Restaurant Launches Another Emerging Talent with Protégé of Josiah Citrin and Contestant on New “Top Chef: Texas” Wilshire Restaurant in Santa Monica announces that Nyesha Arrington, a protégé of restaurateur and Chef Josiah Citrin, has been hired as the restaurant’s new Executive Chef. Arrington has just been named among the 29 competing chefs on Bravo’s…
Tastes of Fall, Sausages with Snap, Sauerkraut and Styne’s “Steins” Designed for Dining and Beer Garden Celebration WHO: LUCQUES, Los Angeles WHAT: LUCQUES, the flagship restaurant owned by Suzanne Goin and Caroline Styne, presents their first Oktoberfest with a celebration of first-of-the-fall season dishes showcasing figs, pears, winter squash, roasted apples and wild mushrooms with…
A few weeks ago, when I reported on the upcoming [November 12, 2011] Paso Garagiste Festival (www.pasogaragiste.com), I promised an update. Well, I had the opportunity recently to sit down at The Cellar with festival founder Doug Minnick and fellow festival organizer Lisa Dinsmore (follow her on Twitter @DailyWine) to get the latest scoop on…
Break the Cycle, the leading national organization working to end teen dating violence, invites the Los Angeles community to commemorate Domestic Violence Awareness Month and support healthy relationships at Cooking for Love: Savor the Season 2011 on October 9, 2011. This premier food and wine gala features top Los Angeles chefs “cooking for love,” a…
Last Thursday, at Waterloo & City in Culver City, I attempted to sample as many double gold wine and spirit winners I could in about an hour. The time constraint is because I don’t want to deal with the traffic home, and for now, these events occur at lunch and not at the time I…
For those of you who lamented the lack of food or wine in Eileen Wright’s previous article, this one more than makes up for it. I got hungry reading it. _______________________________________________________________ Blackburn, England boomed during the Industrial Revolution. Flemish immigrants settled into town and produced cotton products within their own houses (no mills or unions). …
Strawberry – Cabernet Sorbet Betty Crocker Cooking with American Wine 1 pint strawberries (Is that the same as a double-sized plastic thingamajig that you can buy at the market?? Hope so.) ½ cup sugar 2 tablespoons lemon juice 2 cup Cabernet Sauvignon or dry red wine. Place strawberries, sugar and lemon juice in a food…
If you’ve been keeping up with our moving saga, a far second behind Jack Burditt’s endless road trips in his home away from home RV, we still have a lot of ground to cover. First came the start of escrow where apparently even those with faultless credit fear to tread, then came the faultless, expert…
A renowned French recipe, known in France as Boeuf a’ la Bourguignon, it is a rich and hardy combination of flavors. I discovered Beef Burgundy very early in my career in food preparation and have enjoyed this recipe for many years. Serves four 1 lb lean beef ¼ cup chopped parsley 4 strips bacon ½…