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If given the chance (and budget) to dine well in Los Angeles, The Bazaar by Jose Andres should rise to the top of your list. For our client Mirassou Winery, I recently had the opportunity to do just that – enjoy a special food and wine pairing dinner, and the experience was a beautiful feast [...]

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I recently found a love for shaved ice at Kauai’s Wishing Well  (a tropical icy-creamy treat I still day dream about).  So I was curious when I found Joe’s Ice in Garden Grove. Tucked in the middle of Disneyland and Anaheim Convention Center hotels is a little ice shack with a red awning and a [...]

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Are you a coffee snob? You know, one of those people whose mission in life is to make and drink the perfect espresso or cup of coffee? In your world, the coffee must be ground to a particular standard, the water filtration must be just so, and even the method by which the coffee is [...]

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Another September, another sister trip to Los Angeles – the city of angels, of glam, and of great food. This year’s trip was a shopping bust but, luckily, a food boon. We arrived on a Friday night, and almost immediately headed to Lotería Grill, my sister Cara’s current favorite restaurant. It’s not difficult to figure [...]

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Lucques not only made L.A. Magazine’s Top 75 Best Restaurants in 2008: it made number one. Yes, according to the publication, this Melrose Ave hot spot is THE best culinary destination in all of Los Angeles. This report came out just after we secured Lucques as our second location for a Sunsweet-inspired dinner (see my [...]

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It’s become an annual occasion that my sisters and I meet up in Los Angeles each September. My sister Cara and I are only 11 days apart (we’re actually the same age for those 11 days, but you won’t get any actual numbers out of me!), so the excuse is we are celebrating the “September” [...]

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