I wrote a few weeks ago about that L.A. institution known as The Pantry, which had some of the more disappointing fried chicken I’d ever tasted. Luckily there’s a place in L.A. that gets fried chicken right–amazingly, foodgasmically right. Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles was one of those restaurants I’d heard about in passing [...]
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Now THAT’S How You Do Fried Chicken. And Waffles.
Posted in Food!, Los Angeles, Uncategorized, tagged Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles on May 9, 2010 | 2 Comments »
TV dinner (dessert, really): Nickel Diner
Posted in Food!, Los Angeles, tagged downtown L.A., Nickel Diner on March 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Attempting to eat a reasonably healthy diet is a lot easier when you’ve got Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. Watching Guy Fieri sample dish after dish from America’s most reliable home-cooking restaurants is almost as good as eating them yourself–without the eventual need for triple bypass surgery. When he profiled downtown L.A.’s Nickel Diner, though, with [...]
Keep These Guys in Business: McCall’s Meat & Fish Company
Posted in Food!, Los Angeles, tagged McCall's Meat and Fish, sustainable meat on February 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
One of my favorite sections of Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma was his description of Polyface Farm, a super-sustainable enterprise that raised livestock in a manner that did its best to imitate nature. Cows and chickens grazed one group after another in large fields of grass, with no need for hormone treatments or antibiotics. Sadly, [...]
Am I Dreaming? There’s a Dim Sum Truck!
Posted in Food!, Los Angeles, tagged dim sum truck on February 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
L.A., I may bitch about your traffic, pollution, strip mall architecture, and unreasonable rents, but the wealth of deliciousness presented in your taco trucks never ceases to amaze me. Tacos, pupusas, Korean barbecue, even cupcakes. And now there’s a frickin’ dim sum truck. Judging by the photos, it looks AWESOME. I might finally break down [...]
Three Mini Restaurant Reviews: Zip Fusion, Cliff’s Edge, and Malo
Posted in Food!, Los Angeles, tagged Cliff's Edge, Malo, Silverlake restaurants, Zip Fusion on February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s great eating out on someone else’s dime. I don’t get to do it that often but when I do the food always seems to taste better. I was lucky enough over the past week to be treated to three nights of free food–one night for our new grad student recruiting day, one night for [...]
Too Big to Fail? Make ‘em Smaller
Posted in Los Angeles, tagged Kaiser Federal, move your money, Wells Fargo on January 27, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Today I did what so many others have been inspired to do in response to gross abuses of funds by “too big to fail” banks: I moved my money from Wells Fargo to a smaller, local bank, Kaiser Federal. Here’s how I did it, and why. When it comes to all those stories of multimillion dollar [...]
Sunrise Sunset
Posted in Los Angeles, Uncategorized, tagged Beverly Hills, L.A. buses, Sunset Boulevard on July 4, 2009 | 3 Comments »
After more than two years of relying almost exclusively on my car for transportation, I find myself bussing it daily from Los Feliz to UCLA for an intensive Japanese class. My bus is the number 2, which travels along Sunset Boulevard from downtown all the way to the Pacific Coast Highway. The trip takes about [...]
Moving: Then and Now
Posted in Grad life, Los Angeles, tagged cohabitation, moving on May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The digs are found, the lease is signed (hence the long absence, irregular internet access and too much time spent in the car), and the move will happen on June 10th. Which leads me to realize that moving essentially sucks no matter your situation. Unless, perhaps, you’re Oprah Winfrey, who was able to remotely evacuate [...]
LA Times Festival of Books
Posted in Books, Los Angeles, tagged Brendan Constantine, Giada de Laurentiis, LA Times Festival of Books, Mark Irwin, Reading to Kids, WriteGirl on April 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just returned from the LA Times Festival of Books, where I got a very odd-looking sunburn and also managed to: –hear some wonderful poetry readings by Mark Irwin, Brendan Constantine, and others. –eat a hot dog and a brownie. What’s a festival without the food? –get away without spending more than $17 (parking + food) [...]
L.A. Theatre: Mixed Reviews
Posted in Los Angeles, Uncategorized, tagged independent theatre, L.A. theatre on April 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Independent theatre in L.A. is a decidedly mixed bag.
