IF WE CAN’T TRAVEL TO OTHER COUNTRIES, WHY NOT BRING THEM TO US / a culinary journey without leaving home
By Larry Levine – 527 home cooked dinners in 544 nights … then we tried something new. For 18 months I’ve cooked dinner for the two of us virtually every night. In one stretch, starting March 16, 2020, I cooked dinner at home 340 consecutive nights. The string... Read More
BOOK REVIEW: Pati’s Mexican Table
By Larry Levine – I first met Pati Jinich one Saturday afternoon early this year. She was on her weekly PBS TV show, Pati’s Mexican Table. I was in my living room. Each week Pati visits villages and cities in Mexico to introduce us to the local cuisine and we spend... Read More
THE GREAT HATCH CHILI EXPLOSION / 10 years ago I never heard of them, now they are everywhere (with a family recipe for Hatch Chili enchiladas)
By Larry Levine – Ten years ago I had never heard of a Hatch Chili. Then, somewhere along the way, my friend Carl D’Agostino mentioned them in a telephone conversation. He became poetic in recalling his boyhood in New Mexico, where the family ate Hatch Chili... 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 MoreA GRINGO MEETS THE MAN FROM PUEBLO MAGICO / sweet treats in historic Sacramanto
By Larry Sheingold – From the outside, this looks like a typical mom and pop Mexican market. At least I think it does. To be honest, I don’t really know what a typical Mexican market looks like. Or if Panaderia La Jerezana, the bright little store and bakery at... Read More
A TACO TRIBUTE / at Chando’s the good old days are now
By Larry Sheingold – You don’t know how good you have it – a phrase customarily reserved for the walking-to-school-in-the-snow saga. Or for grumbling about the primitive old days of one coffee flavor, three channels and no ringtone options. You know. Those dark... 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 More37 QUINTESSENTIAL RESTAURANTS FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA
By Larry Levine – What is the quintessential restaurant in San Francisco? How about Los Angeles? Sacramento? San Diego? New York? Chicago? Boston? We put those questions to the co-hosts of our sister web site – www.atLarrys.com, where we do restaurant... Read More
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