Monthly Archives: June 2010

WARNING! Contains Cornographic Images

Huitlacoche (corn smut) Mexico It raises a few eyebrows when I announce that I’m headed to Los Angeles’ Koreatown to check out the smut, but in this particular case it’s corn smut (huitlacoche) I’m referring to. Huitlacoche has been a … Continue reading

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The Other Gray Meat

Scrapple Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and surrounding states Philadelphia, you can keep your Cheez Whiz-laden shaved steak sandwiches – but you’ll take my scrapple when you pry it from my cold, dead trotters. Scrapple for me is a nostalgia food – it’s … Continue reading

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Reservations Required

An Evening With Anthony Bourdain Royce Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles CA “Hey, Val, if you could do anything you wanted for a career, what would you choose?” Oh, I don’t know, I’d like to visit exotic and unusual places, immerse … Continue reading

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Rise of The Triad

Korean fusion: Kogi, The Alibi Room and Chego Los Angeles, CA It has slowly and insidiously crept its way into our culture; Angelenos had been content to enjoy the hard-fought-for, all-American tradition of chowing down on tacos al carbon and … Continue reading

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The Big Cheese, The Head Honcho…

Head cheese Europe and the United States Picture five pounds of Velveeta sculpted into a bust of Louis Pasteur. Can you see it? OK, that’s just wrong. If that’s what you imagine when you hear the term “head cheese” you’re … Continue reading

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