It is the Summer of Julia, when teenage girls will soon be lining up along the hot concrete sidewalks of Wilshire Boulevard to watch Meryl Streep flip omelets and deconstruct ducks onscreen.
...If you needed final justification to ban the bottle--the plastic water bottle, that is--a just-released government report provides it.
...You gotta love a recipe that begins with a tip on preventing detonation. Which is how Claudia Roden, cookbook author extraordinaire, proceeds with many of her eggplant recipes.
...If you cook at home a lot, if you have kids who can't feed everything they won't eat to their dog, if you have a garden or would like to, if you have an orange tree that catapults its fruit faster than you can make marmalade, if you've spent any time at all contemplating the landfill universe of the contemporary world, then you might consider the logical virtues of composting.
...If you're working at home today, telecommuting from your lawn chair in order to avoid the motorcades and grieving masses, the stalled traffic and barricades around Staples Center, then you might want to consider barbecuing for dinner.
...In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. Got something better? (Funny, tragic, ridiculous, or an actual Jon Stewart quote.) Comment below.
...Here's the perfect summer grilling accessory: a baseball bat that's actually a peppermill. Imagine the langorous backyard, the coals glowing in the firepit, Vin Scully broadcasting on a radio propped against the sweating keg, a tray of burgers and steaks and links that would make any self-respecting carnivore weep in anticipation.
...With the St. Regis Monarch Beach hotel facing foreclosure, we thought we'd check in with chef-restauranteur Michael Mina, whose OC restaurant Stonehill Tavern is owned by the hotel.
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