05 Apr 2012

Five Novel Ways Top Chefs Celebrate Passover – Forbes.com

Spago co-founder Barbara Lazaroff.

From Moroccan tagines to brisket tacos and kosher-for-Passover cupcakes purchased from a ATM, chefs across the country are making an exodus from traditional seder cooking.

Story and slide show on my Forbes Seat 1A blog

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22 Feb 2012

America’s Wildest Margaritas

Red O $100 Margarita

February 22 is National Margarita Day, and a great time to salute some of the most wildly creative margaritas from mixologists across the country. You might fork over $100 for a super top-shelf margarita, or try one made with offbeat ingredients from avocado to amaretto to popcorn. Enjoy yours anywhere from a humble outdoor deck to a Vegas bar dripping with two million crystals.

Check out the slide show on my Seat 1A blog on Forbes.com.

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10 Jan 2012

Cakes On A Plane: Cupcakegate And You

Photo Courtesy of Consumertraveler.com

Photo Courtesy of Consumertraveler.com

By now you’ve heard of the Incident of the Confiscated Cupcake. It seems that one Rebecca Hains, of Peabody, Mass., was returning home from Las Vegas last month, when Transportation Security Administration agents confiscated her cupcake on the grounds of excessive frosting, which the TSA classifies as a gel.

On the one hand, dude, it’s a cupcake! On the other hand, the incident raises questions about both airport security and the American diet.

Read the rest of the post on my Seat 1A blog on Forbes.com.

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More US Food:

28 Dec 2011

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Andy’s Top 10 Food Trends List makes CNN’s list of Top 10 “Top 10′s”

24 Oct 2011

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Top 10 Food Trends – Forbes.com

14 Oct 2011

Chefs gather last month to kick off Dine LA Restaurant Week.

Are Restaurant Weeks Good For Restaurants? – Forbes.com

04 Sep 2011

Sunset over the Paramount backlot

Taste LA’s Taco Tequila Tryst

02 Sep 2011

BBQSeoul

Barbecue Finds Its Seoul – Out magazine

29 Aug 2011

Paloma Punch - photography by Claire Benoist

Spicy Like Sunday Morning – Out magazine

09 Aug 2011

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8-8-Ate at Burger King

02 Aug 2011

Photography by Ed Anderson

Ice Queen – Out magazine

27 Jul 2011

Oxtail ramen

Ramen Bull at Breadbar, Los Angeles

16 Jun 2011

Chaya Downtown chef Katsuya Matsuoka presents skewers: chicken, beef, shrimp, bacon-wrapped dates and shiitake mushrooms

Japanese Beer Garden at Chaya Downtown – Los Angeles

03 Jun 2011

My Plate

What’s on “My Plate?”

01 Jun 2011

Paella Valenciana

Flash in the Pan – Out Magazine