In the Midst of Chaos (and still making every meal count!)
Everyone always associates college with an excuse to eat corporate mush, but I beg to differ. Just because you go to college does NOT mean you have to eat the same old food, every single day or not eat...
View Article2007 Scam, I mean Taste of Old Pasadena
$25 to eat around Pasadena as much as you want?! And to dip it in chocolate…Old Town Pasadena? Sure, it’s a chain junk pile but underneath the corporate facade, there actually are a lot of respectable...
View ArticleAlmost "All You Care To Eat": Whole Foods (Arroyo Prkwy)
It’s just what you expect: two floor’s of guiltless–but expensive–bliss!!! A Juice Bar, Seafood Bar, Hot Food Bar, Sandwich Bar, Salad Bar, Dessert Bar, Bread Bar, Pizza Bar, Raw Food Bar, Tapas...
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Two Free Tickets to the L.A Chocolate Salon, Who’s Down? (Giveaway!)
So after covering the Los Angeles Chocolate Salon since its L.A premiere in 2007 , I’ve made it up to the ranks of the “Salon Awards Tasting Panel” for this years event. Why is this significant to you...
View ArticleAnd the Winner for Two Tickets to the L.A Chocolate Salon is…..
By order of true randomness , I announce the winner of two free tickets to this years L.A Luxury Chocolate Salon to be… (really fast drum roll please) …Hanh Nguyen! “My Glutster moment – I had a bag...
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35 Chocolatiers Later: L.A Chocolate Salon (Taste Panel & Hanging)
Oh, how stoked I was, to find out that after two years of consecutively covering the Los Angeles Luxury Chocolate Salon, I was finally elected to become part of the tasting panel. I thought “cool”,...
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Maison Akira: Punks On Pâté
I don’t have much old school friends that are really into food. Most of the time, I know more about their mom’s homemade food than they know themselves. I mean, there always is drunk talk about “going...
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Tonight! My Eastside O.G Graffiti Older Brother at Pasadena Museum of...
So after an international 16-year hiatus, my brother–and first ever role model in life–Rojelio Cabral has decided to give the L.A art world another whirl. He started last week at Crewest’s “No Biters...
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Finally Amongst My Own Kind! My First Group Scooter Ride and an Ode to My...
Ok, so this post isn’t either food, alcohol or music related but its just as cooool! So as many of you know, I chose the two-wheeled way of life instead of the conventional safety cage when I graduated...
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My Big Fat Recap of the Pasadena Greek Fest 2011 at Santa Anita Park: PURO...
OK, so I’ve never actually seen the movie where the pun to my title came from yet per se, but I did go to the Pasadena Greek Fest 2011 this last Friday night! Opa!: La Culebra Greca? This last weekend...
View ArticlePasadena Magazine’s Restaurant Callout: Little Beast
*This article was originally published in Pasadena Magazine. Eagle Rock partisans have long yearned for a place like Little Beast. Its ambiance, established by a reconverted 1911 bungalow with a homey...
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Corazon y Miel’s Eddie Ruiz to open beer and sausage house in Pasadena
Photo as seen on LA Times. *Originally published on LA Times Food. Eduardo Ruiz, chef of Corazón y Miel in Bell, is opening a new restaurant – Picnik — in Old Town Pasadena, moving into the current...
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Picnik: A Single-breed Sausage Fest in Pasadena
*Originally published on LA Times. Name of restaurant: Picnik Concept: A single-hog-origin sausage and craft beer restaurant and bar in Old Town Pasadena. Chef: Eddie Ruiz of Corazón y Miel, in...
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L.A. Street Food Fest: Crispy octopus tacos, churro ice cream sandwiches and...
Originally published for L.A. Times Food. Ice cream churro sandwiches from Churro Borough The 5th annual L.A. Street Food Festival took place over the weekend at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. More than...
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