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Compunding Words at MexiKosher

August 29th, 2011 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Fun with puns!

Who doesn’t love a good pun? Or even better, who doesn’t love an awesome compound word. Combining giant and enormous gave us ginormous. Combining lion and tiger gave us liger. And combining terrible and institution gave us Ohio State University (yes, I know that is technically three words, but I stand by it). Now joining the ever-growing list of compound words is a restaurant named MexiKosher in (surprisingly) Pico-Robertson. I love a good compound word as much as the next guy, but could this new Kosher Mexican restaurant make a happy unvegan? I intended to find out. Continue Reading»

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Chicken, Kosher, Los Angeles, Mexican, mexikosher, Pico-Robertson, restaurants, tacos

A Late Night with Kosher Grill on Wheels

December 16th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Does this look Kosher to you?

On my way home from the bar one night, I was unsurprisingly jonesing for some grub. The trouble was that I was driving through the area of Pico and Robertson, which isn’t exactly known to be a late-night food hub. But just when I thought my snack options were going to be limited to whatever leftovers I could find in my fridge, I saw a shiny beacon of hope that seemed to be a food truck. When I pulled over to explore, I found that although not exactly a truck, I had stumbled upon some sort of mobile food purveyor. It was called Kosher Grill on Wheels and a schwarma sounded like heaven to me (and with any luck, eating Kosher would bring me one step closer to that heaven). Continue Reading»

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Jewish, Kosher, kosher grill on wheels, Los Angeles, meat, Mobile, Pico-Robertson, schwarma

Like Bacon at Pico Kosher Deli

February 24th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Looks like a bacon burger.

When some Kosher cousins of mine came to visit LA, it was time for me to pay another visit to Pico and Robertson, also known as Little Israel. Once again, it would have been a waste to go to a Kosher place on the dairy end of the spectrum, so we went to Pico Kosher Deli to get some meat going. Sometimes it’s hard for me to get meat without topping it with a cheese of some sort, but the deli had something interesting to top their meat, while still staying Kosher. Continue Reading»

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Burgers, Delis, food, hamburgers, Kosher, little israel, Los Angeles, meat, pico kosher deli, Pico-Robertson, restaurants

A Biblical Valentine

February 22nd, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Let's get biblical.

This year I got biblical for Valentine’s Day. No, not like that you sicko. Instead of having a boring, fancy meal with my girlfriend, we decided to get cooking. And not just any kind of cooking, we decided to use Lobel’s Meat Bible, which was sent to me by Chronicle Books a few months ago for free. I knew this book would be incredible just based on the cover, but the back cover really sealed the deal for me because it says, “Armed with Lobel’s Meat Bible, carnivores will find themselves with more delectable meaty choices than ever before.” Mmmm meaty choices. Continue Reading»

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Beef Carbonade, Belgian Beer, duvel, Kosher, lobel's meat bible, valentine's day

Keeping Kashrut at Haifa

February 10th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

100% Kosher

As a Jew who clearly doesn’t keep Kosher (see any entry on bacon, cheeseburgers or shellfish), I sometimes find it fun to eat a meal the way my Kosher brethren do. In LA this means a trip to Pico and Robertson, which my girlfriend affectionately calls “Little Israel,” although actual Israel can hardly be called “big.” Kosher restaurants either serve meat or dairy, so to take care of my unvegan needs, this Kosher pilgrimage took me to the meat-based Ha ifa Restaurant. Continue Reading»

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haifa, hummus, israel, Jewish, kashrut, Kosher, little israel, Los Angeles, meat, Pico-Robertson, restaurants, Sandwiches, schnitzel

Keepin’ it Kosher at Jeff’s Gourmet Sausage Factory

April 14th, 2009 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

When I first heard the name of Jeff’s Kosher Gourmet Sausage Factory, I was quite thrown off. It’s not often you hear the words Kosher and sausage in the same sentence. Usually the closest you get is Best’s Kosher Hot Dogs. Needless to say, it was with great excitement that I approached this Kosher sausage fairyland. Continue Reading»

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Burgers, food, Jewish, Kosher, Los Angeles, meat, meats, restaurants, Sandwiches

Rants and Raves

Even Jim Cramer Likes Carl’s Jr.

June 3rd, 2009

A friend of mine told me that Jim Cramer did a special on Mad Money about Hardee’s/Carl’s Jr. Apparently he loves their stock, but “…wouldn’t enter a Carl’s unless 24’s Tony Almeida had planted a canister full of pathogen there, millions of lives were on the line and [he] was the only person who could diffuse it.”

As a result, Andy Puzder (the CEO) came on the show to talk with Cramer about his company, their burgers and, most importantly, their sexy ads with Padma Lakshmi and Paris Hilton. In the end, Cramer tried one of their burgers and loved it.

Looks like I’m not the only one who enjoys a burger from Carl’s Jr.

Beer Me Some Breckenridge Agave Wheat

The taste of skiing?

Colorado is definitely a beer state, and not just because Coors comes from the Rocky Mountain State. No, it is also home to New Belgium (of Fat Tire fame) and seemingly countless other micro and craft breweries. While in Breckenridge for a ski weekend, I decided I had to at least try one of these, and because it turned out to be the only one available at dinner, my choice happened to come from the creatively named Breckenridge Brewery. The brewery, by the way, is actually no longer in Breckenridge, having expanded and moved to Denver in 1992.

‘Kosher’

Compunding Words at MexiKosher

A Late Night with Kosher Grill on Wheels

Like Bacon at Pico Kosher Deli

A Biblical Valentine

Keeping Kashrut at Haifa

Keepin’ it Kosher at Jeff’s Gourmet Sausage Factory

Rants and Raves

Even Jim Cramer Likes Carl’s Jr.

Beer Me Some Breckenridge Agave Wheat

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