for the grill of your dreams

Just in time for Father’s Day, or summer solstice, or just because, this has to be one of the coolest cooking tools.  Okay, after THIS that goes with THAT.

hot socket

There are many times when I’m sitting at my desk at home wishing my cup of coffee (or tea, these days) was warmer than room temperature.  I wonder to myself if it is worth getting off of the warmth of my task chair and trudging down a flight of stairs and walk halfway across the [...]

sorry, Katz

I have often read about, heard about, but never actually eaten at LA landmark Langer’s Deli near MacArthur Park. I knew it was an institution, serving up hearty breakfasts and old school deli sandwiches since 1947. I even lived a few blocks away for a few years but have never taken a gander inside. [...]

‘cue tip

For the past several months, I’ve been lost. Flitting about New York, Los Angeles, Portland and San Francisco, suffering from a loss of words. I’ve had no inkling, or desire even, to write about my culinary adventures. In New York, I had an amazingly underwhelming sirloin/short ribs/foie gras burger at db [...]