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An exploration of sustaining life by going no further than 100 miles away to gather the things we need to live. A compendium of memories, comments, thoughts, and recipes -- an exploration of shared experiences, and travels involving food and sustenance.
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Aug 11
7.7 miles, about 11 minutes, from my home in Atwater Village. The SK Story Google ’starry kitchen hong kong’ and several hits come back for the popular Asian chef and celebrity driven cooking show of the same name on TVB, a Hong Kong tel (read full article)
Chefs, cooking, dining, facebook, food, food writing, los angeles, Restaurants, starry kitchen, twitter
Aug 07
Steak with Friends: At Home, with Rick Tramonto. Rick Tramonto with Mary Goodbody. Andrews McMeel Publishing. $35.00. (304p) ISBN: 978-0-7407-9257-1 First off: this is a really BIG book, and I mean that in the nicest possible way. Seco (read full article)
Chefs, cookbooks, cooking, cucumbers, dining, fish, food, food writing, gourmet, Home
Aug 05
Hey, Los Angeles foodies, or any other foodies, and readers, for that matter. Does that picture look at all familiar? Were you living in Los Angeles during the ’80s? Do you remember these restaurants: City Restaurant, Spago (on Sunset), (read full article)
cafe, cooking, dining, food, food writing, Jeremiah Tower, KCRW, los angeles, Restaurants, San Francisco
Jul 31
Alaskan Halibut, Arctic Char, Oysters (Washington State) “Sustainability is nothing more than basic supply and demand. If we (and our demand) remove too many fish from the ocean (the supply) before they reproduce (have more little fish), they (read full article)
dining, fish, food, food writing, green, Restaurants, sustainable
Jul 26
Gabrielle Perdrizet and I, spring 1977, ready for the Montgomery High School Senior Prom. Santa Rosa, California I took my prom date to dinner at the French Laundry. No, really, I did. In 1977. Granted back then it wasn’t the French Laun (read full article)
Chefs, cooking, dining, food, food writing, France, gourmet, napa, Paris, Restaurants
Jul 17
Chefs and winemakers can be a rough and tumble crowd. Throw butchers into the mix and watch out. Then there are chefs who also butcher. Time to run the other way. This spring my friend, Jo Stougaard (of My Last Bite), and I attended ‘C (read full article)
cafe, Chefs, Chez Panisse, Chocolate, coffee, cooking, dining, duskie estes, food, food writing
Jul 02
2.2 miles, about 5 minutes, from my home in Atwater Village. Italian, Mexican, a cafe and bakery, Korean BBQ, a gelateria, and Lucifers Pizza are just a few of the eating options along a four or five block stretch of Hillhurst Avenue in the Los Feliz (read full article)
cafe, cheese, cooking, dining, food, food writing, fresh, los angeles, Los Feliz, pizza
Jun 29
Cannellini Beans with Tomatoes and Garlic Serves 4 – 6 Preparation Time 45 – 60 minutes Ingredients 4 – 14 oz. cans of cannellini beans, drained OR 4 cups cooked beans 6 – 8 garlic cloves, chopped 4 – 5 medium sized toma (read full article)
Chefs, cooking, food, Italy, Jeremiah Tower, recipepage, Recipes, Restaurants, travel
Jun 29
Ristorante Carleni, Amelia, Italy, 2004 Open and become a part owner in a restaurant in Italy? Sure, why not? That’s exactly what happened several years ago when chef Jeremiah Tower and I decided to try our hand at operating a ristora (read full article)
Chefs, cookbooks, cooking, dining, food, food writing, France, Italy, Jeremiah Tower, Recipes
Jun 22
Chefs John Stewart & Duskie Estes at the 'Chefs' Holidays at The Ahwahnee' event. January 2010. Yosemite, California Chefs John Stewart and Duskie Estes are a husband and wife cooking team who own two restaurants in Sonoma County: Za (read full article)
Chefs, cooking, dining, duskie estes, food, food writing, fresh, gardens, gourmet, green
Jun 15
I have a confession to make: I actually like sitting down at a table to eat and drink just a bit more than I do cooking. Okay, a lot more. There’s something so wonderful about plopping down at a beautifully set table, laying a cloth napki (read full article)
Chefs, cooking, dining, food, food writing, France, gourmet, Home, Restaurants, Wine
Jun 10
The 2nd Annual ‘Eat My Blog‘ Charity Bake Sale takes place on Saturday, June 19, 2010 and 100 Miles will be there. Robert and I will be baking several dozen of his famous (via David Lebovitz) Dulce de Leche Brownies and will be volunte (read full article)
baking, coffee, cooking, eat my blog, food, food writing, local, los angeles, Restaurants, retail food
Jun 03
Najat Kaanache, left, and Chef Akasha Richmond. Najat Kaanache is the Wonder Woman of stagiaires/chefs-in-training. To date she has ’staged’ in the kitchens of Grant Achatz (Alinea), Thomas Keller (The French Laundry, Per Se), René Red (read full article)
Akasha, Chefs, cooking, dining, food, food writing, fresh, local, los angeles, Restaurants
Mar 31
My Nepenthe: Bohemian Tales of Food, Family and Big Sur. Romney Steele. Andrews McMeel Publishing. $35.00 (352p) ISBN: 978-0-7407-7914-5 My first visit to Nepenthe Restaurant in Big Sur,... (read full article)
big sur, cafe, cookbooks, cooking, dining, food, food writing, fresh, gourmet, local
Mar 31
My Nepenthe: Bohemian Tales of Food, Family and Big Sur. Romney Steele. Andrews McMeel Publishing. $35.00 (352p) ISBN: 978-0-7407-7914-5 My first visit to Nepenthe Restaurant in Big Sur, California was in the fall of 1983. It was a hot day and (read full article)
big sur, cafe, cookbooks, cooking, dining, food, food writing, fresh, gourmet, local
Mar 31
My Nepenthe: Bohemian Tales of Food, Family and Big Sur. Romney Steele. Andrews McMeel Publishing. $35.00 (352p) ISBN: 978-0-7407-7914-5 My first visit to Nepenthe Restaurant in Big Sur,... (read full article)
big sur, cafe, cookbooks, cooking, dining, food, food writing, fresh, gourmet, local
Mar 22
Despite having seen most of the state while growing up and living in it as an adult, California still surprises. Over and over it reveals itself to me, reminds me of its beauty, and still makes me... (read full article)
baking, big sur, cafe, Central Coast of California, cookbooks, dining, food, food writing, Restaurants
Mar 22
Despite having seen most of the state while growing up and living in it as an adult, California still surprises. Over and over it reveals itself to me, reminds me of its beauty, and still makes me think it is one of the most beautiful places on ear (read full article)
baking, big sur, cafe, Central Coast of California, cookbooks, dining, food, food writing, Restaurants
Mar 22
Despite having seen most of the state while growing up and living in it as an adult, California still surprises. Over and over it reveals itself to me, reminds me of its beauty, and still makes me... (read full article)
baking, big sur, cafe, Central Coast of California, cookbooks, dining, food, food writing, Restaurants
Mar 04
1.9 miles, about 5 minutes, from my home in Atwater Village. There’s a new butcher in town and boy am I happy. It seems that the neighborhood butcher has gone by the wayside and that more and... (read full article)
baking, butchers, cafe, cooking, food, food writing, fresh, gourmet, local, los angeles