LA Dec 13 and 14th, back on the 15th!

Where should I eat?

( Short version: Wow, that was pretty cool! )

Once I got through all of the ENSMB videos and pics and played some solitaire, I worked for a couple of hours, then took a taxi over to Scalo for dinner. I found a seat at the bar, the not-scary guy next to me started a very interesting and wide ranging conversation, the duck confit agnolotti with asparagus, tomatoes, and fresh parmesan was lovely ( Read more... )

So, I am curled up with my laptop and icing my ankle on a four poster bed that is so high off the ground it has its own little step stool. The chair and ottoman by the gaily burning gas kiva are upholstered in real cowhide, with totally awesome fuzzy brown spots. Dinner included a beet, goat cheese and artichoke heart salad drizzled in ancho oil, ( Read more... )

On Alinea: I think Grant Achatz is a genius. He is also clearly mad as a hatter, or maybe just did ALOT of LSD in culinary school. There were several utterly perfect things (for my palate, at any rate), notably the caviar at the beginning, the potato truffle shot and the do-it-yourself pork belly...there were also absolute and total misses such as ( Read more... )

I am sure some of you read the Amateur Gourmet, and someone already posted this, but someday, I will eat in Spain...

http://www.amateurgourmet.com/2009/08/dinner_at_el_bu.html

Notes from France, in no particular order ( Read more... )

I have eaten

the chocolate

that was on

the armrest

and which

you were probably

saving

for later

Forgive me

it was delicious

so sweet

and so warm