Wow that was fast.

I don’t make it over to Silver Lake / Echo Park much anymore – it lost some of its allure once it got too trendy to find parking. But I’ve had it in mind lately to make a field trip to the new Lot 1 restaurant ever since I got a rave recommendation [...]

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Goodbye Donna Deane…

She had the job I always wanted, as head of the Los Angeles Time’s test kitchen. But to tell the truth, I don’t think I would have had the stamina and savvy she’s shown over the last 28 years. Every week, for as long as I ‘ve been reading the L.A. Times Food section, [...]

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Oy vey!

I learned a few things about kosher meats yesterday, when I read the NYTimes story about an Iowa kosher meat processing plant and its management’s abuse of undocumented workers. I was then horrified to realize that I’ve bought many of this plant’s tasty kosher chickens at Trader Joe’s!. They [...]

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I wonder if there is a message in here somewhere…

This AM on HufPo:
Tom D’Antoni: Clinton and Obama Joint News Conference on Race/Gender
“TRANSCRIPT OF TODAY’S 9AM ET JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE WITH SENS. HILLARY CLINTON (D-NY) AND BARAK OBAMA (D-IL)
Sen. Clinton: We have called this joint news conference today because Barak and I want to make something very clear to our fellow Democrats and to all [...]

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My theory about Obama in Iowa…

Iowa is made up mostly of white guys. White guys don’t like strong women. White guys like to think of themselves as the Great White Friend to the Black Man. In the final analysis, they’d rather vote for a black man than a woman.
Actually when I was under 30, I would have [...]

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Soup weather in Los Angeles!

After weeks of hot winds, fires, and relentless sunshine (in L.A. there can be such a thing) it is cold enough today to turn the heater on. This is in addition to the extra layers of clothing and the warm slippers.
Finally the weather cooperates with my favorite convergence at the Farmers’ Market: fresh cranberry beans [...]

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This has been the week from hell down here in SoCal

As a friend mentioned today, it’s a good thing we are a rich state, or those of us who live in southern cali would all be toast by now. Here in Los Angeles, our canyons have been spared this time, but being sandwiched in between 12 out of control wildfires has been no picnic [...]

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A Dem Dares to Dream: Our next Secretary of State?

Hey,  it works for me.
I don’t really see him running this time out – why go there? Fake Steve Jobs has the ultimate analysis on this, as always.
But if Hillary ends up in the White House, who better to join her as her SOS? He’s got an Oscar, a Nobel Peace Prize and eight [...]

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Hoo-ray for Tina Fey!

Girlfriend won an Emmy last night for best comedy for the show she writes, produces and stars in. Maybe the show will pick up a few more dozen viewers for its smart, subversive writing and crackerjack cast, including Alex Baldwin in the role he was born to play, and Jack McBrayer as the very [...]

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17000 happy people dancing as one…

When I saw the red tail hawk cruising the canyon, I knew it was going to be a great night.
A pair of tickets to Underworld at the Hollywood Bowl had just landed in my lap and I was on my way to pick them up, then meet my date at Hungry Cat. [...]

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