As a journalist, I get invited to some unique, media-only experiences. This time, it was dinner and a pole dance. Continuing my Los Angeles tour of gluttony, (the aforementioned meal followed my cupcake eating marathon), I put on my pole dancing gear and headed out for a ladies-only night on the town in Culver... »
Archive for March, 2010
on a secret cupcake mission
The day after my day of eating LA with Chef Annette, I met up with Chrysta Wilson, author of Kiss My Bundt and baker extraordinaire for a cupcake reconnaissance mission. As the owner of Kiss My Bundt bakery, Chrysta has to keep up with what the other sweets bakeries around Los Angeles (and around... »
the cupcake tasting notes: 16 cakes, 20 minutes, one opinionated eater
After Chrysta Wilson, creator of the Kiss My Bundt bakery and I returned to her shop from a Beverly Hills cupcake reconaissence mission, (see my previous post on a secret cupcake mission), we lined up our booty (16 cakes from 3 bakeries) like an army of sweet soldiers awaiting battle. In order to taste... »
was it peer pressure or just gluttony?
Chef Annette, my friend and instructor at NYC’s French Culinary Institute, and I met up on Monday, this time in Los Angeles, for another one of our celebrations of regional foods. (Also called an all-day pig out.) The morning began at Little Next Door, a cafe so French you can easily pretend you’re in Nice... »
