Asparagus Soup

It’s asparagus season, so I had a big haul of asparagus. I was looking for something interesting to do with it, and it’s been rainy and chilly for California, so soup came to mind. There are lots of recipes for asparagus cream soup, but I didn’t have any heavy cream and didn’t want to venture…

Le Comptoir Restaurant Review

Gold Dig #69 Le Comptoir is one of the most intimate experiences on Jonathan Gold’s 101 Best Restaurants list. There are only two seatings per night, in which 10 lucky people get to sit at the counter watching Chef Gary Menes prepare and plate the 8-course set menu. He starts with an introduction describing that…