B-day Bites

Through the Cookbook Club, I have made some incredible friends. I am so grateful to have them in my life. And a nice bonus to having a bunch of chef friends… they can put together a pretty mean birthday feast 🙂 This was a meal full of all of my favorite things – seafood, grilled…

Son of a Gun Restaurant Review

Gold Dig #37 Son of a Gun is another of Jon and Vinny’s eateries that makes Jonathan Gold’s 101 Best Restaurants list. You can also check out my Petit Trois review and my Animal review. Son of a Gun is their seafood spot, or as they refer to it on their website – a “hip, nautical-themed restaurant”….

Grand Central Market Restaurant Review

Gold Dig #36 Grand Central Market isn’t so much a restaurant as it is an experience. It is an indoor market in Downtown LA, filled with stalls of cooked food, fresh produce, breads, cheeses, and spices. I have somewhat mixed feelings about it being part of Jonathan Gold’s 101 Best Restaurants list. I understand his love for…

Coni’Seafood Restaurant Review

Gold Dig #23 Coni’Seafood is in the middle of nowhere Inglewood. It has a tiny 4-car parking lot that you have to back up into the street to exit. But it’s often on Jonathan Gold’s 101 Best Restaurants list, so we trekked to Inglewood to try it. It was worth the effort. The back patio…

Hikers, Bikers, and Bakers

Hikers One day I had plans to hang out with my good friend, Sheana. She had seen a flyer for a pie contest that was happening that morning. Pie was one of the first things Sheana and I bonded over, especially for breakfast! But it was another beautiful day in sunny Southern California, so we…