Jiminy Crickets, That Stings
Santa Monica, California Crickets and Scorpoins (Typhoon) I have always had this dream of visiting Beijing for the sole purpose of getting a skewer of big, fat roasted scorpions. Scorpions come from...
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Insects: Hormigas Culonas (Leaf-cutter Ants), Beondegi (Silkworm Pupae), Scorpions, Crickets, Chapulines (Grasshoppers), Maguey Worms and Mealworms Nothing bugs me worse than offering someone a tasty...
View ArticleGive A Man A Fish And He’ll Make Sushi…
Sushi Japan and beyond Before we get started, any of you shrimp boat captains who down a few California rolls and beat your chest in sushi-eating triumph are going to want to sit down for this one....
View ArticleEat, Drink And Be Merry
Drunk Food The Yard – Santa Monica, California Dean Vernon Wormer once advised, “Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life”, but if you have made this your personal goal, then stagger over to...
View ArticleHow Great Thou Art
2011 Artisinal LA Spring Show Santa Monica, California Artisanal LA is the ulitimate gathering of local vendors of handmade and sustainable products having to do with good food, and at the Spring 2011...
View ArticleUpper West Side Story
Upper West, Santa Monica, California If you’re having difficulty finding Santa Monica’s Upper West restaurant, chances are you’re in the wrong part of town; the restaurant’s name pays homage to...
View ArticleCafe Noir Is The New Black
Cafe Noir Santa Monica, California Santa Monica’s Cafe Noir stealthily hides in the open, a converted ninja bistro dressed in black and only slightly hinting at its former life as Madame Chou Chou on...
View ArticleMuch Ado About Dunkin’
Dunkin’ Donuts Santa Monica, California This is the city: Los Angeles. I work here. I carry a box of doughnuts. In a metropolitan area that nearly 12 million Angelenos and transplants call home, you...
View ArticleTake A Taco
Tacoteca Santa Monica, California In the de facto American taco capitol, nary a head would turn or eye bat at the opening of another high-end taqueria, but with the house specialty being Mexican...
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