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168: Our Amazingly Lucky Number!
In the Chinese culture, the number “1 6 8” is filled with the promise of abundance, good fortune and prosperity, and means “may your journey be prosperous from beginning to end.” May your journey be...
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PBS Filming ” Hello Paradise with Joni Ravenna” at Figue
Host Joni Ravenna filming at Figue Yesterday Diver Scallop, Piquillo pepper granite and Lime Crudo $16 Mexican Diver Scallops drizzled with Kaffir Lime Ginger vinaigrette Piquillo Pepper Granite,...
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Why Small Farms are Important: Support National Eat Local Food Day September...
“The joy of living, I say, was summed up for me in the remembered sensation of that burning and aromatic swallow, that mixture of milk and coffee and bread by which men hold communion with tranquil...
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Friday Night Specials at Figue, A Photographic Journey
Squid Ink Chitarra Pasta with Uni $18 chilled hand rolled Chitarra Pasta with fresh Dungeness Crab Sea Urchins and Zucchini Blossom Pesto Diver Scallop, Piquillo Pepper Granite and Lime Crudo $16...
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Sunday Family Day: Tibetan Dumplings: Who’s Your Momo?
We shared the richest and fullest family day to date. The day started early as it always does when you have a precocious two and a half year set on proving his place in the family structure. I just...
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Burgundy Truffle Season Has Begun
Nothing gets me more excited as a Chef than the beginning of truffle season. My first batch of truffles rolled in today from Burgundy. While they are not as pungent or expensive as Perigord...
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Food Porn: Truffles, Pizzas and Octopus Carpaccio… Pictures from Last Night!
“The most learned men have been questioned as to the nature of this tuber, and after two thousand years of argument and discussion their answer is the same as it was on the first day: we do not know....
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Epic LA Champagne Tasting: The Terry Theise Estate Selections
If you have never been to a Terry Theise tasting than you never have experienced a great Champagne tasting. Terry has been described as several things but I like best what wine importer Michael...
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Tonight’s Specials: OK, sorry Kitchen Crew, I had too much coffee and want to...
pictured is my opening Kitchen Crew, some have moved on and some are still with us! SMALL PLATES Soupe de Poissons $10 Marseilles’ famous puréed Fish soup, Rouille, Parmesan Little Flamenco Dancers $12...
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2003 Paul Hobbs Richard Dinner Vineyards Chardonnay and Roast Chicken: a...
Admittedly I am not a huge proponent of California wines. Both my wife and I worked for wineries in California for several years and have drank our way through many greats. I enjoy them. Yes,...
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