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Joe’s Restaurant – California Classic
Restaurant: Joe’s Restaurant Location: 1023 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, CA 90291 Date: September 16, 2011 Cuisine: California Farmer’s Market Rating: Consistently good _ I’ve been coming to Joe’s since...
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New Year’s Feast
Since 2005 we’ve been hosting the family feast for Rosh Hashanah. And what is a traditional holiday dinner without an excuse to do some cooking. Rosh Hashanah occurs in September or October and so it’s...
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Trés – Lunch Fantastique
Restaurant: Trés [1, 2] Location: 465 S La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048. 310.246.5555 Date: October 31, 2011 Cuisine: Modern Spanish Rating: Fantastique _ My brother and I were in midtown and...
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Western Smoke House Meats
Restaurant: Western Smoke House Location: 10640 Woodbine St. Los Angeles, CA 90034. (310) 837-3544 Date: November 12, 2011 Cuisine: BBQ Rating: Solid Texas BBQ _ This time of year we have a lot of...
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ThanksGavin 2010 Reprise
As we rapidly approach the season of ThanksGavin I would like to take a moment to relive last year’s week of ultimate gluttony in anticipation of another fat and flavor filled week of food blogging....
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ThanksGavin 2011 – The Third Wave
Given that we went out to the Zoo all day while my cousin Abbe cooked up this followup to the official Thanksgiving dinner, she insists that it should really be called the ThanksFlitter (her last...
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ThanksGavin 2011 – Salty Saturday
Part of the tradition for the ThanksGavin weekend of gluttony is a Saturday deli brunch. As we celebrate in Philadelphia, we have access to all sorts of good deli and the like. My mom also made an...
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Ultimate Pizza 2012
With the new year comes more Ultimate Pizza (see here for the whole series). In case you missed it, this is the totally hand crafted gourmet pizzas we cook at home. Yum, Burgundy from the cellar....
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San Fran – RN74
Restaurant: RN74 Location: 301 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105 Tel: 415.543.7474 Date: February 10, 2012 Cuisine: American Rating: Good, but not spectacular _ I really wanted to go to Michael...
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Ultimate Pizza New Years 2012
Every few months, and particularly at New Years, we do another round of our Ultimate Homemade Pizzas. If you’re curious about how these components are made look here, otherwise just enjoy the food...
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ThanksGavin 2013
It’s that time of year again, time to loosen your belt buckle and sit down for the annual ThanksGavin! The table is set. The libations begin with this bubbly. 1990 Robert Ampeau & Fils Meursault...
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Reference Pasta – Cacio e Pepe
I’m pretty much a pasta fiend, particularly good homemade pasta, so an evening home with my son afforded a good opportunity to try out my pasta cooking chops on this ultimate reference pasta — cacio e...
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ThanksGavin 2014
It’s that time of year again, time to loosen your belt buckle and sit down for the annual ThanksGavin! The table is set. NV Casa Vinicola Botter Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore Santi Nello. Bubbly to...
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Cooking Italy – Guazzetto
Periodically I get the bug to try to make some dish at home to the best of my ability. Usually it’s something Italian, like my Tiramisu or Pizzas, or my crazy Gelato fetish (yet undocumented), and...
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White Guys Can Cook Noodles
Since I’m a noodle fiend, and Dan Dan Mein is one of my all time favorites, and a lot of my home cooking focuses on pasta (and pizza and gelato) I got it in my head to try making this amazing noodle...
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