FoodPlease The Palate Pick of the Week: Pure Crumb Simply Sweet Snacks
Have you been baking up a storm at home? Cakes, cookies, breads and more to satisfy your sweet tooth. If you want to take a break from baking and want...
04 July, 2020
Please The Palate Summer 2020 Newsletter
Happy July 2020! 2020 has definitely not turned out the way most of us expected. We are now in our fifth month of the Covid-19 pandemic. And if you have been...
02 July, 2020
Please The Palate Pick of the Week: Bezzera BZ13 Espresso Machine
Even before sheltering in place, I have made a latte every morning at home. Years ago, I decided to stop spending the money on a daily coffee run and instead...
20 June, 2020
Please The Palate Pick of the Week: Fire + Wine Cookbook
Summer is here. The grills are out. It's time to get those fires started, and of course, enjoy some wine. And to help cook that meat or fish or vegetables...
13 June, 2020
Please The Palate Pick of the Week: Healthy Snacks from Feel Good Foods
Have you been cooking up a storm while sheltering in place? Want to take a little break from cooking but want a healthy, tasty and easy snack? Then purchase Feel...
06 June, 2020
Please The Palate Pick of the Week: New West Knifeworks Teton Edge Santoku knife
With all the cooking we are now doing at home, a good knife is a must. I recently acquired a new knife and have not been able to put it...
23 May, 2020
Please The Palate April 2020 Spring Newsletter
Spring is finally here and yet our lives have changed so much in the last month. As I write my quarterly newsletter, we have been social-distancing and sheltering at home...
09 April, 2020
Authentic Homecooked Flavors at Radici in Hermosa Beach
One of my final restaurant meals pre-COVID-19 was in the casual beach town of Hermosa Beach. The last thing I had expected to find was an authentic Italian restaurant, but Radici, an upscale family-owned Italian restaurant, reminded me of Italy as I enjoyed an authentic home-cooked meal.
Radici is owned by Laura Francisco and her mother Lucia Gasbarri. Lucia, who grew up in Pacento, a tiny village in the Abruzzo region of Italy, is a self-taught chef who has owned restaurants with her now deceased husband in Southern California for multiple decades.
Laura brought her mother out of retirement to open Radici a couple of years ago. Lucia has taken family recipes that were carried through generations to create a menu of home-made pastas and traditional Abruzzese dishes in a modern and inviting open space.
07 April, 2020
Please The Palate Pick of the Week: Celebrating A Birthday In the Time of Coronavirus
While we are relegated to our homes, we are separated from our friends and family. But even though we are home, time continues on and birthdays and other celebrations take...
04 April, 2020
Please The Palate Pick of the Week: Maude Marketplace
I always look forward to eating at Maude. I have been a fan since the beginning, going every month for four years for the seasonal tasting menus and then going...
28 March, 2020