Culinary Tidbits . . . TV star Mario Batali and restaurateur & winemaker Joe Bastianich have plans to open a Los Angeles branch of Eatly, their huge Italian food mega-store, which opened in New York last year. A location could possibly be around the fringes of the Fairfax district. With the exception of good neighborhood farmers markets LA still lacks interesting gourmet markets and has so far nothing to offer on this scale and scope.
Note: I apologize for the low volume of posts. They have been and will be severely curtailed from April 10 – mid to end of May due to my repair & remodel of my rental property in Los Angeles, where my time to write is limited and internet connection in this location is very spotty at best.
“Rubenesque” sandwich
Chinese Chicken Salad
R&D Hamburger
Greek Chicken
Tavern Tipples . . . Jared Meisler and Sean MacPherson, the people responsible for Bar Lubitsch have opened, according to them, La Cienega’s first speakeasy. However, one of the Lawry’s locations on the west side of the street had a basement that was possibly used as a speakeasy that predated The Roger Room. We are checking it out!
Ordering on the touch-screen computer
a robot waiter
Beef for shabu shabu
New technology has supplied methods to deter criminals from selling fake wine bottles, especially through auctions and the internet. The following security measures are now, or will be in place soon, at many of the wineries that produce Grand Cru and expensive bottles of wine; this will help to stop or at least deter criminals from trying to pass off bogus bottles as genuine:
