AN AMERICAN ABROAD AT A STRANGE TIME – Part two – happy eating in Trump-free France
By Larry Levine – Twenty-four hours and not a single mention of Donald Trump. We are pleasantly encamped in the Hotel Relais Christine in Paris after an event-free Air France flight from Los Angeles and a harrowing drive into and through the city in Friday afternoon... Read More
MEMORY LANE / where old favorite restaurants go to retire
By Larry Levine – Jonathan Gold’s excellent ode to Campanile in the L.A. Times food pages (Saturday, September 29, 2012) was enough to launch a trip down memory lane. Gold’s piece is warm, touching and human. Campanile, which will close later this year, clearly played... Read More
CHEFS, NOT BABES / how we sell cars in the 21st century
By Larry Levine – While in college, Joyce earned spending money as a model at car shows. Manufacturers and dealers hired her to stand beside their cars in a swim suit and heels. Her job was to look lovely, smile and hand literature about the cars to men who stopped... 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 MoreFROM ACROSS THE POND / a travel journal
(Jennifer and I spent two weeks in the south of England and then in Paris in the fall of 2011. This journal, posted on a daily basis, followed our travels, with a definite emphasis on the culinary.) By Larry Levine – November 4-5, 2011 The real hero of this trip... Read More
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