I have another restaurant review up at la.foodblogging. For my latest outing, I went to Cedar House Cafe in Valley Village to try out some Lebanese food.
It's the end of summer and tomatoes are everywhere. Lovely round red tomatoes and multi-colored lumpy misshapen heirloom tomatoes and cute little cherry and grape tomatoes and oblong, flavorful roma tomatoes. And along with the tomatoes, tomato recipes abound. Capreses and salads and sauces and sandwiches--it seems impossible sometimes to find a dish that DOESN'T have tomatoes in some form. So what's a girl to do when tomatoes are everywhere and ... she hates tomatoes? Why, dry the tomatoes of course! Dried tomatoes are so very different than fresh tomatoes. So different as to be a different fruit altogether. And I like dried tomatoes. Dried tomatoes are sweeter and that green flavor I don't like so much seems to get baked right out, replaced by a rich warmth that is much tastier to my palate. Also the chewy, meaty texture is more pleasing to me than the weird firm-yet-squishy texture of even a tomato grown with all the tender loving care of its farmer. Generally I purc...
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Nice one! I love little places like that. In Orange County, everything is spread out, so distance limits my lunch options.
I'm stuck there with you on skipping lunch, though. I actually hauled my old college mini-fridge and microwave to my office so I could get something to eat without interrupting my work.
- Chubbypanda