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Habanero Lovers, You Could Win This
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The hottest place in town today was the Mercado La Paloma in downtown Los Angeles. What made it hot was habanero chiles--hundreds of them--heaped before contestants in the third annual habanero eating contest sponsored by Chichén Itzá, the Yucatecan restaurant in the Mercado. Eight men and two women competed. This... Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at EatMx: Real Mexican food, at home and on the road
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150 Ways to Make Ebelskiver
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If, like me, you get caught up in the Danish atmosphere of Solvang, you've probably eaten a ton of aebleskivers, maybe bought a Danish cookbook and an aebleskiver pan and perhaps a sack of mix for these puffy pancake balls.... Continue reading
Posted 5 days ago at TableConversation.com
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Tasting Wine and Food at The Bazaar
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I had a sneaky reason for going to the Castilla-La Mancha wine tasting last week. Spanish wines are appealing without extra help, but the tasting took place at The Bazaar by José Andrés in the SLS Hotel. And I knew... Continue reading
Posted Jun 11, 2013 at TableConversation.com
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Fine Port, Stratospheric Prices
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Sipping and spitting seem like a sin when the wine that's being dumped costs $1,750 a bottle. But spitting is what you have to do when there are many wines to evaluate, and you want to stay on your feet.... Continue reading
Posted Jun 6, 2013 at TableConversation.com
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Like These? You Can Taste Them Soon
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Wonderful tastes of Mexican food were set out at Guelaguetza the other night--not from that restaurant, but samples of what other Mexican restaurants will serve at the upcoming LA Street Food Fest Summer Tasting at the Rose Bowl June 29. This means you will be able to taste everything that... Continue reading
Posted Jun 5, 2013 at EatMx: Real Mexican food, at home and on the road
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Getting to Know Kosher Wines
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I have always thought of kosher wines as syrupy sweet and unrelated to "real" wines. I was wrong, of course. Totally wrong. This I learned as I toured the largest kosher winery in the United States, Herzog Wine Cellars in... Continue reading
Posted Jun 2, 2013 at TableConversation.com
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Eating Dim Sum at Atlantic Seafood
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The first thing you notice as you enter Atlantic Seafood Restaurant in Monterey Park is a pair of stylish wine racks. That's one of them in the photo above. At lunch, though, you're more likely to find pots of tea... Continue reading
Posted May 30, 2013 at TableConversation.com
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Searching for Pan Dulce in Oxnard
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Life has premium moments, like discovering a new panadería. As a pan dulce addict, I am always looking for places where I might find breads that are different from, and perhaps even better than, those I've already tried. This time, the allure was increased by being in a new town--Oxnard.... Continue reading
Posted May 29, 2013 at EatMx: Real Mexican food, at home and on the road
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Eating at the Beach in Oxnard
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What's not to love about cranberry bread pudding with vanilla bean ice cream (above), or a fruity Bellini with a raspberry floating on top? These started and ended lunch at the new Coastal Grill at the Embassy Suites Mandalay Beach... Continue reading
Posted May 28, 2013 at TableConversation.com
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There's a Nispero in This Margarita
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In a village in Oaxaca, people talked to me about nisperos. This was the first time I had heard the Spanish word for loquat, and luckily, I have a nispero tree in my front yard. During the season, which is now, I've made jar after jar of jam; I've cooked... Continue reading
Posted May 24, 2013 at EatMx: Real Mexican food, at home and on the road
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A Turkish Feast at the Anatolian Festival
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I'm sitting in Topkapi Palace. From there, I can hear the strains of a Turkish marching band outside and, later in the afternoon, the call to prayer from a mosque next door. This isn't Turkey, though, it's the Orange County... Continue reading
Posted May 23, 2013 at TableConversation.com
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Wined Out but Eating Well at the L.A. International Wine Competition
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Never have I eaten so well, and drunk so poorly, as at the Los Angeles International Wine Competition last week in Pomona. The wines were fine. That wasn't the issue. I sat in as an observer on a panel (at... Continue reading
Posted May 20, 2013 at TableConversation.com
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How to Get a Recipe: Ride the Bus
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Some people get recipes from books and magazines, others from the Internet. But I got this one while riding on a bus, L.A. Metro's line 20, which runs along Wilshire Boulevard. Heading toward Beverly Hills, I struck up a conversation with a Salvadoran woman. She started to tell me about... Continue reading
Posted May 13, 2013 at EatMx: Real Mexican food, at home and on the road
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Bargain Dim Sum at Ocean Star
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If you're looking for a bargain, go to Ocean Star Restaurant in Monterey Park on a weekday. Then you can take advantage of lower than usual prices for dim sum--40 to 50 cents a serving less than on weekends. My... Continue reading
Posted May 11, 2013 at TableConversation.com
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Spicy Rice Cakes in a Garden Setting
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This isn't your usual pasta. As a matter of fact, it isn't pasta at all, but rice cakes in a red sauce with seafood and vegetables. Like a picture, it has a frame, golden slices of kabocha squash. The place... Continue reading
Posted May 8, 2013 at TableConversation.com
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Spicy Steak Straight from Baja
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Here is one of those simple, homestyle Mexican dishes that are as comforting as they are delicious. Only this recipe isn't from a home but from a resort, Villa del Palmar at the islands of Loreto in Baja California Sur. I think of resort and hotel food as bland and... Continue reading
Posted May 7, 2013 at EatMx: Real Mexican food, at home and on the road
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A Stinky Dish at Tasty Garden
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Eat this if you dare. It's steamed ground pork with stinky salt fish on top. One place you can get it is Tasty Garden in Alhambra. The pork mixture is mild. The fish is anything but mild. It's extremely salty... Continue reading
Posted May 3, 2013 at TableConversation.com
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You Don't Need Basil for This Pesto
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Don't throw away those carrot tops. Put them into pesto. I got the idea when I bought tender young carrots at the Windrose Farm stall at the Hollywood Farmers Market. "Do you want me to cut off the tops for... Continue reading
Posted Apr 30, 2013 at TableConversation.com
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Great Ceviche--Where to Find It
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Maybe it wasn't a surprise to find ceviche on the menu at Duplex on Third, because it's a pretty common dish these days. Duplex isn't a Mexican restaurant, so the real surprise was that its ceviche is one of the best. The seafood--shrimp, scallops and white fish--was so fresh, it... Continue reading
Posted Apr 29, 2013 at EatMx: Real Mexican food, at home and on the road
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Tasting with a Legendary Vintner
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Even vintner Bernard Portet (above) seemed surprised at how well his Pinot Noir dealt with spicy flavors. Portet was eating ceviche seriously spiked with serrano chiles. The place was Duplex on Third, where he had brought wines for a dinner... Continue reading
Posted Apr 26, 2013 at TableConversation.com
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Food and Fun with Bordeaux Merlots
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Having lunch with French winemakers means lots of bottles going back and forth, lots of clowning and fun, like in the photo above. And good food too. This happened at The Peninsula in Beverly Hills, when Le Circle Rive Droite... Continue reading
Posted Apr 24, 2013 at TableConversation.com
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Loading up on Meat at Guelaguetza
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That's shreddy Oaxacan cheese, called quesillo (above), dribbling over a panful of grilled meats hearty enough to satisfy the greediest carnivore. The meats are Oaxacan--chorizos the size of large limes, tasajo, which is thinly sliced salted beef, and cecina, or marinated pork. The place to eat them is the Oaxacan... Continue reading
Posted Apr 21, 2013 at EatMx: Real Mexican food, at home and on the road
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Celebrating Malbec Day at Lucques
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What could be nicer than a glass of Malbec with a great lunch at Lucques? The answer is, 14 glasses of Malbec with the same lunch. This happened at a master class presented by Wines of Argentina in honor of... Continue reading
Posted Apr 19, 2013 at TableConversation.com
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What's in These Truffles? Bacon!
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An all-bacon party this weekend brought out an incredible assortment of food, from bacon spring rolls and bacon-infused vodka to more desserts than you ever thought could be made with bacon. I took chocolate-peanut-bacon truffles (at top), around which I... Continue reading
Posted Apr 15, 2013 at TableConversation.com
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Kokopelli Tacos Show Up in L.A.
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My one chance to eat at Kokopelli, the Tijuana street stand famous for its grilled seafood tacos, ended in nothing at all. It was late, and the stand was closed. The happy ending came this week, almost a year later. Guillermo "Oso" Campos Moreno, who started Kokopelli with his brother,... Continue reading
Posted Apr 12, 2013 at EatMx: Real Mexican food, at home and on the road
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