I took a drive to San Francisco last week with a friend to eat at The American Grilled Cheese Kitchen, a restaurant recently recommended to me. It’s owned by Nate Pollak, brother of Breitbart.com editor-in-chief Joel Pollak (was that enough hyperlinks for you?) and a fellow UCLA alum. It’s in one of my favorite [...]
Pear? On a sandwich? And RAW kale?! I’ve always loved food and cooking, but I admit, I haven’t always been as “adventurous” with it as the tagline above indicates. Now, I’ll try just about anything, and that includes mixing sweet and savory, and eating raw kale which I’ve always feared would be too bitter for [...]
Nutella. Don’t even get me started. I can’t even. It was love at first taste, and our relationship has been going steady for a while now. Sometimes I call it Sex In a Bottle. Yeah, it has a lot of sugar, but it is essentially a nut butter made with all natural ingredients. It’s also [...]
Who doesn’t love grilled cheese? It’s fast, easy, comforting, and makes you feel like a kid again. It’s also affordable and has very few ingredients. But, let’s face it, it’s often made with white bread, processed American “cheese” (if you even want to call it that), slathered with butter, doused in sugary ketchup, and has [...]
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Meet the Epicurean 
Hey there! I’m Elena, a 22-year-old UCLA alum living in Los Angeles. I am totally obsessed with cooking, baking, and anything food and wine related. I grew up in beautiful Sonoma County in Northern California, where some of the best food and wine on this planet can be enjoyed. I love cooking to this day because I find it extremely therapeutic, relaxing, distracting, and rewarding. Eating is something that we do three times a day, every day, so the possibilities and opportunities are endless. Read more...
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