25 May 2012 5 Comments
in Pork, Recipes Tags: bar food, cooking, gastropub, hamburger, pig candy, popcorn, Pork, porkcorn, recipes
I was sitting at one of the many new gastropubs that seem to pop up in Los Angeles every week, having lunch with my friend and sometime Skinny Girls sidekick, Greg. We browsed the brews and burgers, trying to narrow our choices, when we noticed “Pig Candy” on the menu.
Skinny Girls porkcorn & a pale ale
“What do you suppose that is?” I pondered.
“Something sweet and salty and fatty and crunchy,” Greg replied.
13 Sep 2011 1 Comment
in Observations, Video, World's Best Sandwiches Tags: burgers, grass fed beef, hamburger, José Andrés, padron peppers, Picasso, recipes, Skinny Girls, umami, Umami Burger
So here I am back in the Skinny Girls kitchen — my “burger lab.” Eating so many different burgers, thinking and writing about burgers, got me wondering what I’d learned in my odyssey — besides where to go for a good burger, which I mostly already knew. How would what I had discovered, exposited on, praised the virtues of or extolled upon the deficiencies of ultimately affect my own approach to burger making? Had there been an “aha” moment?
The Skinny Girl Burger
Curiously, the two biggest takeaways came from thinking about Umami Burger, which was one of my least favorite of the places I wrote about (less because of their burgers than my reflexive aversion to anything trendy). More
08 Sep 2011 5 Comments
in Eating Out, Observations, World's Best Sandwiches Tags: burgers, hamburger, Hole in the Wall, Howard's Famous Bacon & Avocado Burger, Laurel Tavern, los angeles, Tommy's, umami, Umami Burger
I kept on, cautioned by friends and urged by disbelievers. There would be time for salads later — roasted fall mushrooms and winter vegetables were just around the corner. For now, there were burgers to taste.
Howard's Famous Bacon & Avocado Burgers
The latest trend here in Los Angeles — and lord knows we love our trends — is Umami Burger. More
skinny girls & mayonnaise 