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2003 Stories by Michelle Huneven

• 6 Kitchen Epiphanies

  published December 25, 2003

  It was a good year in my kitchen, if I say so myself. Here are the high points: Cooking with clay: My stockbroker, of all... More >>

• The Short List: Two Great New Books

  published December 25, 2003

  1.The Clearing, by Tim Gautreaux, is about a sawmill in Louisiana in the 1930s, perhaps, offhand, not the most alluring subject, but... More >>

• Eat, Drink, Man, Woman: Best New Restaurants

  published December 25, 2003

  I’ve reviewed about three dozen new restaurants this year, many favorably, even if I would never choose to go back again. Restaurants are... More >>

• Dinner at Eight

  published December 18, 2003

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• Writing Los Angeles

  published December 11, 2003

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• Night Fishing

  published November 27, 2003

  Photo by Anne Fishbein Weeknights in the restaurant world can be quiet. But a number of the city’s enterprising chefs are luring... More >>

• Buena Cantina

  published November 20, 2003

  Okay, right off the bat: Malo is not malo. It’s a decent, new, stylish Mexican restaurant that inhabits the former Cobalt Cantina in... More >>

• All in the Family

  published November 6, 2003

  Photo by Anne Fishbein Most Los Angeles restaurants have the shelf life of rock & roll bands — two to six years — so... More >>

• The Big Cheese

  published October 30, 2003

  Photo by Anne Fishbein I drove right by Stroh’s Gourmet, a small corner shop on Abbot Kinney, my first time there. I called for the exact... More >>

• Rustic as He Wants To Be

  published October 9, 2003

  Photo by Anne Fishbein In the late ’80s, during the boom time of L.A. restaurants, Don Dickman was the chef de cuisine at Trumps, th... More >>

• The Amusements of Youth

  published October 2, 2003

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• Atwater Rising

  published September 18, 2003

  Illustration by Erik Sandberg Pete Ross overslept. When he came into the living room, his mother was already on her knees at the neatly made... More >>

• Fast-Food Lettuce

  published September 4, 2003

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• Night of the Lotus

  published August 28, 2003

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• In the Raw

  published August 21, 2003

  Photo by Anne Fishbein I first saw Juliano at the Santa Monica Farmers Market. Indeed, who there could not notice the impossibly long-waisted,... More >>

• About Smith

  published August 21, 2003

  Photo by Slobodan Dimitrov When I met up with Scottish novelist Alexander McCall Smith at the Biltmore Hotel recently, he apologized for being... More >>

• Life of Pie

  published August 14, 2003

  Photo by Anne Fishbein It ain’t on Atkins. In fact, pie isn’t sanctioned on any diet. It’s fattening. Darn fattening.... More >>

• Scenes From a Mini-Mall

  published August 7, 2003

  Photo by Anne FishbeinSometimes change is good. Twenty-five years ago, I used to eat at a crummy little hole in the wall red-sauce Italian... More >>

• Cuba Calling

  published July 31, 2003

  Photo by Anne Fishbein Paladar, says our waiter, is what you’d call a restaurant started in somebody’s home in Cuba. And this, he... More >>

• From Planting to Plating

  published July 24, 2003

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• Sin of the Seventh Ray

  published July 17, 2003

  Photo by Anne Fishbein The coyote is a young, handsome dog, his nose long and finely pointed, his ears so enormous, his gait so... More >>

• Restaurant Halie: The Meat and Potatoes of It

  published July 10, 2003

  Photo by Anne Fishbein Restaurant Halie in Pasadena has a new chef. And not just any new chef, but Claud Beltran, a... More >>

• The Hidden City: Pete's Cafe and Bar

  published July 3, 2003

  Photo by Anne Fishbein Pete’s Café and Bar, on Fourth and Main in Los Angeles’ Old Bank District, has... More >>

• Pho 101— A Crash Course

  published June 26, 2003

  Photo by Anne Fishbein A friend of mine has eaten at the new Pho Café in Silver Lake a couple times a week since it... More >>

• Murphy Mojo

  published June 19, 2003

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