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POPSRistorante Donatella ~ Rancho Mirage ~ 8 Have you ever been to Verona? The ancient city, nestled in Northern Italy, is the setting of Shakespeare’s famous Romeo and Juliet. Many lovers visit the legendary (albeit symbolic) balcony where Mr. Romeo lured Miss Juliet. I too tumbled into a great love affair while in Verona …
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POPSLittle Next Door ~ Food 6 Desserts 10 My mom was in town this past weekend and I took her to Little Next Door, the spawn of its popular parent restaurant, The Little Door. I went when they first opened and was very disappointed with both food and service but the ambiance is great! I am obsessed with the imperial violet blue and royal gold color scheme.
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POPSCRUMBS ~ 7 There’s a new Crumb in town and this bakery means business!
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POPSIngrid’s Cafe ~ Beverly Hills ~ 9 After an all too early 7am run yesterday, I decided to treat myself to breakfast. Tucked away on Little Santa Monica, right across the street from the Peninsula Hotel, I saw Ingrid’s Cafe …
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POPSUGO ~ 6 This newish Italian Cafe in Culver city is a quaint, few frills place to enjoy some casual Italian food and unusally good wine at GREAT a prices. We chose to sit on the patio which provided a bit more ambiance than the harsh bright lights inside.
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POPSHappi Songs ~ 8 Craving some Asian inspired food, I decided to check out the newly opened Happi Songs last night. What used to be Rita Flora, is now a trendy Asian tavern. The decor is artsy/edgy and creates the feeling of being tucked away on a little back street in Beijing or Shanghai,
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POPSVANILLA BAKESHOP ~ 6.5 I was really looking forward to tasting something special at Vanilla, Santa Monica’s newest boutique bakeshop. Their web site is absolutely wonderful. The gallery pictures of cupcake towers and wedding cakes made me want to go sample product ASAP. Walking in, I felt like I’d stepped into a little girl’s dream playroom.
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POPSBEVERLY HILLS FARMERS MARKET Sometimes it’s easy to feel out of touch with our fellow Angelinos. We’re either in our cars alone in thick traffic or trying to look SUPER COOL with our exclusive clique at a trendy new eatery.
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POPSU.N. Burgers ~ flirting with flavor fusion Hello and welcome to anyone who happens upon my little food blog. This is the debut of yet another way to satiate your appetite for worth-every-bite culinary experiences … coming to you straight from the kitchens of FoodFlirt 90210, (aka my minuscule kitchen in my apt which just happens to be in the 90210 area code). Here is an original recipe that is healthy and filled with flavor!
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POPSNaraya ~ 7 I’d driven by this tucked-away Thai place a hundred times, down S. Robertson on my way to the 10 freeway. Late one night I was craving a new, close-to-home (BH) Thai experience so I meandered into Naraya and was pleasantly surprised. The tiny space possessed a casual, Zen elegance and the food was both unique and good. I soon returned with my camera to write a blog …
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POPSQuarter Kitchen ~ San Diego ~ 4 I spent this past weekend in San Diego and dined at the (somewhat new) Quarter Kitchen at the Ivy Hotel located in the trendy Gas Lamp District. I’d heard good things and it was highly recommended by The Hard Rock. Normally I stay away from “fine dining” in hotel restaurants, but since amazing food wasn’t the focus of the evening (we were more concerned with finding a dance club), I thought why not? Well … unfortunately, we found a multitude of reasons … as to why not.
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POPSVanilla Green Tea Cupcake Recipe I’ve finally been invited to venture into the world of my boyfriend’s family. We’ve been together for just over a year while I’ve met his siblings in passing, last week I was invited to my his sister’s birthday and had to impress!
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POPSCoupa Cafe ~ 7.5 It’s important to give restaurants a second and possibly third chance, just as it is with people. I tried Coupa Cafe twice when they first opened in Beverly Hills and wasn’t impressed. Early this week, boyfriend and I were lamenting over how Beverly Hills needs a few better breakfast spots.
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POPSFWDGF Vegetable Soup Recipe The first thing you’re supposed to do using French Women Don’t Get Fat (FWDGF) is keep a three week food journal, eating normally, to discover what foods are the “offenders” as Guiliano calls them. Well, I’m not the most patient person and I have a pretty good idea of what foods are offending my waistline so …
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POPSA French Woman’s Breakfast I love French Women Don’t Get Fat (FWDGF) because there’s not a specific meal plan I have to stick to. Rather, Guiliano offers many recipes and general guidelines for what she calls “recasting” your eating habits over a 3 month period.
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POPSI’ve Been Overly Flirtatious… It is possible to be overly flirtatious with food? Well, my “skinny jeans” seem to think so. I’m afraid I’ve been flirting with a few too many foods, too many times a day. Oops! Oh well, it was bound to happen sooner or later. Enter “French Women Don’t Get Fat,” by Mireille Guiliano.
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POPSBloom ~ 7 I’ve heard from more than one foodie that the neighborhood on Pico between Fairfax and Hauser is flowering into a boutique restaurant haven. I made my way down there this past Sunday to check out Bloom …
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POPSLAMILL COFFEE CO.~ 9 I finally meandered over to Silver Lake to experience the much talked about coffee boutique, LAMILL (pronounced lah-mill). This is not, let me repeat NOT, your average, cater to the masses, grab your daily cup o’ Joe and go coffee shop. No ladies and gentlemen, LAMILL takes the art of coffee to a pristine new level.
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POPSFood Flirt 90210 Moves to Aspen, 81611 Hey there! For anyone who stumbles across this delicious blog, FoodFlirt90210 has moved to Aspen, 81611. Since the Colorado zip code is not quite as glamorous and recognizable, I am in the process of developing a new food filled blog! Once it’s up and yummy, I’ll post the new address here!
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POPSWhite Stilton and Apricot Salad The delicious lookingred and yellow beets at my local Farmer’s Market got me thinking about different ways of preparing them. I had come across this recipe a while back and thought it sounded wonderful.
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POPSApricot Season - JAM’s JAM I grew up in the Santa Clara Valley and we had apricot trees all around us. Apricots reach their peak in July and I can remember lying under the trees reading a book and nibbling on the sweet, fat and juicy fruit.
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POPSTomato Season is here Tomatoes are among my favorite foods and the season has really just begun. I return from the Marin Farmer’s Market on Sunday’s with bags of goodies: a wonderful variety of tomatoes, fruits and vegetables bursting with flavor.
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POPSLoire Valley - France I recently returned from a whirlwind trip through the Loire Valley in France. I visited the famous Chartres Cathedral, a cooking school in Orléans, a porcelain factory in Gien and the Sancerre wine-growing region, where I drank some incredible wines, including Menetou-Salon Blanc, which is by far my favorite wine from the Loire.
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POPSFried Pickles My recent trip to Nashville was quite an adventure. It was a big thrill to play Elvis’ 1948 Steinway grand piano in Studio B and get my photo taken with Charlie Daniels but being back stage at the Grand Ole Opry during a broadcast was a high point. It was all very exciting and I fell in love with Nashville, its music, people and especially the food.
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POPSRavioli Pasta Dough request Several of you have requested my pasta dough recipe for raviol, so here is one of them. Making pasta is a fun experience so do give it a try.
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POPSGuinness and Onion Soup with Irish Cheddar Crouton It’s high summer here in Tiburon and certainly not the time of year to think about hot soup but Michael Chiarello’s Guinness and Irish cheddar cheese onion soup sounds delicious. Having just returned from Ireland I’m still in my Irish mode.
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POPSMaple Horseradish Glazed Beets I bought some beautiful looking beets at the Marin Farmer’s Market the other day to try out a delicious sounding recipe from Gourmet Magazine. It was incredible! The color of the beets and the sauce was amazing.
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POPSBalsamic Reduction with Berries The other night I was dining with the Wild Writing Women at Puccini and Pinetti. We always go there after our first Wednesday of every month Literary Salon at the Monticello Inn. The restaurant is right next door to the hotel.
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POPSEverything changes I’ve had a very hectic couple of months. I sold my condo, found a rental apartment in Tiburon (Marin County) CA, have suffered with horrible asthma, heart problems and now am up to my neck in packing boxes. Official moving date is April 10th.
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POPSTortellini Soup I’m baking cookies today. The whole place smells heavenly – sugar and butter – oh my! At the top of my cookie list are Snowballs.
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POPSChristmas Cookies I’m baking cookies today. The whole place smells heavenly – sugar and butter – oh my! At the top of my cookie list are Snowballs.
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POPSTribute to Marseille, France I fell in love with Marseille on my very first visit. The sea and the hills Marcel Pagnol wrote about sang to me too. And the food, oh yes, the food! My mouth waters remembering incredibly delicious dishes filled with succulent fish, perfumed with herbs and spices.
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POPSPearl’s Pumpkin Pie Around this time of year I really miss my mother. She died back in 1987 but the memory of her pumpkin pies live on in my heart. Oh my how she could bake. Her pies were so light they seemed to float off the plate. The crusts so tender and flaky they would melt in your mouth.
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POPSFoil Wrapped Pork Chops with Garlic & Figs When I was a child we had an enormous fig tree in the back yard. Every year the tree would produce an abundance of fruit, much to the delight of my mother and grandmother. Personally I didn’t like them at all, although I loved Fig Newton’s.
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POPSMaple Horseradish Glazed Beets I bought some beautiful looking beets at the Marin Farmer’s Market the other day to try out a delicious sounding recipe from Gourmet Magazine. It was incredible! The color of the beets and the sauce was amazing.
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POPSGuinness and Onion Soup with Irish Cheddar Crouton It’s high summer here in Tiburon and certainly not the time of year to think about hot soup but Michael Chiarello’s Guinness and Irish cheddar cheese onion soup sounds delicious. Having just returned from Ireland I’m still in my Irish mode.
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POPSPumpkin Ravioli Tradition Pumpkin The leaves are turning gold and red. The summer fruit and vegetables have all been harvested. Halloween officially ushers in the fall season and bright orange pumpkins are everywhere
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