Monthly Archives: June 2009

Leftovers: Rollie’s Bakery and Café

Bolivian basics for the LA Times: PHOTO by GINA FERAZZI / LA TIMES The wall of sweets inside Rollie’s Bakery Café in Tustin — a collection of shell-shapedconchas, rows of cinnamon-crusted confections and a group of fluorescent pink pastries — is … Continue reading

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Leftovers: Mustard’s

Downing dogs for the District: PHOTO by ROSHEILA ROBLES It’s the first taste of tubed meat that’s often the best—the snap of charred skin, the unearthing of a dozen dead memories. The hot dog isn’t just a signal of summer, … Continue reading

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Leftovers: Pizza and Chicken Love Letter

Korean pizza for the District: PHOTO by ROSHEILA ROBLES Korean pizza has little history. Unlike other global creations—the so-called Mexican pizza, for example, has an antecedent in the Oaxacan tlayuda—Korean pizza is a pure product of globalization, and a recent … Continue reading

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To Do: Taste of the Nation

Eat for a good cause on June 14th for Share Our Strength’s 21st annual Taste of the Nation at Culver City’s Media Park. Organized this year by Too Hot Tamales Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger, the festival is aimed … Continue reading

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