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5 Taters In A Bag Of Lay’s
When I was a wee lad my grandfather always had a couple of fact books on his bookshelf. I absolutely loved them, and seemed to lose track of time reading through the endless supply of information. A few decades later and nothing has changed, to this day I still enjoy learning a good ol useless…
Mayonnaise On A Plane
You never forget something like this. An early morning flight out of La Guardia heading home to Los Angeles. We had just wrapped up a four day shoot in Staten Island and I was exhausted and a little crabby to say the least. My early morning smell sensitivity was going into hyperdrive, all the smells…
Kiwi Fruit – The true underdog of California agriculture
We have all glanced at it in the grocery store and then looked the other way. Often tucked in the corner, near the tropical fruit. I’m sure the average produce guy has no idea what to do with it, where to put it or how to sell it. Many of us have zero idea where…
The Biggest Restaurants in The United States
Ever get that lonely feeling and just want to be around people? Immerse yourself in a crowd? Look no further my friend, your prayers have been answered. The parameters for the largest restaurants in the US had only one metric, number of seats. All of these restaurants have the population of a small town inside…
20 Eating Contests that will leave you wanting to explode
“Pain is temporary; pride is forever”. This was the message on the boy’s basketball team’s shirts in high school. At the time it didn’t mean too much to me but now I know just how much it means, especially in the world of competitive eating. All of the numbers are staggering, some of the food…
California Rice
A few months ago I was walking through a Japanese grocer and saw the coolest little three cup rice cooker for sale next to its larger cousins on the shelves. It was shiny and new and I had to have it. Almost 42 years old and I have always cooked my rice on the stove…
True Chaotic Evil: The Mayo And Tomato Sandwich
Mayonnaise and Tomato, Chaotic Evil When we are taking a look at a true chaotic evil sandwich we find that the sandwich tends to have no respect whatsoever for rules, other sandwiches, or anything but its own desires, which are typically selfish and cruel. These types of sandwiches set a high value on personal freedom,…
America’s Food Capitals
Driving in either direction North or South on the 101 through California or the 99 through Central California you start to notice how many food capitals of the world/America that you pass through. Some are questionable, many are un disputable. On a recent trip up to the Bay area from Los Angeles I wondered just…
We Are All Suckers For A Good Label
The FDA and USDA control the game, who are they and what do they do? The USDA and FDA are two totally different entities when it come to food package labeling, and they have us running around like chickens with our heads cut off trying to make sense of it all. Since the beginning times…
The $155 Peanut Butter Cookie
If you could take a few moments to wrap your head around just how huge our food supply chain is, the result would be mind numbing. It’s 24/7, 365 and therefore never stops. This massive food machine and its unpredictability makes the food safety of all of the things that we eat a key concern…
35 Specialty or Not So Specialty Stores In Los Angeles
Sometimes, to get a project moving in the right direction you need a little more than whats available at your neighborhood grocery store. What if you wanted to start spinning sugar creations, buy some squid ink, or find canned cherry tomatoes from Italy ? How about cook some Paella in an actual Paella pan with…
21 Things You Might Not Have Known About IN N OUT
It’s no doubt that IN N OUT has achieved cult like status over the years. I’ll never forget my first burger, it was at the Marina Del Rey location about twenty years ago. The smell of grilled beef and onions in the air, the loudspeaker calling out order numbers, and of course the obligatory long…
Give Oatmeal A Chance
Did you know that oatmeal may quite possibly have disappeared into obscurity if it wasn’t for the great Oatmeal Wars of 1987? Breakfast bowls were waiting to be filled with healthy cereals and General Mills was positioning themselves to take over with a new product coming to market named Total, promising more nutrition than its…
A Bloody Mary Or A Red Snapper ???
If I asked you of the few “classic” cocktails that bartenders even know how to make anymore these days, none has a more storied past than the Bloody Mary. In fact, if it weren’t for the 18th Amendment and the Russian Revolution there would be no Bloody Mary. The bloody Mary was invented somewhere in…
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