Do you dread the Post-Dinner Credit Card Duel? Here are some tips to ensure you are the winner every time: 1. Don't ask the server to decide which credit card to take at the end of meal. We've all seen and heard the haggling at a table after the check arrives. From "Are you going … Continue reading How to Split the Bill at a Restaurant
the beginnings of a beautiful salad Let us take a moment to consider Kale. That humble, sweet green with the bitter bite that has the texture of an innertube when not prepared correctly. You can't swing a salad spinner around Los Angeles these days without hitting a restaurant with a Kale Salad on the menu. … Continue reading Hospitality @ Home: Kale Salad
Even business newspapers must have food critics, I suppose. In order to make it newsy and fitting for his publication, Ryan Sutton, the food critic for Bloomberg News, gives his writing a financial spin. Whatever doesn’t fit in his columns at Bloomberg provides fodder for his blogs The Price Hike, and The Bad Deal. I … Continue reading Restaurant 101: The Price Hike
Kevin, enjoying a glass of Krug with chef M. Voltaggio If you consider yourself a gastronome in Southern California and you are not reading kevineats.com, then you should start now. From the French Laundry & Le Bernardin, to Ludobites 2.0 - 6.0, and into the enigmatic world of underground dining, Kevin guides you through … Continue reading Share Plate: Q & A with Kevin from Kevineats.com
Allegash White on draft at Public School 612 If the American Culinary Landscape could be expressed as a music scene, New York would be Opera, with the all grand stages, high stakes, high$$$, and divas-dive-bombing-one-another associated with it. Chicago would have to be jazz, featuring lots of improvisation on common themes; those that love it, … Continue reading Public School 612
