I inherited the love of Chinese food from my mother. One of my earliest memories was eating at a Cantonese American restaurant in Monrovia, a

I stopped writing on “i8tonite”. It wasn’t going anywhere and truthfully, I wasn’t sure where I wanted to take it. It started because I love

It’s been awhile. So much for creating a fan base for this blog. So, let’s look at this as an exercise in writing…for enjoyment’s sake.
Have you ever eaten something that was so divinely simple and loved it? No cooking, no baking? I mean almost completely unadorned that you thought
As I was reading “Twelve Recipes” by Cal Peternell, chef at Alice Waters’ famed Chez Panisse, lacking a father figure became an even more perceptible
I was a very naïve eater before I moved to New York. (Actually, I was just naïve but that’s a different matter…and I still can
Recently, I was at LA’s Farmers Market at The Grove buying some vegetables from Farm Fresh Produce. It’s one of the vegetable stands that’s been
If you read my posts through my social media, I love food. Not just eating it but all of it. The business of it. The
I’m a little late to my first post of 2015. I actually caught up a couple of weeks ago but now I’m slagging behind. Two

With another year ending, I get a little reflective over 2014 and of my eating. Mulling it over in my head, I chronicled my year with