January 2012
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Dine LA: Waterloo +City - Gourmet British Food?
Usually, the words ‘gourmet’ and ‘British food’ don’t end up in sentences even remotely near each other, so the idea of a restaurant like Waterloo + City is potentially abhorrent to those who are unable to conceive of it. Andreanna and I joined another couple, also foodies, to give it a taste drive during the opening week of Dine LA, and we were more than...
November 2011
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Tequila is Not for the Faint At Heart
First off, I know a lot about gin – due to the enthusiastic consumption of it. I know a little bit about whisky (due to similar indulgences and a few tastings). And what I know about bourbon, I know from research for this article: Bourbons for your Budget. But I don’t know diddly squat about tequila. So when a rep from the Thomas Collective saw my article on Cocktails 101 and offered to send me...
October 2011
3 posts
itsalloverbabyblue asked: Will you ever write about pretzels?
Fall on the West Coast Means Stew and Pretzels!
Here in Los Angeles, we trick ourselves into thinking that we have seasons by looking at the calendar and determining what the appropriate response would be if we lived someplace where there was weather. It was this thinking that caused Andreanna and me to whip up a hearty Fall evening spectaular of a delicious chicken and quinoa stew and homemade soft pretzels on an October Sunday when the...
In Which We Fall In Love, Eat And Drink, And Write...
Hello there. We are Andreanna and Mike, two writers who met and fell in love in that terribly 21st Century way, on the internet. When we did, one of the first things we realized that we had in common was an interest in good food and drink, a curious disposition to see how and where we could get it, and an adventurous spirit that made us want to make it ourselves.
In fact, we have been dreaming...