Please The Palate Pick of the Week: Ricardo Zarate’s Rosaline LA

Written by Allison Levine on June 3, 2017

Food

I first tried the delicious Peruvian flavors of Chef Ricardo Zarate in 2009 when he opened Mo-Chica inside Mercado La Paloma in Downtown Los Angeles. I last saw him in 2015 when his first book, entitled The Fire of Peru: Recipes and Stories from My Peruvian Kitchen, was released and he was hosting a Peruvian pop-up called Once (on-seh) in Venice. And, lucky for Los Angelenos, he is back with the opening of his new restaurant Rosaliné, Please The Palate’s “pick of the week.”

Rosaliné, named after his mother, is located in the former Comme Ca space on Melrose and La Cienega. The restaurant is slated to open in mid-June but I was fortunate to get a sneak peak this past week at the final LA Food Bowl Hanging with Harris dinner and Santa Barbara County Wines, raising money for No Kid Hungry. Read More +

Went to BottleRock for the music, stayed for the food

Written by Allison Levine on June 1, 2017

Lifestyle Food

This story originally appeared in the Napa Valley Register.

Tens of thousands upon tens of thousands descended upon BottleRock 2017 for three days of non-stop music on four stages. But in between top name artists to the likes of Maroon 5, Foo Fighters, Tom Petty and Ben Harper, to name a few, there was plenty of food and wine and beer and cocktails to enjoy.

Many of the the Napa Valley’s best-known restaurants were on display including La Toque, Oenotri, and Angéle La Taberna, Redd Wood, Minimashi, Goose & Gander, Morimoto, 1313 Main. Between the restaurants and the food trucks, there were close to 100 vendors serving flavorful dishes.

Please The Palate Pick of the Week: Graze Snack Boxes

Written by Allison Levine on May 27, 2017

Lifestyle Food

One of the perks of my American Express Platinum card is that I get offers for various products. Recently I got an invite to try a Graze box for free. Free?!? Sure, I was willing to try it. I signed up, entered the code, as well as my credit card, and went through a long list of snacks to mark what I liked or did not like. I then forgot about it until this week when my first Graze box arrived. While I had intended to cancel after I received my free sample, I am hooked and that is why it is the Please The Palate “pick of the week.”

Graze has more than 100 snacks that range from savory to sweet, wholesome to indulgent. There are nuts, seed, fruits, popcorn, broths and dips. When you rate the snacks, you can select “trash,” “try,” “like” and “love.” In addition to a “snack variety box,” you can also pick a “savory box,” “popkern box,” “sweet treat box,” “flapjack box,” “afternoon pick-me-up box” or a “top 20 box.” Then the boxes are customized for you and delivered weekly, every two weeks or monthly.

I love to snack, and with Graze the snacks arrive at the door, individually packed and perfectly portioned. They are healthy, tasty and are perfect for the Please The Palate “pick of the week.”

To order your own Graze Snack Boxes, go to: www.Graze.com