Seattle: Sound Spirits
After checking out Sake Nomi, we headed over to Sound Spirits, Seattle’s first distillery since Prohibition. The tasting is complimentary but tips are warmly accepted. Besides the craft vodka and gin, Sound… Continue reading
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Seattle: Sake Nomi
While walking back from Salumi, I noticed a sign for a sake shop, Sake Nomi. As it turned out they have tastings every day and change the selection on Tuesdays. For $5, you… Continue reading
Seattle: Salumi
Years and years ago, I watched a special on Salumi and was obsessed with trying the porchetta. On my first visit, they had sold out and I had the most amazing meatball… Continue reading
Los Angeles Food & Wine Grand Tasting Recap
On the last day of the Los Angeles Food and Wine Festival, I headed back to LA Live to check out the Grand Tasting. Held on the roof of a parking structure, the… Continue reading
Los Angeles Food & Wine Red Carpet Recap
The First Annual Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival is now a memory but what fabulous times they were! There were 100 celebrity chefs, 300 wineries and 70 city-wide events. I attended the… Continue reading
Get Your Tickets for LA Loves Alex’s Lemonade This Sunday
There are food events and then there are FOOD events. The LA Loves Alex’s Lemonade event raises funds to fight against childhood cancer. It comes to Culver Studios this Sunday from 12 to… Continue reading
LAFW: Lunch at Patina with Joachim Splichal, Jonathan Waxman and Daniel Boulud
Have you ever been thrown in a foodie frenzy? On Friday, October 14 there were so many special lunches as part of the Los Angeles Food and Wine Festival that I had a… Continue reading
DTLA: Dinner at Bar | Kitchen
It’s not often I make it a dineLA lunch and dinner at the same place. Of my five dineLA meals last month, I went to Bar | Kitchen twice, once for lunch and… Continue reading
DTLA: Lunch at Tiara Cafe
As dineLA hit its second week, I made it over to Tiara for lunch. It’s been a few years since I last went. It was around the time it first opened and I… Continue reading
West Hollywood: Drinks at ink.
Just when people started referring to bartenders as “mixologists,” bartenders have now proudly reclaimed the word “bartender” in the name of hospitality. And Devon Espinosa, the bar manager at ink. has done… Continue reading