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  • Honey Bear Daisy Cafe Blooms with Best of East and West Coast

    Editors Note:  THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED as of 2017 About the only true thing about Honey Bear Daisy’s homey “cute” name is that the place is friendly.  Otherwise the refined American regional, rustic dishes are layered with international flavors, and the airy, soaring space overlooking the ocean is as spi...

  • Melissa’s Tea Room Café in Italy Captures British History

      Melissa’s Tea Room café, nestled in Liguria on the northwest Italian Riviera, has earned the reputation of being a travel destination.  In one visitor’s words, “an experience that people come from around the world to savor.”  It revitalizes the age-old tradition of a relaxing tea with cakes in beau...

  • Record-breaking World Cheese Awards 2016 in San Sabastián

    The final Super Jury named Kraftkar, made by Norwegian producer Tingvollost, as the World Champion Cheese 2016.  The International Cheese Festival took place at the Kursaal Congress Centre in San Sebastián from 16-18 November 2016. For more information, visit www.internationalcheesefestival.eus. The inaugural International Ch...

  • “Hungry” Documentary Tells Story of Legendary Minority Chefs

    “Hungry,” a film by Emmy Award-winning Logo Documentary Film, premiering on Thursday, November 17 at 9/8c on Logo, Chef Pink Delongpre (Bacon & Brine; Solvang, CA), Chef Sarah Kirnon (Miss Ollie’s; Oakland, CA) and Chef Dakota Weiss (Estrella and Sweetfin Poke; Los Angeles, CA) shatter the glass ceiling in th...

  • Simply D’licious Southern Creole Food

    Simply D’licious is Chef D (Dennis Baines)’s take on Louisiana food in a story that took his own family from the south to California, keeping with them a “Louisiana cuisine state of mind.”  Baines was raised in Los Angeles.  He never intended to be a chef but after he completed successful professional...

  • Odysseo Cavalia Stars Return to Irvine, California

    (Gerry Furth-Sides) When the stars of Odysseo Cavalia, the horses themselves, were last in town, we interviewed these extraordinary creatures about their diet, which they told us about and also how well they are treated.   The startling bright white tents are back on the field next to the 405 in Orange Country, signaling so...

  • Local Chef Peppe Miele Inspires “Best of” 800 Degree Pizzas

    (Gerry Furth-Sides) Common knowledge that the new 800 Degrees Pizza in Playa Vista follows in the footsteps of its enormously popular first Los Angeles  location.  But few know that it’s authentic Neapolitan-style pizzeria” recipe began with work by local chef Peppe Miele. Peppe Miele is the President of VPN Americas, the ...

  • New Knifeworks: The Cutting Edge of the Knife World

    (Gerry Furth-Sides) Any professional chef will tell you there are only two really essential pieces of equipment a cook needs other than a heat source: a good pan and a high-quality chef’s knife. At one time chefs wore their knives in a belt holder to have them nearby at all times. Cocobolo Knifeblock Set Watch […]...

  • 800 Degree Pizza in New Playa Vista Location

    The new 800-Degrees Neapolitan Pizzeria is the latest restaurant addition to the Playa Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles at 12751 West Millennium Drive at the Runway Development.  Known for their authentic (guild approved actually) Neapolitan-style wood-fired pizza and top-quality, gourmet side dishes, 800 Degrees lives up to...

  • These Little LES TROIS PETITS COCHONS™ Are Going to Market

    Exceptionally refined and authentic artisan products that stand alone on a plate or platter are gaining prominence in distribution. LES TROIS PETITS COCHONS™ (French for Three Little Pigs) products make up a lovely case in point. They are part of a growing movement that blissfully started just as supermarket butchers began dis...