I’ve been making sugar cookies every year for Christmas since I was a kid. Well, decorating them anyway. It wasn’t until I left the comforts of home that I started making them myself. Baking is only half the fun. Gathering friends and family around the table to decorate the cookies is the best part. Give [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 8, 2009
When I was 10, I took a cooking class at the local community center in Whittier. We learned how to make things like cookies, spaghetti, and other simple dishes like grilled veggies and chicken skewers. But this is the age of celeb chefs and molecular gastronomy, we can’t have our kids making plain old turtle [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 3, 2009
Warning: If you loved Charlotte’s Web, are a member of PETA, or a vegetarian, I really doubt you want to read this story. Forget the leis and the tropical drinks, pig roasting can be done right in your own backyard. So that’s exactly what we did for a friends bday celebration over the weekend. Where [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Taste of Pace, formally of Chicks With Knives, has started a new underground supper club. Join her in West Hollywood on Saturday April 11 at 6:30pm in an yet undisclosed location. She will be featuring a variety of delicious SoCal produce from Santa Barbara to Santa Monica and farms in between. This event is BYOW [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 7, 2009
All month, Surfas is focusing on tailgating food. First up in Surfas ongoing classes this month is a gourmet pizza demo. Thursday, January 8th, from 1-2pm learn how to make Truffle and White Pizza the quick and easy way using ingredients and tools that you can buy at Surfas. Then on Saturday from 12-3pm enjoy [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 9, 2008
When was the last time you walked into a restaurant for brunch, starving from the long night of drunkorexia, and pined over a list of tasty looking appetizers? Probably never, well, because breakfast is primarily just a single course meal. Sure you may get toast with your eggs, or order a side of bacon with [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Let’s say you’re having a few people over for a nice cocktail party and you want to do something more than buy some stuffed mushrooms and pizza poppers from Trader Joes. Go where the chefs go, Surfas Restaurant Supply. Heck, even the very prego pop star Gwen Stafani was shopping here over the weekend. Hand [...]
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Sunday, December 13, 2009
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