Category Archives: Trippy Food (Tasty flora and fauna)

Amazing, exciting and otherwise delicious (or horrific) cuisine Val has discovered in his travels

Mary Had A Little Lamb

Palestinian lamb roast Olive Tree Restaurant, Anaheim CA In the spirit of  the famed annual Explorers Club dinner, Los Angeles food adventurers LA Gastronauts arrange monthly dinners around Southern California featuring unusual, ethnic and otherwise unique cuisine. These dinners can … Continue reading

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Run, Grunion, Run!

Running of the grunion Southern California through Baja California Since before recorded history, the California grunion have been performing their forbidden dance of love from Santa Barbara down through Baja California. When the tide is highest between March and August … Continue reading

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Clam, Bam, Thank You, Ma’am

Summer clambake at Rush Street Culver City, California You can take the boy out of New England, but you can never take New England out of the boy. When I received an invitation to join a small group of food … Continue reading

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The Fresh Prince of West Hollywood

fresheast West Hollywood (Los Angeles) CA I have to admit that I was experiencing slight trepidation about passing through the doors of fresheast in West Hollywood for a media tasting; from the outside it looked like it was going to … Continue reading

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The Italian Job

Cecconi’s West Hollywood (Los Angeles) California Los Angeles is a multi-cultural mélange of ethnicity represented by people with roots around the globe, but unlike major cities on the east coast there’s a lack of an Italian presence. Back on the … Continue reading

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