelo a la Paloma Selestial

Paloma SelestialSomewhere around Pico & Overland$1.25 a tacoOn the opposite spectrum of my Comme ça lunch, I went to my first taco truck the other day. Considerably cheaper, as reflected in the facilities, I think both are equal in terms of value to cost ratio. I'm paying less and getting less...

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Comme quoi? Comme ça, bien sur

Comme ça(323) 782-11788479 Melrose AveLos Angeles, CA 90069$25 for lunchPardonnez mon Français. I had to get my brother to translate it and he only took a year of French. I tried to say "Like what? Like that, of course." Comme ça is David Myers' French brasserie on Melrose. It's a more casual take on...

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I'm Running Late to My McMeeting

So I'm driving up the coast of California for a family road trip when we stopped at the American pit-stop to refuel. Yet this wasn't your run-of-the-mill McDonald's, it had gone through a little misguided remodeling. Entering the restaurant, I was greeted by a cheerful employee with a tray of samples....

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Meat--the Only Way to Celebrate: Lawry's the Prime Rib

Lawry's CutLawry's the Prime Rib(310) 652-2827100 N La Cienega Blvd,Beverly Hills, CA 90211$37 for prime rib and spinning saladCaught up in the fervor of graduation from UCLA, it didn't even occur to me that my graduation dinner would be legitimate blogging material. This explains the embarrassingly...

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Japanese Maid Waitresses and Tartare Tartare: Destinations in Culver City

Fraiche RestaurantLiving on the West side, I find myself frequenting Santa Monica when looking for restaurants. Granted, there are some great ones like Father's Office and The Counter, interestingly both burger restaurants, but I have been overlooking another Food Destination as well--Culver City. For...

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Creepy Crawlies for Green Cuisine

Scorpion scaloppine/Photo credit: TIMELooking through my weekly TIME magazine, I found an article in the Life section by Bryan Walsh reporting from the Richmond, Virginia Broad Appetit Food Festival. Premier entomophagists (the scientific term for eating insects) David George Gordon from Seattle and...

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Does Molecular Gastronomy Constitute Cooking?

I ran into two articles in the NY Times that I thought would be worth sharing for my food conscious readers.The first article about the miracle fruit describes Synsepalum dulcificum, a native West African fruit with the appropriately named protein miraculin. This protein binds with taste buds and accentuates the sweetness in acidic foods. After eating the fruit, people have described such diverse...

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