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Swish Swish – Mizu 212

December 18, 2010 | 8 Comments

Restaurant: Mizu 212 Location: 2000 Sawtelle Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90025 (310)478-8979 Date: December 17, 2010 Cuisine: Japanese Shabu Shabu Rating: Best Shabu Shabu in town   Shabu Shabu is a form of Japanese cuisine where various meats and vegetables…

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The New American – Gjelina

December 17, 2010 | 9 Comments

Restaurant: Gjelina [1, 2, 3] Location: 1429 Abbot Kinney Blvd, CA 90291. (310) 250-1429 Date: December 16, 2010 Cuisine: New Californian Rating: Everything just tastes great! _ My parents flew into town but their flight was four hours late so…

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Melisse – How much would a Woodcock…

December 16, 2010 | 8 Comments

Restaurant: Melisse [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Location: 1104 Wilshire Blvd.Santa Monica, CA 90401. (310) 395-0881 Date: December 15, 2010 Cuisine: California French Rating: Awesome. Top of its game!   My foodie friend EP wanted to do a final Foodie…

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Food as Art: Ortolan

December 13, 2010 | 3 Comments

Restaurant: Ortolan Location: 8338 W. 3RD STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90048 (323) 653-3300 Date: Dec 11, 2010 Cuisine: Modern French   Ortolan, named after the finch the French like to eat, has been around for a few years. It’s always been…

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Quick Eats: Taverna Tony

December 10, 2010 | 13 Comments

Restaurant: Taverna Tony Location: 23410 Civic Center Way, Malibu, CA 90265, Tel: (310) 317-9667 Date: Dec 10, 2010 Cuisine: Greek   I have a weakness for Greek food. I spent big chunks of the summers of 1990 and 1991 in…

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Quick Eats: Osteria Latini

December 9, 2010 | 4 Comments

Restaurant: Osteria Latini [1, 2, 3] Location: 11712 San Vicente Blvd.Brentwood, CA 90049 310.826.9222 Date: Dec 03, 2010 Cuisine: Italian _ LA is full of good Italian places, and, well, it was date night and my wife loves Italian. So off we…

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Food as Art: Chanukah in Style

December 7, 2010 | 5 Comments

Some old friends invited us over to their place for a Chanukah party. Now, as many of you may know, the traditional food for this occasion is potato latkes. These are basically shredded potato and onion deep fried. Like any…

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Gobbler’s Last Stand – The Sandwich

December 6, 2010 | 1 Comments

The Thanksgiving feast contains many useful components for a great sandwich, and in this day and age when the only food available on airplanes is a box of randomized vending machine junk, what better way to eat and fly. This…

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Foreign Flavors: Panjshir

December 5, 2010 | 3 Comments

Restaurant: Panjshir Location: 924 West Broad St.Falls Church, VA 22046703-536-4566 Date: Dec 01, 2010 Cuisine: Afghan   Washington has a good size population of Afghans as a legacy of our involvement after the Russian invasion. We started coming to this restaurant when it opened in the…

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Food as Art: Ping Pong

December 4, 2010 | 8 Comments

Restaurant: Ping Pong Location: 900 7th Street NW. District of Columbia 20001. 202-506-3740 Date: Dec 01, 2010 Cuisine: Chinese Dim Sum I’ve been going to Dim Sum for thirty-odd years, and it’s long been one of my favorite cuisines. Basically, this follows…

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Quick Eats: Coastal Flats

December 3, 2010 | 5 Comments

Restaurant: Coastal Flats Location: 7860-L Tysons Corner CenterMcLean, VA 22102(703) 356-1440 Date: Nov 30, 2010 Cuisine: Southern Coastal American   This place is part of a small local chain of one-off’s. That is, each restaurant in  the group has a different name and menu….

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Quick Eats: Mon Ami Gabi

December 2, 2010 | 1 Comments

Restaurant: Mon Ami Gabi Location: 7239 Woodmont Ave.  Bethesda, MD 20814. 301.654.1234 Date: Nov 29, 2010 Cuisine: French Bistro   Out with friends in Bethesda we checked out this small chain French Bistro.  After 10-20 years out of favor the bistro seems to…

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Quick Eats: Italian-Iberian Snack

December 1, 2010 | 2 Comments

A simple breakfast snack made with ingredients from the Philadelphia Italian Market. Prosciutto on top of a fantastic Manchego cheese. Simple, but delicious. For breakfast snacking cheeses I really became a fan of the Iberian cheese during my month in Spain earlier this year….

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ThanksGavin in Review

November 29, 2010 | 16 Comments

Every year we Gavins gather in Philadelphia for four days and nights of massive gluttony. The party then moves down to Washington DC. I wanted to create a central post to document this parade of food and Thanksgiving. Also don’t miss…

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Food as Art: Little Saigon

November 29, 2010 | 3 Comments

Restaurant: Little Saigon Location: 6218 Wilson Blvd, Falls Church, VA 22044-3210 (703) 536-2633 Date: Nov 27, 2010 Cuisine: Vietnamese ANY CHARACTER HERE One of my favorite places back “home” (Washington D.C.) is Little Saigon, a local hole in the wall Vietnamese…

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Saturday is for Salt

November 28, 2010 | 8 Comments

Traditionally, the ThanksGavin continues on Saturday with the deli brunch. In LA you just can’t get deli like you can in Philadelphia, with the partial exception of Brents. The locale was moved this year to cousin Abbe’s downtown.   A…

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Thanksgiving – Pork Insanity

November 27, 2010 | 5 Comments

On our third night of ThanksGavin craziness, after Wednesday, and the incomparable thursday, we move into our traditional Friday evening at my cousin Abbe’s. This year Abbe settled on roast pork sandwiches — a meal with deep South Philadelphia roots. We begin…

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Thanksgiving Proper

November 25, 2010 | 8 Comments

Thursday night has finally arrives and with it the serious consumption of traditional Thanksgiving fare. Last night we whet our whistles, CLICK TO SEE, and you’ve seen the echos of the past, but here is the real thing. Blow by blow. When I arrived…

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Thanksgiving – The Prequel

November 25, 2010 | 6 Comments

Restaurant: Umbria Location: 7131 Germantown Ave. Philadelphia. 215-242-6470 Date: Nov 24, 2010 Cuisine: Modern American   Our traditional family feast, which we could dub the Thanksgavin, begins with the Wednesday night forefeast (to borrow a term from the Greek orthodox). In 2010 it…

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Ghost of Thanksgivings Past

November 24, 2010 | 6 Comments

A historical and pictorial chronicle of the Thanksgiving dinner plates from the last 10 years of my epic all homemade family feast…

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