Food Television: The Tube’s Food Shows Reviewed
I admit I was seduced into the world of food by a beautiful woman. This was in my college days and I recall waking up in the mid-afternoon during the summer when I was...
My Favorite Restaurant and Why
It’s like a music aficionado, film geek, or a book lover. What’s your favorite? The Beatles? Kurt Vonnegut? Early ’80s U2? Joseph Heller’s Catch-22? Maybe Reservoir Dogs or The Maltese Falcon? The age-old question...
dineLA: Thoughts on Restaurant Week
While only the second year of its run, DineLA Restaurant Week has proven to be a major winner with restaurants and foodies alike, where thousands of diners flock to lunch and dinner during what...
Make Use of that Lunch Hour
I used to work in a staid office tower in Beverly Hills, on a rather dreary corner a few blocks removed from the flashy Rodeo Drive and the accompanying high-end restaurants such as Spago...
How to Eat Well, or Better, in a Recession
Perhaps the most lasting image of the Great Depression was the soup kitchen line, where indigent city dwellers and citizens waited for a free meal. We all hope and pray that our government and...
2009 Food Trends
This list is based on everything that I know about the food universe today, and where it’s headed in the coming year. It’s plain that 2008 will go down in history as one of...
