Category Archives: Food

Food & Wine Thursdays: Turkey Chili

Posted on November 22, 2012 by

I’m writing this post on an iPhone in the passenger seat of a Kia Soul barreling up I-5, so please forgive any typos and run-on sentences. Last night I made turkey chili and had some friends over. It was a … Continue reading →

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Food & Wine Thursdays: Replay

Posted on October 25, 2012 by

I’m on my honeymoon, so no new post today. In the mean time, enjoy this classic F&WT from a few months back. I was talking to a friend after his recent trip to Manhattan and he was lamenting the wine … Continue reading →

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Food & Wine Thursdays: Here’s Your Damn Coffee

Posted on September 20, 2012 by

The street is lined with coffee shops. Some bear terrible Oxford pun club names like Brewed Awakening or Sufficient Grounds. Others have names so painfully literal as to be impossibly hip: Coffee Bar, Coffee Table, Corner Coffee. While still others … Continue reading →

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Food & Wine Thursdays: Alphabet Soup and the Silliness of Health Department Letter Grades

Posted on September 13, 2012 by

Opening a restaurant is a tricky business. Opening a restaurant in LA is particularly difficult. Because of my close involvement with restaurants in Los Angeles, I have some insight into the institutional difficulties that are unique to Los Angeles and … Continue reading →

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Food & Wine Thursdays: An Encomium of Meatloaf

Posted on September 6, 2012 by

“Meatloaf is a powerful master and achieves the most divine feats with the smallest and least evident body. It can stop fear, relieve pain, create joy, and increase pity.”                       … Continue reading →

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Food & Wine Thursdays: Guilty Pleasures

Posted on August 9, 2012 by

Look, I try to eat and drink well (if not always healthfully) whenever I can, but there are times when certain fast food, cheap drinks, and situational indulgences are simply unavoidable and, in most cases, more than pleasurable. El Pollo … Continue reading →

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Not About Nerds. Wait, Yes it is. And Food. So there.

Posted on July 21, 2012 by

Every so often David has his “Not About Wine” posts where he expresses his opinions on non-culinary topics. After all, man cannot live on food and drink alone– though come to think of it, that’s a pretty good start so … Continue reading →

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