Cover Feature

A BAGEL, A BOWL OF CHILI AND A CULTURAL APPROPRIATION DEBATE

By Larry Levine – I came across an old article from the Washington Post the other day about a dust-up in Minneapolis concerning an accusation of cultural appropriation of Chinese

On the Inside

I APOLOGIZE IF MY CIGARETTES RUINED YOUR MEALS / a brief history of smoking in restaurants

By Larry Levine – I want to take this opportunity to apologize to everyone whose meals I diminished by smoking at the dinner table in a restaurant. That includes not

MUSSO AND FRANK GRILL TURNS 100 / a Hollywood landmark prepares to celebrate

By Larry Levine – It’s in the middle of a block in the heart of Hollywood California. Thousands of people walk by every day. Mostly they are tourists. They are

WE PASSED THIS WAY BEFORE / a travel and food memoir

By Larry Levine – BROOKLYN, JULY 2019 – It’s the hot dog. It’s the grill. It’s the legend, the lore and the location. It’s all these and more. “It” is

A FRUITLESS QUEST FOR A TASTY BERRY

By Larry Levine – It’s that time of year when markets brim with flats of bright red strawberries and tempt us with the sight and intoxicating aroma of sweetness. I

BOOK REVIEW / Ruth Reichl’s “Save Me the Plums”

By Larry Levine – “Save Me the Plums” is Ruth Reichl at her best. The stories she tells of her time as editor-in-chief of the late Gourmet magazine are frank

DOES ANYONE GO TO HAWAII FOR THE FOOD?

The voice came from behind me as we waited to board our flight to Maui at L.A. International Airport: “You go to Hawaii for a lot of things, but food

OBSERVATIONS FROM THE HIGHWAY

UNDER WAY – Sunday morning. Easter Sunday. We’re in the car early to head north for a visit with son John and his family in Issaquah WA, close by Seattle.

THANK YOU, YOLANDA, FOR GUACAMOLE AND SO MUCH MORE

The first time I saw Yolanda Quintero she was sitting on a bench in the shade near the sun-drenched concrete playground at the elementary school we attended near downtown Los