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Eating Tuscany – Boar at Home

June 27, 2011 | 1 Comments

Location: Tuscany, Italy Date: June 12, 2011 Cuisine: Tuscan ANY CHARACTER HERE During our day in Siena we picked up a few supplies. Most notably, at the sign of the Cinghiale, the Tuscan wild boar. This funny little gourmet shop…

Eating Siena – Trattoria Pepei

June 26, 2011 | 2 Comments

Restaurant: Trattoria Pepei Location: Siena, Italy Date: June 12 & 19, 2011 Cuisine: Tuscan Rating: Delicious & Fun! ANY CHARACTER HERE Our first full day in tuscany and we went into Siena. We selected a restaurant the night before using Michelin, picking a centrally located one…

Eating Staggia – Pozzo dei Desideri

June 25, 2011 | 0 Comments

Restaurant: Pozzo dei Desideri Location: Bologna, Italy Date: June 11, 2011 Cuisine: Tuscan Rating: Good food, good value ANY CHARACTER HERE Today we drove through the mountains between Forli in Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany, then down past Florence to Staggia a small…

Eating Milano Marittima – Al Caminetto

June 24, 2011 | 0 Comments

Restaurant: Al Caminetto Location: Cervia / Milano Marittima, Italy Date: June 10, 2011 Cuisine: Adriatic Seafood Rating: Great service, great food ANY CHARACTER HERE For our anniversary my wife, me, and our family went out to what the locals described as “the…

Eating Milano Marittima – Notte E Di’

June 23, 2011 | 2 Comments

Restaurant: Ristorante Notte E Di’ Location: Cervia / Milano Marittima, Italy Date: June 10, 2011 Cuisine: Pizza etc Rating: Great pizza place, bug menu ANY CHARACTER HERE After a morning touring ancient mosaics in Ravenna we were hanking for pizza…

Eating Milano Marittima – Ristorante La Frasca

June 22, 2011 | 2 Comments

Restaurant: Ristorante La Frasca Location: Cervia / Milano Marittima, Italy Date: June 9, 2011 Cuisine: Adriatic Italian Rating: Top top traditional ANY CHARACTER HERE A mere two nights have gone by without a truly elaborate starred restaurant dinner, so we headed to…

Eating Milano Marittima – Lo Sporting

June 20, 2011 | 2 Comments

Restaurant: Lo Sporting Location: Milano Marittima, Italy Date: June 9, 2011 Cuisine: Trendy Italian Rating: Decent food, but overpriced ANY CHARACTER HERE One of the cool things about the beach town of Cervia / Milano Marittima is that there are a…

Eating Milano Marittima – Palace Hotel Breakfast

June 19, 2011 | 3 Comments

Restaurant: Palace Hotel Location: Cervia / Milano Marittima, Italy Date: June 9-11, 2011 Cuisine: Italian Rating: Great hotel breakfast ANY CHARACTER HERE The Palace Hotel in Cervia fits into an interesting class of European hotel. It’s a beach resort, and elegant, but…

Eating Cervia – Locanda dei Salinari

June 18, 2011 | 2 Comments

Restaurant: Locanda dei Salinari Location: Cervia, Italy Date: June 8, 2011 Cuisine: Adriatic Seafood Rating: Great seafood ANY CHARACTER HERE After three days in the Modena/Parma/Bologna area we relocated west to the Adriactic coastal town of cervia/Milano Maritima. While technically still in…

Eating Modena – Il Fantino

June 16, 2011 | 0 Comments

Restaurant: Il Fantino Location: Modena, Italy Date: June 7, 2011 Cuisine: Emilia Romagna Rating: Big portions, too big! ANY CHARACTER HERE This evening we took to wandering around Modena. We stopped into a local restaurant at 7:30 or so but they weren’t open yet (in the…

Eating Bologna – Trattoria Leonida

June 15, 2011 | 0 Comments

Restaurant: Trattoria Leonida Location: Bologna, Italy Date: June 7, 2011 Cuisine: Bolognese Rating: Big menu, great food ANY CHARACTER HERE We continue our sojourn across Emilia-Romagna. It was a rainy day in Bologna, and we stopped for lunch in this Trattoria in the…

Eating Modena – Osteria Francescana

June 14, 2011 | 1 Comments

Restaurant: Osteria Francescana Location: Modena, Italy Date: June 6, 2011 Cuisine: Emilia Romagna Rating: Amazing Italian Molecular! ANY CHARACTER HERE Our first fancy meal of the trip was at Osteria Francescana, a modern Italian in Modena with 2 Michelin stars. Francescana has an unusual…

Eating Parma – Cocchi Ristorante

June 13, 2011 | 3 Comments

Restaurant: Cocchi Ristorante Location: Parma, Italy Date: June 6, 2011 Cuisine: Emilia Romagna Rating: Amazing traditional! ANY CHARACTER HERE Today we ventured out to Parma, home of Parmesan and Prosciutto. We met up with a friend of a friend who took us…

Eating Modena – Real Fini Breakfast

June 12, 2011 | 4 Comments

Restaurant: Hotel Real Fini Via Emilia Location: Modena, Italy Date: June 5-8, 2011 Cuisine: Breakfast Buffet Rating: Typical Italian Hotel Breakfast ANY CHARACTER HERE Italian hotels almost always include breakfast. The Real Fini in Modena’s is extremely typical of mid range hotels….

Eating Modena – Osteria del Pozzo

June 11, 2011 | 2 Comments

Restaurant: Osteria del Pozzo Location: Modena, Italy Date: June 5, 2011 Cuisine: Emilia Romagna Rating: Very good casual ANY CHARACTER HERE This post kicks off the food portion of my 2011 Europe trip, Eating Italy. We begin our month of gastronomic excess…

Peace in the Middle East? – Mezze

June 10, 2011 | 0 Comments

Restaurant: Mezze Location: 401 N La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048. 310.657.4103 Date: May 31, 2011 Cuisine: Modern Middle Eastern Rating: Really tasty! ANY CHARACTER HERE For a long time in the 2000s Sona was my favorite restaurant in LA, and I was sad…

Memorial Day Pig

June 8, 2011 | 1 Comments

One of my friends always throws a “hog wild” Memorial Day BBQ. The beginnings of the spread. Pulled pork! This stuff was mouth watering good. Baked beans cooked in molasses. BBQ. This was a little sweet for my taste, even the hot. BBQ…

An Evening at Malibu Wines

June 5, 2011 | 0 Comments

It was my brother-in-law’s birthday, and a warm California Friday in late may, so his wife organized a little get together in the Santa Monica mountains at Malibu Wines. Now, I’m not super partial to California wines in general (too…

Crafty Little Lunch

June 3, 2011 | 0 Comments

Restaurant: Craft Location: 10100 Constellation Blvd. Century City, Ca. 90067. 310-279-4180 Date: May 26, 2011 Cuisine: Farmer’s Market California Rating: Nice little power lunch ANY CHARACTER HERE I was meeting a friend in Century City at the Annenberg Space for Photography…

Waterloo & City

June 1, 2011 | 4 Comments

Restaurant: Waterloo & City [1, 2, 3] Location: 12517 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA 90066 310.391.4222 Date: May 21, 2011 Cuisine: Gastropub Rating: Really tasty! _ There has been real growth in the gastropub catagory here in LA during the last few years….

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