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Pentimento Fine indoor and outdoor dining & full bar. Brunch is served Sundays from 11 am3 pm. Afternoon tea is offered on all open days from 25 pm. Reservations are recommended for Pentimento: call 323-857-4761. Reservations must be made one day in advance. Restaurant Week at Pentimento! Din...

California Department of Food and Agriculture website hot topics from http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/ SPECIALTY CROP BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM RAW MILK: INFORMATION FOR CONSUMERS (PDF) RAW MILK: TECHNICAL INFORMATION FOR PRODUCERS & PROCESSORS (PDF) LIGHT BROWN APPLE MOTH INFORMATION EXOTIC FRUIT...

Picanha Brazillian Grill and Bar - www.picanharestaurant.com - (818) 972-2100 - 67 reviews Chadaka Thai - www.chadaka.com - (818) 848-8520 - 77 reviews Bob's Big Boy - www.bigboy.com - (818) 843-9334 - 36 reviews Gordon Biersch Brewing Rstrnt - www.gordonbiersch.com - (818) 569...

support green food! Figaro Bistro 1802 North Vermont Ave Los Angeles, CA 90027 avg customer rating (add your rating and review) read reviews (1) » phone:323-662-1587 Mustardseed 1948 Hilhurst Ave. Los Feliz, CA 90027 avg customer rating (add your rating and review) read reviews (1) » phone:323-6...

A Votre Sante 13016 San Vincente Blvd Brentwood, CA 90049 (add your rating and review) phone:310-451-1813 The City Bakery 225 26th Street Brentwood, CA 90049 (add your rating and review) phone:310-656-3040website:www.thecitybakery.com Literati II 12081 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90025...

Name your favorite Deli in LA or Los Angeles area.

Prepare a kilogram of quince purée by cutting each quince into four pieces, removing the seeds (do not dispose of the skin, since it contains pectin) and cooking in boiling water for 10 minutes. Purée the softened fruit through a colander or blender. Cook it in a pan slowly for about an hour until it t...

HOLTVILLE61st Carrot Festival Through Feb. 10: The root-vegetable celebration brings out amateur chefs and duffers with cookery contests for kids and adults, plus a golf tournament, a parade and midway. A low-key, family vibe prevails at the Feb. 10 Día de la Familia, where a cook-off (carrots no...

MADERA COUNTYFeb. 9 and 10: Wine & Chocolate Weekend Winemakers will be on hand to chat with visitors as 10 family wineries on the Madera Wine Trail open their doors. Current and new vintages will be available for tasting while visitors nibble on chocolate, cheeses, olives and other specialty f...

INDIORiverside County Fair & National Date Festival Feb. 15 to 24: A different date concoction is whipped up daily at the annual fair by area chefs who stop in for a cooking show. Amateurs can compete for best date recipe or amble the grounds munching on date pastries washed down with date shakes (...

STOCKTONAsparagus Festival April 15-28: The claim to fame is the best deep-fried asparagus found anywhere. Organizers also say they have the finest celebrity-chef cooking-demonstration kitchens. This year, the celeb kitchens feature chef Martin Yan (of TV cooking shows and travelogues and t...

OXNARD California Strawberry FestivalMay 17-18: Several publications have ranked Oxnard's event among the nation's top outdoor festivals, and this is its 25th anniversary year. The goings-on are going to get gooey with the Tart Toss, the Strawberry Pie Eating Contest and the Strawberry Stomp (...

SAN FRANCISCOUncorked! Wine Festival May 17: Seminars such as "Wine 101" and "Chocolate & Wine Pairings" are among highlights of the event, a fundraiser for COPIA, the Napa nonprofit dedicated to wine, art and food. Thirty-plus wineries will be pouring samples as area...

CASTROVILLEArtichoke Festival May 17-18: Artichokes aren't just boiled, grilled and fried at this fest, they're made into art. The "agro art" competition features three-dimensional fruit-and-veggie works; each work must be at least 10% artichoke. Cooked creations include artic...

GILROYGilroy Garlic Festival July 25-27: Perhaps the most aromatic festival around, the event this year features a return of the Garlic Showdown, an "Iron Chef"-style competition with four top San Francisco Bay Area chefs competing for $5,000 and 1,000 pounds of fresh garlic. And the...

Whipped McGrath Farms Tahitian squash soup with coffee-chile crème fraîche and whole-wheat croutons? Hand-chopped arctic char tartare turned out like a terrine with quatre épices? Spicy chocolate-chipotle mousse with avocado purée and crushed sweetened tortilla chips? The past few months h...

babette's feast gets my vote.

Exciting News - Dean & DeLuca coming to Newport Beach! Our Daily Pilot newspaper reports today that Dean & DeLuca will be building a store in Fashion Island near Atrium Court, to open in 2009. Can't they just take over an already built store & open sooner? Don't think I can wait that long.....

That place you spotted is Famima!! -- http://www.famima-usa.com -- quite a few fans on this board, but you can do better elsewhere, IMO. Like here: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/376056

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LIVING FoodArtisian Cheeses at their peak£ 27.50 Best Artisan Cheeses£27.50The best artisan cheese you will ever taste Best Artisan Cheeses Direct from the farms, and hand-selected by The Fine Cheese Co. Bath, here are some of the finest examples at their peak...

Box clever Locavores: the new food fad Good food miles Box fresh and readyAre organic boxes all they are cracked up to be? Claire McDonald tries out four delivery schemes and compares them with a new supermarket boxOrganic meat boxMeat-lovers can have organic meat and poultry boxes delivered to the...

From The TimesFebruary 9, 2008 Eat your heart outGordon Ramsay has put together a mouthwatering menu that is sure to add some romance to your Valentines Day(Lis Parsons)Gordon Ramsay Did you know that, in Japan and Korea its traditional for only women to buy their partners gifts on Valentines Day? T...

provide your favorite restaurant dish and the recipe you use to make it at home.

For many of California's upscale hotels and restaurants, green is the new black. Prompted by trendy, taste-making guests, California's chic-est resorts, spas and eateries are integrating local ingredients into their décor, amenities and menus. And high quality may be why local products are no...

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Pentimento Fine indoor and outdoor dining & full bar. Brunch is served Sundays from 11 am3 pm. Afternoon tea is offered on all open days from 25 pm. Reservations are recommended for Pentimento: call 323-857-4761. Reservations must be made one day in advance. Restaurant Week at Pentimento! Din...
Food agriculture California Ca Dept of foodiculture Hot Topics (Preview)	Cooks.la	0	1292	Feb 3, 2008 by Anonymous
California Department of Food and Agriculture website hot topics from http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/ SPECIALTY CROP BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM RAW MILK: INFORMATION FOR CONSUMERS (PDF) RAW MILK: TECHNICAL INFORMATION FOR PRODUCERS & PROCESSORS (PDF) LIGHT BROWN APPLE MOTH INFORMATION EXOTIC FRUIT...
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Picanha Brazillian Grill and Bar - www.picanharestaurant.com - (818) 972-2100 - 67 reviews Chadaka Thai - www.chadaka.com - (818) 848-8520 - 77 reviews Bob's Big Boy - www.bigboy.com - (818) 843-9334 - 36 reviews Gordon Biersch Brewing Rstrnt - www.gordonbiersch.com - (818) 569...
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support green food! Figaro Bistro 1802 North Vermont Ave Los Angeles, CA 90027 avg customer rating (add your rating and review) read reviews (1) » phone:323-662-1587 Mustardseed 1948 Hilhurst Ave. Los Feliz, CA 90027 avg customer rating (add your rating and review) read reviews (1) » phone:323-6...
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A Votre Sante 13016 San Vincente Blvd Brentwood, CA 90049 (add your rating and review) phone:310-451-1813 The City Bakery 225 26th Street Brentwood, CA 90049 (add your rating and review) phone:310-656-3040website:www.thecitybakery.com Literati II 12081 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90025...
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Prepare a kilogram of quince purée by cutting each quince into four pieces, removing the seeds (do not dispose of the skin, since it contains pectin) and cooking in boiling water for 10 minutes. Purée the softened fruit through a colander or blender. Cook it in a pan slowly for about an hour until it t...
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HOLTVILLE61st Carrot Festival Through Feb. 10: The root-vegetable celebration brings out amateur chefs and duffers with cookery contests for kids and adults, plus a golf tournament, a parade and midway. A low-key, family vibe prevails at the Feb. 10 Día de la Familia, where a cook-off (carrots no...
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INDIORiverside County Fair & National Date Festival Feb. 15 to 24: A different date concoction is whipped up daily at the annual fair by area chefs who stop in for a cooking show. Amateurs can compete for best date recipe or amble the grounds munching on date pastries washed down with date shakes (...
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STOCKTONAsparagus Festival April 15-28: The claim to fame is the best deep-fried asparagus found anywhere. Organizers also say they have the finest celebrity-chef cooking-demonstration kitchens. This year, the celeb kitchens feature chef Martin Yan (of TV cooking shows and travelogues and t...
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OXNARD California Strawberry FestivalMay 17-18: Several publications have ranked Oxnard's event among the nation's top outdoor festivals, and this is its 25th anniversary year. The goings-on are going to get gooey with the Tart Toss, the Strawberry Pie Eating Contest and the Strawberry Stomp (...
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CASTROVILLEArtichoke Festival May 17-18: Artichokes aren't just boiled, grilled and fried at this fest, they're made into art. The "agro art" competition features three-dimensional fruit-and-veggie works; each work must be at least 10% artichoke. Cooked creations include artic...
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Box clever Locavores: the new food fad Good food miles Box fresh and readyAre organic boxes all they are cracked up to be? Claire McDonald tries out four delivery schemes and compares them with a new supermarket boxOrganic meat boxMeat-lovers can have organic meat and poultry boxes delivered to the...
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For many of California's upscale hotels and restaurants, green is the new black. Prompted by trendy, taste-making guests, California's chic-est resorts, spas and eateries are integrating local ingredients into their décor, amenities and menus. And high quality may be why local products are no...