August 17, 2010 – 1:25 pm
Brad A. Johnson of Angeleno Magazine bestowed his awards on the best of Los Angeles, as he does every year, and it was time to celebrate. Thankfully, I had the opportunity to participate in this celebration, and boy did it impress. So I didn’t get to try everything before the tastes ran out – but [...]
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Posted in Events, Food, Santa Monica, cocktails, wine
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Also tagged Angeleno Magazine, Best of LA, Best of Los Angeles, Bistro LQ, Brad A Johnson, chefs, Chefs Night Out, cuisine, dining, Fairmont Miramar, fine dining, Food, Josiah Citrin, Laurent Quenioux, Quinn Hatfield, Ricardo Zarate, Santa Monica
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It’s another culinary bazaar (we here in Los Angeles know how often these come around) but this time, it’s our city-wide flagship publication pulling out all the stops. It looks like the L.A. Times will live up to their name, too, because there are names to be had at this event held at on New [...]
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Posted in Events, Food, Hollywood, Melrose, Music, beer, wine
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Also tagged Alex Reznik, Animal Restaurant, Barrie Lynn, Betty Fraser, Betty Hallock, Celebration of Food and Wine, chefs, Chris Jacobson, cuisine, demonstrations, Food, food trucks, Jessica Gelt, Jimmy Shaw, John Sedlar, Jon Shook, Krista Simmons, L.A., LA Times, los angeles, Los Angeles Times Family Fund, Mark Peel, Michael Voltaggio, Noelle Carter, panels, Paramount Pictures, Rene Lynch, Ricardo Zarate, Russ Parsons, sake, Share Our Strength, She & Him, spirits, studio lot, Suzanne Goin, Vinny Dotolo, wine
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Looks like Beverly Hills wants officially mark themselves on the map as a culinary event destination in Los Angeles – as the first annual Taste of Beverly Hills will take place on September 2 – 5, 2010. With no event legacy, the first thing I’m drawn to is that it spans over 4 days – and [...]
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Posted in Beverly Hills, Events, Food
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Also tagged Beverly Hills, Beverly Hilton, culinary, Evan Kleiman, event, Food, Food & Wine, Food & Wine Magazine, Jason Bentley, KCRW, Taste of Beverly Hills, Walter Manzke
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Oh look. It’s the obligatory LudoBites 4.0 post on e*starLA. Like it’s really an LA food blog without it, you say. Well, you’re right. So while I’m at it, I’ll also remind everybody that 1) It’s completely booked, but also: 2) There are always cancellations. Follow Krissy Lefebvre (@frenchchefwife) for notice of these cancellations. And after [...]
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Posted in Downtown LA, Food
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Also tagged @chefludo, @frenchchefwife, ceviche, chef, chocolate souffle, Domaine LA, Downtown LA, escargots, foie gras, Gram & Papa's, Krissy Lefebvre, L.A., los angeles, Ludobites, Ludobites 4.0, red snapper, scallops
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Oh, balls. I say such with adulation, not lamentation – since I was lucky enough to squeeze into Sam and Zach‘s reservation for a special Monday night. Ludo Lefebvre’s latest one-off collaboration took place at Akasha Restaurant in Culver City earlier this week – and the foodies were out in full force. This time, it wasn’t so [...]
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Posted in Culver City, Events, Food
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Also tagged Akasha Restaurant, Akasha Richmond, Culver City, Downtown Culver City, fried chicken, fried chicken balls, Krissy Lefebvre, onion rings, rosemary chicken
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It was a special night at The Foundry on Melrose, and the occasion would be my long-delayed first visit to the restaurant. After all, this is where a lot of the LA comfort food scene originated – Chef Eric Greenspan (2008 Grilled Cheese Invitational winner and once-Iron Chef contestant) plans to open a grilled cheese-only [...]
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Posted in Events, Food, Melrose
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Also tagged Bluesy Tuesday, chicken, chicken showdown, Eric Greenspan, fried chicken, Krissy Lefebvre, Melrose, The Foundry, The Foundry on Melrose
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November 25, 2009 – 11:49 am
It could’ve been just another November Friday night in L.A. of standing in line outside just to stand shoulder-to-shoulder inside. But no – it was Culver City not Hollywood, and this pop-up culinary experience called “LudoBites” came packaged inside a Japanese cosplay cafe accented with a concurrently naughty theme. That theme would be “In Bed [...]
November 17, 2009 – 3:25 pm
It was just another ordinary day in Twitterverse. I work nearby the Miracle Mile outpost of the ongoing food truck revolution. My target today would be the Grilled Cheese Truck and I would ultimately miss – thanks to their popularity and resulting 30-foot line. From what it looked like, the line was stagnant and my suited [...]
October 29, 2009 – 9:45 am
The thing about these food extravaganzas is sometimes you can expect a lot of piecemeal efforts from restaurants who run the gambit of quality and notoriety and are there to garner publicity because they need it. Not so with Los Angeles Magazine‘s The Food Event – held at Saddlerock Ranch in Malibu last Sunday and which featured a [...]
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Posted in Events, Food, Malibu
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Also tagged Dakota, Dominick's, John Sedlar, Lemonade LA, Little Dom's, Los Angeles Magazine, Malibu, Petrossian, Rivera, Saddlerock Ranch, The Food Event, Westside Tavern, Wilshire Restaurant
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It’s time for me to get ultra geeky. This is just the kind of food to get really excited about – and I have to admit, I waited awhile to make my visit to Ludo‘s temporary post at Breadbar and there was a lot of talk in the blogosphere preceding my visit. But I just [...]
