http://www.lefoodnews.com Dedicated to advancing the art and knowledge base of cuisine ancienne et nouvelle Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:43:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Off with my wife to the Orange County Auto Show at the Anaheim Convention Center last week, we managed an hour or so for lunch in the mix and stopped at Mr. Stox. The establishment, located on the main drag just east of Disneyland, has been around for about three decades and ... http://www.lefoodnews.com/2008/10/08/catching-up-with-an-old-friend-near-disneyland/ Now, Beef Wellington is not something I'd ever order in a restaurant, and I probably wouldn't even eat it unless I were somehow invited to the White House or Buckingham Palace and it was being served. That being said, I did venture over to Upland, Calif., Monday night for a cooking ... http://www.lefoodnews.com/2008/10/02/cooking-class-mixes-crab-filet-mignon-and-banter/ In a manner of speaking, one can have mountains of fun at the Tunisian-Moroccan restaurant called Moun (pronounced moon) of Tunis is Hollywood.  After all, you can eat all kinds of unusual concoctions and watch belly dancers. I actually enjoyed both food and belly babe.  Probably the most interesting treat was ... http://www.lefoodnews.com/2008/09/30/mountains-of-fun-at-moun-of-tunis-in-hollywood/ Following a scent/hint I received while tasting beers at the Los Angeles County Fair, I headed out to find the Stuffed Sandwich, which was recommended as a fairly good eatery but mainly as a repository of the world's greatest beers. On both counts, the advice was correct.  In fact, the place ... http://www.lefoodnews.com/2008/09/27/beer-capital-california-the-stuffed-sandwich/ I thought I'd make one last swing through the Los Angeles County Fair yesterday after two earlier visits largely to bet on the horses (they had a mule race at my previous visit) and sample wine. This time I took a bit different approach, doing a beer tasting and attending a ... http://www.lefoodnews.com/2008/09/26/finally-a-cooking-demonstration-done-right/ I can't attest for other states, but in California it's seems as if most, if not all, of the local fairs--and certainly the state fair--have wine judgings that generate gold, silver and bronze results. At the current L.A. County Fair, unless the judges faced a few thousand entrant-wines, it seems as ... http://www.lefoodnews.com/2008/09/20/where-every-ounce-is-golden-la-county-fair/ The Next Food Network Star is now--evidently--nowhere to be seen. I can't find his Big Daddy's House listed on any TV schedule, but there is still a Web page on 2008 winner Aaron McCargo Jr. on the Food Network site, though it's blank in the spot where it is supposed to ... http://www.lefoodnews.com/2008/09/14/whatever-happened-to-aaron-mccargo-jr/ Okay, I'm getting desperate now since I've changed my eating habits, and I can hardly even look at the foods I used to enjoy without being revulsed.  (Watch out if you go on a diet and succeed!). Anyway, I e-mailed back to the person who sent me this clip to feature ... http://www.lefoodnews.com/2008/09/04/outrageous-ingredients-week-slated-for-iron-chef/ This is my second year in a row attending the Orange (Calif.) International Street Fair held each Labor Day Weekend and featuring food-and-drink stalls and entertainment. This year, though the fair itself is almost exactly the same as last year insofar as major booths are concerned, two things have changed:  One ... http://www.lefoodnews.com/2008/09/01/orange-international-street-fair-offers-insights/ One of the booths at the recently concluded Western Foodservice and Hospitality Expo in Los Angeles featured a new brand of chips from Flat Earth called Baked Veggie Chips.  Turns out, Flat Earth is a wing of Frito-Lay, which is no doubt pandering to the no-trans-fat, low-oerall-fat, low-calorie, veggie-only crowd. The ... http://www.lefoodnews.com/2008/08/28/frito-lay-ponders-panders-the-flat-earth-people/