Mia Cucina Su Cucina

Church and State Bistro (213) 405-1434
1850 Industrial St., Los Angeles, CA 90021
This evening we went to Church and State Bistro for dinner. Walter Manzke is the head chef and the following pictures are a few of the delicious dishes that we sampled tonight. (The pictures are quick snap shots with poor lighting. Not the [...]

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I put up a sample of this article a few days back, so now I can finally put up the whole interview.
An interview with J.R. Cohen, the general manager of Coffee Groundz. It is a bit technician, but I love Twitter & food, so here it is.
Groundz Zero of the Technical Age
The Coffee Groundz is [...]

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Church and State Bistro (213) 405-1434
1850 Industrial St., Los Angeles, CA  90021 

Church & State has to go down as one of the more unusual restaurant pairings in Southern California: owner Steven Arroyo, best known for casual clubby places such as Cobras & Matadors, and chef Walter Manzke, renowned for his meticulous French- California cuisine at Bastide, Patina and L’Auberge Carmel.

How Arroyo [...]

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Now that you have read the title of my blog, let me explain. I have a bunch of post started and I have not finished. I am really good at carrying around a bunch of posts that I write in my head and then struggle to get them out on paper. They sound so good [...]

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I wrote a post about this subject a couple month back, but it has once again been brought to my attention, that people need to do their part so that when the good times are back again we will have our favorite restaurants to go to. I know of one restaurant that recently had to [...]

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Steve, my boyfriend, recently shared a story about one of our favorite restaurants and it’s interesting history. He worked with a colleague, Joe Miller, and had no idea at the time that he would become such an influence in the restaurant industry.
Steve worked in the restaurant business from 1978 to 1990 and along the way [...]

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S. Irene Virbila, LA Times restaurant critic, wrote a wonderful article about supporting your local restaurants. I so enjoyed it that I wanted to pass on the article to my readers and include my take on the subject.
With everyone focusing on the “tough” economic times, everyone seems to be staying home and not eating out [...]

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Piccolo
5 Dudley avenue Venice, California 90291
phone 310.314.3222      ¦      www.piccolovenice.com
Piccolo is on the Santa Monica-Venice beachfront. Low-key and not easy to find, Piccolo offers something close to true regional Italian cooking.  
Recently, my friend and I arrive at 6pm. Vittorio Viotti, owner, and Roberto (BoBo) Ivan, chef, come out of the kitchen and both greet us warmly. We [...]

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I was at Joe’s restaurant, Bar Pintxo, and he was at Joe’s Restaurant. It did not work out so well. I am going to reschedule this week. 
On a side note, Spanish styled Tapas are served at Bar Pintxo and it is delicious! if you have not tried it out yet, it is a must!

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