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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 14

Tour: Hollywood Farmers’ Market

Felicia Friesema There’s a reason Felicia Friesema writes the farmers’ markets report for the L.A. Weekly.  There’s also a reason she leads tours of area farmers’ markets.  She really knows her vegetables and fruits — (read full article)

fish, food, food writing, fresh, gourmet, green, local, locavore, los angeles, mushrooms

Aug 11

*The Local Report – Starry Kitchen

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

Review: Steak with Friends

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

My Restaurant Stories: Los Angeles in the ’80s

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

Seafood for the Future

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 28

Review: Spice Dreams

Spice Dreams: Flavored Ice Creams and Other Frozen Treats.  Sara Engram and Katie Luber with Nancy Meadows and Kimberly Toqe.  Andrews McMeel Publishing.  $16.99  (86p)  ISBN: 978-0-7407-8016-5 Spices and herbs as flavor agents came to me lat (read full article)

Chocolate, cooking, food, food writing, ice cream, Organic, Recipes, reviews, sorbet, spices

Jul 26

Prom Date: The French Laundry

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 21

*The Local Report – Pazzo Gelato

5.9 miles, about 9 minutes, from my home in Atwater Village. Pazzo means ‘crazy’ in Italian.  In the case of Pazzo Gelato it means ‘crazy good’ Italian gelato and sorebetto.  Pazzo Gelato has been at its Silver Lake locatio (read full article)

Chocolate, coffee, food, food writing, fresh, gelato, green, local, los angeles, Organic

Jul 17

Cochon 555 – 5 Chefs, 5 Pigs, 5 Winemakers

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 13

I HEART Blue Sea

Me, age 1, at Avila Beach, California I have always loved the ocean.  It has always been a part of my life.  Growing up along the Central Coast of California it was a big part of my childhood.  I spent most of my childhood in San Luis Obispo, a me (read full article)

Central Coast of California, cooking, dining, fish, food, food writing, lemons, Recipes, retail food, sustainable

Jul 09

Onion Tart, or Tarte à l’Oignon

Une tarte à l’oignon, or onion tart, quickly became a favorite dish to eat when I lived in the Alsace region of France.  In the late ’70s I spent a year there working for a French family as an au pair, or mother’s helper.  The r (read full article)

baking, butchers, cookbooks, cooking, dining, food, food writing, France, pie, pie crust

Jul 06

Preserved Lemons

Preserved lemons remind me of places I’ve yet to visit: Tunisia, Morocco, North Africa, Turkey, and some I’ve already visited: Greece, and France.  Primarily known as a condiment used in North African cooking, preserved lemons, or variat (read full article)

cookbooks, cooking, dining, food, food writing, France, lemons, Organic, Recipes, retail food

Jul 02

*The Local Report – Lucifers Pizza

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

A Restaurant in Italy

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 25

Velvet Crumb Cake

This is a Bisquick Velvet Crumb Cake.  It was my father’s favorite cake when my parents were first married.  As some of you already know I recently lost my father.  He died of lung cancer on April 19th at age 76.  He apparently had been (read full article)

baking, cooking, food, food writing, Home, Recipes

Jun 22

Interview with Chefs John Stewart & Duskie Estes

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

‘To The Table’

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

Eat My Blog

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 08

Review: The Spice Kitchen

The Spice Kitchen: Everyday Cooking with Organic Spices.  Sara Engram and Katie Luber with Kimberly Toqe.  Andrews McMeel Publishing.  $29.99  (208p)  ISBN: 978-0-7407-7972-5 “Eat locally but season globally” is a favorite mantra of (read full article)

cookbooks, cooking, food, food writing, fresh, gourmet, local, reviews, spices

Jun 03

Najat Kaanache ~ Chef-In-Training

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

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