A BIG STEP FOR A SUSHI CHEF AND HIS WIFE / the challenge of restaurant ownership
By Larry Levine – First, a question for our male readers: you are 36 years old; you are married and have two children – a boy, Shaun, 11, and a girl, Kairi, 10; you live with your wife and children in an upscale neighborhood in the suburbs of Los Angeles; you are a... Read More
LET’S TALK SUSHI / 4,000 restaurants, so little time
By Larry Levine – Ask someone in California to recommend a sushi restaurant and the reaction is likely to be akin to asking for a barbecue recommendation in Texas. Virtually everyone has a favorite. For some people it’s serial favorites. I remember a time many years... Read More
A 50-YEAR LOVE AFFAIR WITH SACRAMENTO / it’s the restaurants and so much more
By Larry Levine – An electric ballet of lightning bolts leaped across the Northern California sky as I motored north through Stockton on Highway 99. The heat of an August afternoon had given way to a warm evening before I put the top down on my 1964 Pontiac... Read More
IT STARTED WITH A MUSHROOM / Teriyaki chicken recipe
By Larry Levine – It started with a shitake mushroom grown in a “farm” given to me as a gift. Next thing I knew, I burned a sauce pan while making a homemade Teriyaki sauce, which spilled over on the stove top and caramelized. Then I had to run out to the market to... Read More
A BONA FIDE SUSHI PLETHORA DILEMMA
By Larry Levine – I can hear the sarcastic groans of sympathy even before I write these words. But I’m suffering with a sushi plethora dilemma. There are too many excellent sushi restaurants in my life. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know; there can’t be such a thing. So, how... Read More
TRAVELS WITH JENNIFER AND LARRY / Chapter 5 – BBQ, America’s food
By Larry Levine – America’s food …? No, it isn’t the hot dog or the hamburger. It’s barbecue – also known as barbeque, BBQ, or just plain Q. There is virtually no corner of the U.S. that doesn’t have its own style of BBQ, and within each regional style there are... Read More
A SUSHI LOVERS’ GUIDE TO SURVIVAL IN TOUGH TIMES
By Larry Levine -It’s been a tough 13 months or so for sushi lovers. First, the Fukushima nuclear power plant poured radioactive iodine and cesium into the ocean off the coast of Japan. Anything that lived or swam in those waters – things like Japanese uni, saba... Read More
MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THESE / 12 memorable meals from the year gone by
By Larry Levine – “You’re lucky, eating so many great meals in great restaurants.” I hear statements like that frequently from people who assume I created a restaurant web site (atLarrys.com) and this online food magazine as an excuse to eat great meals in great... Read More
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