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  • The Marion Cunningham Tribute Dinner at Lucques

    The Marion Cunningham Tribute Dinner at Lucques

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    “Who’s Marion Cunningham? Isn’t she the mom from ‘Happy Days’?” That’s what the guy next to us asked the server upon seeing the menu at last night’s Sunday Supper at Lucques. As Cunningham (who passed away last week) said herself in this 2001 article by Kim Severson, “I’m not trying to be modest, but it…

  • Mo-Chica & A Sunday Supper at Lucques

    Mo-Chica & A Sunday Supper at Lucques

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    Zach Brooks, who created the blog Midtown Lunch, moved from New York to L.A. over a year ago. From my perspective, he’s been like the canary in the coal mine; the fact that he not only survived the move but is flourishing out here gave me inspiration to move here too. And, of course, once…

  • The New Amateur Gourmet

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    Hey! What’s going on? Why does everything look so different? WHAT’S HAPPENING? Welcome to the new Amateur Gourmet. The people you see above you are the brilliant people responsible for what you see around you. That’s Ben on the left–he’s the programmer who worked the HTML like a maestro–and that’s Leah on the right, the…