Food GPS

I grew up eating a short stack (two pancakes) with butter, maple syrup, and thick-sliced, griddled ham at the Summit Diner in New Jersey. I get the appeal of this iconic American breakfast plate, but something late Los Angeles restaurant critic Jonathan Gold showed us stuck with me. His 2011 LA Weekly Pancake Breakfast line-up at the Petersen Automotive Museum went beyond but...

“The Last Of Us” Season 1 first aired in 2023 featuring cordyceps-infected zombies marauding against surviving humans in a post-apocolyptic U.S. I wasn’t familiar with the video game source material, but even before the TV show’s release, and without even knowing it, I was already part of the resistance. I regularly ate mushrooms at restaurants, which chefs wisely chopped, sl...

Sugar can only get me so far. A sweet rush from cake, donuts or cream filled pastry can taste great in the moment and give me a dopamine hit, but I rarely enjoy the residual effects. Sure, salted caramel or a sea salt dusting helps matters, but ...