In addition to the slew of fast casual eateries set to sprout inside the under-construction behemoth Santa Monica Place, now comes word of a different breed, The Market . Conceptually modeled after open-air markets like San Francisco’s Ferry Building and NYC’s Chelsea Market, The Market boasts independently-owned purveyors hawking the likes of gourmet cheeses, fresh fish, meat, flowers, chocolate , that kind of stuff.
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Eater Tracking: The Market, Gourmet Space, Coming To Santa Monica Place
After all that opening buzz, can’t say we’re too shocked to hear that Julie & Julia received two Golden Globe nominations this morning. Julie Powell’s blog turned book turned movie is up for the top prize in Best Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical) category, and Meryl Streep gets a nod for her Julia Child brilliance in the category for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical). Now would Julia Child approve of Julie Powell
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Advertorial Canon Powershot S90 Camera I have been using the Powershot S90 for the last two months and I have to tell you that I have not been so thrilled by a compact camera since my Canon Powershot G1 which was my very first digital camera years ago. For DSLR users like myself, compact cameras just don’t deliver images that are up to par, especially one that is compact enough to fit into your shirt pocket. But when I shot my first few photos with the S90, that all changed.
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Canon Powershot S90: Power in your Shirt Pocket
Spaghetti Alle Vongole $18 A few months ago I noticed this simple black and white banner along the side of the road in my neighbourhood while driving to work. It had the words “Cacio e Pepe” on it and it was obviously a new Italian restaurant that has just opened up. I didn’t really pay much notice to it since I lived in an area where there were no cafes, no nightlife and certainly no half decent restaurants.
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Cacio e Pepe: Ulu ulu Italian Dining
MID-CITY — Daily Dish reports that The Foundry’s chef/owner Eric Greenspan is in the process of acquiring a next door space to house his next venture, Greenspan’s Grilled Cheese . Along with that grilled cheese Greenspan also plans to serve “old-school seltzer drinks such as lime rickeys and chocolate egg creams, plus latkes, tater tots and a variety of soups.” [DD] LOS FELIZ — Seems like everything is back under control over at El Cid
Appetite City As someone who has spent years researching the history of restaurants I can give no higher praise than to say “I couldn’t have done it better myself.” That is my appraisal of William Grimes’ Appetite City: A Culinary History of New York (Farrar, Straus and Giroux/North Point Press), a book I highly recommend to anyone interested in the history of both restaurants and New York City. And, though I might have matched the book’s exhaustive research, I doubt I could have written it so engagingly. I appreciate Grimes’ level gaze and ability to sidestep the hype that has always surrounded New York restaurants, even as far back as 1825 when a journalist insisted that New York rivaled Paris with its “consummate institutions for cultivating the noble science of gastronomy.” Grimes’ response: “New York a rival of Paris?
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“Everything you see I owe to pasta.” – Sophia Loren “I do love Italian food. Any kind of pasta or pizza.” – Jennifer Love Hewitt “I love pasta with the homemade marinara sauce I had as a kid.” – Bernadette Peters “Life is a combination of magic and pasta.” – Federico Fellini “You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I’m not hungry enough to eat six.” – Yogi Berra “The perfect lover is one who turns into a pizza at 4:00 a.m.” – Charles Pierce “Life is too short, and I’m Italian
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Quotes About Italian Food
I went down to Big Ben’s Pies last month with my son only to find that there were a whole lot of contractors at the shop who told me that the shop had changed owners! My son was devastated because Big Ben’s pies were his favourite. So, I updated on the blog that the shop had closed. However, a few weeks later, someone wrote in to say that Big Ben’s was still alive and well! So, I quickly brought my son down to investigate and lo and behold, not only was Big Ben’s alive and well, it had undergone a makeover and was now a cosy little place that looked very much like a pie shop you would find in Britain! The owners told me that not only was the place renovated, but they have added improvements to their pies.
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Big Ben’s Place: Wagyu inside!
WESTLAKE VILLAGE — From the inbox: “Many of us extant Eater LA readers live out here in the hinterlands, and a subject of much speculation has been what is going to happen to the old Marie Callender’s site on Thousand Oaks Blvd . It was practically historical status, it has been there so long. I suspect no matter what goes in there, people will call it ‘the old Marie Callender’s’ to describe it.
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EaterWire: Stonefire Grill Claims Marie Callender’s Space, The Future of Dining, Bloody Bill To Open Permanent Restuarant
And now a Friday return to everyone’s favorite restaurant real estate guessing game. The important clues to apply to today’s mystery listing: it has about 4,100 square feet (potentially expandable to 10,000 square feet), full liquor license, valet parking, fully equipped chef’s kitchen, and is located near Drago Centro, Chaya Downtown, Morton’s, Daily Grill, and Roy’s .
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Guess That Restaurant: And now a Friday return to…
TVLAND — Grub Street scores an interview with Top Chef winner Michael Voltaggio where he reveals future plans and a newly launched website partnership with his brother Bryan. In other news, The Dining Room at The Langham’s renovations have been pushed back to April and Bill Johnson of The Johnson Studio will head the project
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EaterWire: M.Volt Interview, Manzke on Food Trucks, Louks to Go, MORE
It’s no mystery I suppose that neither Byron, nor Haché, nor Hawksmoor really “get” the genuine American burger. I don’t doubt the effort they put into their respective creations – in fact from long chats with both the guys at Byron and Hawksmoor it seems effort and attention to detail is not the issue here. The problem is the whole approach to the concept – this desire to create a “perfect” burger, using the finest ingredients money can buy, and serving it in a swanky designer room with silver cutlery and frosted glasses.
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The In’N'Out campaign
The Oyster Box still retains its initial appeal with all the modern comforts youve become accustomed to. The accommodation is nothing short of exceptional, all rooms and suites at the Oyster Box are exquisitely appointed and exude luxury.
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Oyster Box 5 Star Luxury Hotel Umhlanga Rocks KwaZulu Natal South Africa – Africa Travel Channel
Korean pop group Wonder Girls made their American prime time TV debut on popular show So You Think You Can Dance as guest performers on December 9; performing the English version of their hit song Nobody … No comment about the performance; but their boss JYP is doing some serious PR stuff in US. First as guest stars for Jonas Brothers , then on national TV , and now on prime time; he is doing everything right to promote the girls.
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Wonder Girls – So You Think You Can Dance
As you may know, we’ve been struggling with allergies at my house these days- it turns out that our darling Baby Yum has a very sensitive tummy and so I’ve had to go on a rather extreme elimination diet in order to breastfeed her. The good news is that she is doing much better (yay probiotics!)- and the other good news is that while I had to turn my diet upside down, I’m starting to come up with some recipes that rock, limited ingredients or no.
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Gluten Free Baking with Amaranth: dairy-free, egg-free, soy-free Vegan Crepe recipe
Bourbon Steak’s burger line-up. The restaurant: Bourbon Steak at the Four Seasons The deal: A new $21 lunch menu, available at the bar, includes a choice of burger, one side (duck fat fries, greens or onion rings), a non-alcoholic drink and a brownie. The deets: Michael Mina’s Georgetown restaurant is offering the special lunch menu exclusively at the bar, Monday through Friday from 11:30 a.m
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Wednesday’s Delicious Deal: Bourbon Steak
There are some invitations that however high-minded or ethically sensitive you consider yourself as a blogger, you do not turn down. A multiple steak tasting at Hawksmoor, a Brindisa ham carving school and any number of lavish Bibendum sponsored wine events certainly qualify for an immediate “yes”, and have subsequently turned out to be every bit as fun as they promised
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Pauillac lamb at Galvin @ Windows
Boris Johnson today said London’s bankers will have themselves to blame if their bonuses are clobbered in this week’s pre-Budget report. As the City reacted in horror at plans for a punitive super-tax on bonuses being drawn up at the Treasury, the Mayor said there should have been more ….. Dine at top London restaurants .
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I found this puffed corn cereal in the natural section of the supermarket. So I decided to make them this spicy & crunchy. Masala Puffed Corn Ingredients 3 cups puffed corn, unsalted, sugar free 1/2 cup peanuts, unsalted (optional) salt to taste sugar to taste Tempering 2 tbsp oil 1/2 tsp asafoetida 1 tsp turmeric powder 1 tsp goda masala 2 tbsp metkoot 1/2 tsp chili powder Method 1.
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Masala Puffed Corn
Irony seems to have an unnatural affinity for the bartending side of my career. I find cocktails and drinks fascinating, I seem to have an ability to create new cocktails that are well received and I have the gift of the gab, a perfect trait for a bartender. The confounding problem is that for years I have attempted to bring good cocktails to this city, but each time I run headlong into a wall of resistance.
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One Very Small Person