Archive for February, 2010

When you want to cook Italian, it’s hard to get excited about it when shopping in a regular supermarket. One aisle of salt induced tomato products and basic pasta. When I really want to get into the experience of cooking Italian, I go to one of the six Claro’s Italian Markets throughout Southern California. Claro’s [...]

I had not eaten much Vietnamese food before going to Number Nine Noodles and Beer in Long Beach; CA. Wow, was I in for a great surprise! The owners are young entrepreneurs who had previously owned the Downbeat Café in Los Angeles and who also currently own The Vintage Collective, next door to Number Nine.
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In my last post, I mentioned Veggie Burgers, and while talking about buying them at Gerrards Market in Redlands, a friend said she had just made a batch from scratch. I am not a vegetarian but I do like to eat like one at times, so I asked her to share her recipe. She calls [...]

I love to visit out of the way grocery stores/markets that I have never been to before, especially if they specialize in something unique. I recently heard about a neighborhood market in Redlands, CA that had been there since 1930. I thought I had better check it out.

The place is called Gerrards and [...]

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