The City E-Zine

My existential dilemma over the last few weeks has been over what camera to buy.  So much so that I have been pretty much paralyzed at the checkout counter, my Amazon shopping cart holding the Canon G11 one day, the Lumix LX-3 the next.  Over…

Believe me, the drive on the 5 is a food desert.  I know, because I love Burning Man, San Francisco and have numerous friends and family in the Northern part of CA, so end up driving north a couple of times a year.  It’s a…

I spent a month on Donut Detox after the Donut Summit, during which not a single donut was allowed within my line of sight.  However, the call of the cruller is seductive, and this weekend I gamely ventured forth to DK’s donuts to break my…

For you lovers of the famous Maple Bacon Donut at the Nickel Diner in downtown LA (and by “lovers” I mean “fanatics”) you can see your love on television tonight. The Cooking Channel (not to be confused with The Food Network, though they are sister…

Five years ago, the foods of East Los Angeles met the Latino/a-owned wineries of Napa Valley.  The rendez-vous was pre-arranged by AltaMed, which, when it is not playing matchmaker, is a network of community clinics and health care providers that provide services to those in…