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All, I wanted to let you know that I have chosen to step down as the moderator of this forum. Here is the message I sent to SoCal explaining my reasons for doing so: I wanted to drop you a note and let you know that I will be stepping down as moderator of the Food and Dining forum. Lately...

My new favorite food / wine place is Charlie Palmer, located at Bloomingdale's at South Coast Plaza. I will add the caveat that I have never graced a seat in the dining room; my experience is limited to the bar, and at Happy Hour at that. Happy Hour at Palmer's occurs twice a day, from 4 pm to...

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It's that time of year... Do you have any favorite cookie recipes to share? I recall making chocolate thumbprint cookies with my Mom as a kid (something similar to these), except that instead of making a chocolate ganache, we would use Hershey's Kisses.

A favorite of some of the posters here, Park Ave, has a monthly special. Here is December's: December "Surf n Turf" Special! Everyday All Day $34.00 Soup or salad Mixed green salad w/ choice of dressing Or Soup of the day "Surf" Shrimp Scampi with Olive Oil, Garlic and...

So... I'm thinking about picking up Japanese lessons again. I have heard good things about the Kumon method, but all the Kumons around here seem to focus on kids and math. Any suggestions? I burned up one semester of Japanese I at IVC awhile back and they won't let me take it again. I could...

Paulson tool, Neel Kashkari, takes job at PIMCO.

So... Google Wave. The first time I saw it, I thought, "Whatever. A application being created for the sake of creating a project for people to work on." And then... I decided it was kind of cool. I saw how it could be useful. And then I had to ask, "Fark, how do I score an invite?!?" Any...

Can't have a food and dining section without wine. <!-- s;) -->;)<!-- s;) --> If you like wine and want learn more and/or spend time with other wine enthusiasts, I would highly recommend the Orange County Wine Society. The organization is a non profit that started in the '70s, runs the wine...

Well, the Bank of Japan fired up its printers and injected $10,000,000,000,000 (10 trillion) Yen (aka US $115 B) into the economy to offset deflation and the negative impact the strong Yen has had to companies in Japan that rely on exports.