game, game. repeat.

The meat falls off the bone.  They taste like ribs should taste.  And I’m not the only one who thinks so.

Sneha rolls buffet style, all you can eat.  All I can eat when I go is the Chicken Maharaja.

Why should wine get all the good grapes?  I buy this stuff by the case when I’m in Sonoma and it still goes fast.

Try the Chicken Pizza and order a large so you can take some home.

The Refuge in San Carlos, CA makes their pastrami in-house and its amazing.  You’ll wonder how you ever put up with the conventional, mass-produced pastrami you get pretty much everywhere else.

They won’t be serving these at the Ritz Carlton any time soon, but don’t let it’s commonplace appearance fool you.  Chavez Supermarket makes a tasty Super Carnitas Burrito packed with lots of pork and other burrito essentials.  But if that’s not fancy enough for you, you can always ask for it ‘Au Jus’.

Made spring rolls this weekend and they were good.  BTW, you only need about 1/4 of the dipping sauce they suggest for the amount of spring roll generated.

Don’t like broccoli?  Me neither.  But hold on to your soup bowls, this is a way to eat it that tastes pretty good.  Read more…

I have never liked brussel sprouts, in fact I was generally vegetable averse growing up. It turns out it wasn’t entirely the vegetables’ fault. Read more…

Sometimes you need mashed potatoes. Could be a holiday, could be you have this huge bag of potatoes you bought and they are starting to grow sprouts. Whatever your reason, when the time comes try these out. They are about the best mashed potatoes I’ve ever tasted and I’ve had quiet a few dolops of potatoes in my day. Read more…

There’s Hagen Daz, Dryers, and a whole lot of other companies making ice cream. Coldstone’s the latest craze and gelato has enjoyed a recent surge in the Berkeley, CA area. But they’re all pretenders to the Double Rainbow throne. Read more…

This is old hat to California natives, but if you haven’t visited in say, the last 15 years, you may not have heard of In-N-Out. It’s a family owned chain that’s known for it’s simple menu, good service, and excellent hamburgers (the fries are really good too). Read more…

I had the good fortune of growing up during a bygone era when an average middle class kid like me had a stay home mom who heaped love and good food on me and my family. This recipe is one of my favorite from my mom’s repertoire. It tastes great, it’s simple, Read more…

It’s not as good as homemade but Michelangelo’s has had the same special for 5 years: linguini with baby clams, shrimp, and mussels; and it’s really good.

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For me there is no better spaghetti sauce that the stuff I grew up with. Period. I grew up on this stuff and maybe that’s got something to do with it, but when I make my friends have no problem polishing off a plateful and coming back for more.

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My girlfriend introduced me to this joint last time we were in Malibu–I ordered a 3 piece fish and chips and Malibu Seafood gave me the biggest chunks of fried fish I’d ever seen.

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Whenever I visit my family in the LA area I try to find my way to Billy’s in Glendale for an order of corned beef hash Read more…

My great-grandmother was warm, fun, and loving. One of her favorite ways to show us she cared was to cook us food…and to sneak us a cookie when mom wasn’t looking. My great-grandma (who we called Abuelita), grandma, mother, brother, and I have all made this bread and it’s really good. Especially with a little warm butter

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