{These French toast muffins at Straub’s are buttery, cakey and perfection with a steaming cup of coffee.}
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{I recently went on a trip to Los Angeles and the best meal I had was at Son of a Gun. The food is exquisite. It’s simple, unpretentious and everything is beautifully executed. I can’t wait to go back, but until then I’ll just have to make its chicken sandwich at home.}
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{I’m a sucker for a bruleed banana. Put that with an ice cream sandwich and forget about it. The banana caramel ice cream sandwich at Cooper’s Hawk is fantastic; vanilla ice cream is sandwiched between two slices of toasted banana bread and topped with caramelized banana slices. It all sits atop a little pool of buttered rum caramel sauce.}
This article appears in January 2014.




