Email Author Michelle Huneven

2001 Stories by Michelle Huneven

• Our Daily Pain

  published December 20, 2001

  Ah, those civilized Western Europeans — they know how to relish the good things in life we so frequently overlook. Consider, for... More >>

• City Beets

  published December 6, 2001

  I have a theory that, when it comes to beets, people can be divided into two categories: those who love ’em and those who loathe... More >>

• Not Just a Mama’s Boy

  published November 22, 2001

  Wednesday is oxtail night at Angelini Osteria. Our waiter, stern, handsome and a bit sardonic, recommends them -- like many of the dishes here,... More >>

• Ambitious … Pretentious … but Pretty Good Cobbler

  published November 8, 2001

  Illustration by Christine Haberstock Restaurant Halie, in the historic brick Cheesewright Studios building on Green Street, is... More >>

• Dine and Dish

  published October 25, 2001

  Cobras & Matadors. Make an effort to remember the name, because the space that used to be Boxer has been transformed (by the same owner) into... More >>

• The Artists of Gruyère

  published October 4, 2001

  Walking in an Alpine valley in Switzerland, we came upon a small dairy farm. Black-and-white cows grazed in lush green fields. Near a... More >>

• Zax and the Farmers Market School

  published September 20, 2001

  The newest trend in California cooking in Los Angeles might be called the Farmers Market School. This trend has its roots, of course, in the... More >>

• Sausage on the Brain

  published September 6, 2001

  Two years ago, I ate such a good sausage, I never stopped thinking about it. I ate it during a weeklong house party of friends at a... More >>

• Eat This, Grandma

  published August 30, 2001

  It is a generally acknowledged truth among those who regularly eat out that a whole roasted chicken is always better at home. The whole bird is... More >>

• Thrown for a Loup

  published August 23, 2001

  The Water Grill, reliably corporate, has always been known for high-quality fresh seafood, and is the chosen downtown Los Angeles sanctum of... More >>

• Ice Cream as Architecture

  published August 9, 2001

    I‘ve eaten a fair amount of ice cream in the past few weeks -- it’s ice cream season, after all -- and it has become... More >>

• Depths

  published August 9, 2001

  Near the end of Ethan Canin‘s 1998 novel, For Kings and Planets, the stolid Midwestern Orno Tarcher reflects, “He had always expected to deci... More >>

• Thinking Pink

  published August 2, 2001

  I had been meaning to try Pink Dot since I first heard of it: groceries and deli food, ordered online or over the phone, and delivered within... More >>

• Under the Table

  published July 26, 2001

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• Working Less

  published July 26, 2001

  In 1972, I took my first job in the real world: waiting tables at Ruth‘s Hickory Mountain Restaurant in Siler City, North Carolina. I’d mov... More >>

• Crazy/Dutiful

  published July 26, 2001

  Twenty-five years ago, when Johnny Romoglia waited tables at Ma Maison, Rex Harrison was one of his regular customers. Harrison insisted that... More >>

• Just Dessert

  published July 19, 2001

  When we walk into Cafe Citron on Lemon Avenue in Monrovia, the first thing we see is a voluptuous display of frozen desserts: A dark... More >>

• Just Dessert

  published July 19, 2001

  When we walk into Cafe Citron on Lemon Avenue in Monrovia, the first thing we see is a voluptuous display of frozen desserts: A dark... More >>

• Paradise Found

  published July 5, 2001

  Thirty years ago, when the 134 freeway became the main artery between Glendale and Pasadena, it bypassed the small foothill community of Eagle... More >>

• Paradise Found

  published July 5, 2001

  Thirty years ago, when the 134 freeway became the main artery between Glendale and Pasadena, it bypassed the small foothill community of Eagle... More >>

• Well Seasoned

  published June 14, 2001

  In the world of fine dining -- and specifically in their new restaurant, Josie -- Josie Le Balch and Frank Delzio have a marriage with a... More >>

• Solo

  published May 31, 2001

  For almost two years now, Koichiro Kikuchi has been single-handedly cooking dinner five nights a week at Bistro 21, a 20-seat restaurant tucked... More >>

• Solo

  published May 24, 2001

  For almost two years now, Koichiro Kikuchi has been single-handedly cooking dinner five nights a week at Bistro 21, a 20-seat... More >>

• Hot Spot

  published May 17, 2001

  Ah, the hip neighborhood cafe, that indigenous institution that springs up whenever a neighborhood has enough bons vivants, flaneurs,... More >>

• Search and Restore

  published May 10, 2001

  Some years ago, I heard the Vietnamese Zen monk Thich Nhat Hanh speak about how so many people, estranged from their own families and religious... More >>