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Here in Los Angeles there is a valued relationship between the food on our plates and the ground from which it comes. From weekly stops at favorite farmers' markets to digging in at a local community garden, the bounty of the land and its role in our eating lives has a profound meaning for many Angelenos, and Americans. Local Chefs are eager to share how they use the market to influence their menu, like Grace and BLD's Neal Fraser and Ford Filling Station's Ben Ford, while some, like Border Grill and Ciudad's Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger have partnered with the LAUSD to help reinforce the importance of garden-based learning and to be conscious of what we eat. The politics of eating has become a local focal point, thanks to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's championing a Food Policy Task Force this summer as we celebrated 30 years of farmers' markets in L.A.

                                   

It was the best of fests; it was the worst of fests. Last weekend Mountain View was home to the Great American Music Fest. It was a grand idea - combining music and food, much in the way that blues and barbecue have successfully married, bringing in the best of local cuisine from all over the country.

Shoreline Ampitheater in Mountain View, just outside of San Jose, will be the site of the national Great American Food and Music Fest. The one-day event kicks off on Saturday at noon and runs until 10pm. All ages are welcome.

It all started with Anthony Bourdain's Mexican border episode of his show No Reservations. At one point he picks up a riding crop in a leather shop. He slaps it confidently against the palm of his hand, and says, "Yeah, this is coming home with me." I've always been attracted to his superior punk New York attitude. But the "whack" of that riding crop took it somewhere new. I confessed to my boyfriend, "I'm sorry...

Did any of you catch Bobby Flay's Throwdown the other night? It's the show where he goes to different cities across the world and challenges some legendary food purveyor that his version of whatever traditional city food they're making will win a blind taste test. Usually, he loses, cause I mean COME ON: can anybody really make a cheese steak better than a Philly native? What about fish n' chips from some grotty bar...

One of our favorite Food TV shows is Throwdown, which involves Celeb Chef Bobby Flay trying to master someone else's culinary specialty and springing a spontaneous cook-off challenge (hence, Throwdown) on them. (Our favorite part of the intro sequence is Flay saying: "I might win. I might even lose.") Every time we watch it, though, we wish that we could run out and taste the competition, like we did when we were craving fish...

Confession: We watch a lot of Food TV at our house. Recently we caught an episode of Bobby Flay's charmingly egomaniacal Throwdown where he challenged Mat Arnfield of New York's A Salt and Battery to a fish & chips battle, and our tastebuds began to tingle. To add insult to injury, a couple of days later, food-cutie Tyler Florence was making his Ultimate fish & chips, which made us think that if we were...

Tonight - Thursday - March 8th, 2007 The Yakuza Papers (IFC, 5:00 p.m.) All 5 flicks from the gangster saga. Survivor: Fiji (CBS, 8:00 p.m.) More shenanigans from paradise. American Idol (Fox, 8:00 p.m.) Carrie Underwood performs, top 12 finalists revealed. Scrubs (NBC, 9:00 p.m.) Sad news for the Army guy. Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? (Fox, 9:00 p.m.) Well, are you? 30 Rock (NBC, 9:30 p.m.) Last one before show goes...

Next weekend brings two major foodie events to Los Angeles!

One of our favorite things to do is to download a Podcast of Evan Kleiman's KCRW show, Good Food. This past week's installment was its usual mix of informative and delightful, highlighted by a chat with the Food Network's handsome grilling man Bobby Flay, who gave out some pointers on maximing your grilling potential. Even though we here in LA can chill and grill just about all year, we thought we'd pass on the basics before we're too knee-deep in summer.