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What is Papilles Bistro Papilles Bistro is a French restaurant from the mind of Restauranteur Santos Uy, of wine bars Bacaro and Mignon fame. Papilles Bistro chef, Tim Carey, prides himself on using great ingredients from local area farmer’s market. … Continue reading
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What is Mozza Mozza is a pizza restaurant with traditional Italian recipes the simple dish of pizza. Nancy Silverton (of La Brea Bakery and Campanile), Mario Batali (of Food TV fame and owns several restaurants), and Joseph Bastianich (restaurateur and … Continue reading
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What is Technique? Le Cordon Bleu is a world renown cooking and culinary school. Among the notable graduates include Ming Tsai, Nancy Silverton, Giada De Laurentiis, Julia Child, and Mario Batali(who dropped out and did not graduate). Technique restaurant is … Continue reading
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Los Angeles has seen a recent trend of Asian fusion cuisine in the past couple of years with Chego and Tasty Kitchen. Sang Yoon, of Father’s Office, presents us with Lukshon in Culver City. To get my lubed up, I … Continue reading
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Izakaya 居酒屋 is a type of Japanese dining where drinking and little dishes are served. I guess you could associate drinking with any type of Japanese (or non Japanese) dining, too. Hence, Izakaya’s roots are with Sake houses, where they … Continue reading
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Barbecue is a backyard American tradition. The birthright of males, during summer weekends, can be tasted over barbecuing grills. Steaks, hot dogs, and chicken are skillfully torched. The popularity of traditional regional barbecue of beef brisket, pulled pork, and hot … Continue reading
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When people talk about BBQ, emotions and feelings run high. You almost get into fighting words when comparing the different BBQ’s. With the Carolina’s you get the smokey pulled pork and with the Kansas City style, you get the saucey … Continue reading
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I had heard of Bigmista and his wonderful Barbecue from twitter feeds, blogger pundits, and the LA rags. Yet, I could never find a way or excuse to one of his farmer market appearances. So, this last trip to Los … Continue reading
