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Middle Eastern Food Los Angeles

Grilled Dishes Worth Seeking at Los Angeles Restaurants

Summer calls for grilling, gathering with family and friends while the kids take cannonballs in the pool or just running under the sun, playing ball in the park. Hot dogs, hamburgers, chicken, and steak...
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Charcuterie Los Angeles

Decoding the L.A. Restaurant Scene: 20 Years Past and Future

I recently spoke to the Culinary Historians of Southern California at the LAPL Central Library. My talk, titled “Decoding the L.A. Restaurant Scene: 20 Years Past and Future” assessed the past two decades and...
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Sandwich Los Angeles

Mendocino Farms Lemongrass Chicken Sandwich

Charity doesn’t have any distinct flavor or aroma, and scientifically can’t make food taste better, but when paired with a dish or drink, can still have a powerful effect. For the last two weeks...
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Top 10 List

2017 Top 10 Pork Dishes

Every Tuesday, the Dose of Vitamin P column celebrates my favorite pork dish from the previous week. I live in L.A. and was fortunate enough to visit places like Paso Robles, Portland, Sacramento, San Diego,...
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Meatballs Los Angeles

Cassia Pork Meatballs with Cashew Curry

At Cassia, the modern Southeast Asian brasserie from chef Bryant Ng, Kim Luu-Ng, Josh Loeb, and Zoe Nathan in Santa Monica, they ostensibly focus on Singaporean and Vietnamese flavors, but extend their sphere of...
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Soda Los Angeles

Cassia Shinko Pear Soda

Cassia, the seasonal Southeast Asian restaurant in Santa Monica from Bryant Ng, Kim Luu-Ng, Josh Loeb and Zoe Nathan, is pretty close to a sure thing. New dishes are hits, and pre-existing dishes are...
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