A perfect recipe for a cool winter dinner, or to practice now for a St. Patrick’s Day feast!
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Tag: Specials
Restaurant Etiquette: Pre Fixe Menus
On special occasions such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years Eve–and *ahem* Valentine’s Day–restaurants tend to rely on pre fixe menu. This can be irritating. You have chosen a restaurant that you love based on the food you typically enjoy there! Why are they changing it up? Do they really expect […]
Marche Bacchus
I almost don’t want to write about this spot. I almost don’t want anyone else to know where it is, that it exists, or where to find it. It’s like when you first discover an incredible band. And in the beginning, you can go to a concert in a intimate […]
The B Word
Brunch. Mother’s Day Brunch, to be more specific. It is probably the most reviled shift in an entire year of restaurant services, more dreaded than New Years’ Eve, Valentine’s Day, St. Paddy’s/ Cinco de Mayo/ Independence Day. Mother’s Day brunch is an anthropological oddity. There should be studies done. Most […]
Hospitality at Home: Sweet Corn cupcakes with Maple Buttercream
hello cupcake When my college roommate, Wicky, came out to visit me in Los Angeles a couple of weeks ago, the idea for a sweet corn cupcake with maple buttercream and candied bacon began growing in my brain like a particularly voracious weed…. a weed that only grows stronger when […]