100 Miles

An exploration of sustaining life by going no further away than 100 miles to gather the things we need to live. My great-grandmother, Ora Goodman, grew almost all that she ate in a backyard garden. The food was fresh, flavorful and seasonal, and right outside her back door. I would like this blog to be a compendium of memories, comments, thoughts, and recipes -- an exploration of shared experiences, and travels involving food and sustenance.

Saturday, May 22, 2010

-0- Miles, or Endings

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It has been quite awhile since I last posted. A lot has been happening. Part of the reason I have been away is that I lost my father a mont...
Monday, April 12, 2010

My Tillamook

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Bring on more cheese, please! Food memories, and, or nostalgia, are important to me -- as my regular readers know. My own personal food mem...
Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Review: 'My Nepenthe'

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My Nepenthe: Bohemian Tales of Food, Family and Big Sur. Romney Steele. Andrews McMeel Publishing. $35.00 (352p) ISBN: 978-0-7407-7914-...
Monday, March 22, 2010

Big Sur, California

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Despite having seen most of the state while growing up and living in it as an adult, California still surprises. Over and over it reveals i...
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Thursday, March 4, 2010

*The Local Report - McCall's Meat & Fish Co.

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1.9 miles, about 5 minutes, from my home in Atwater Village. There's a new butcher in town and boy am I happy. It seems that the neighb...
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Review: 'Venezia: Food & Dreams'

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Venezia: Food & Dreams. Tessa Kiros. Andrews McMeel Publishing. $34.99 (288p) ISBN: 978-0-7407-8516-0 Venezia: Food & Dreams is a...
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Thursday, February 18, 2010

Offal (Not Awful) & Nose To Tail Eating

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My great-great grandmother Martha Cloud's husband, Sam Miller, circa 1941, Modoc County, California 'Offal is a culinary term used ...
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

*The Local Report - Forage

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3.0 miles, about 9 minutes, from my home in Atwater Village. Foraging? There seems to be a new movement afoot in the food and restaurant wo...
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Charles G Thompson
Los Angeles, CA, United States
I first understood the meaning of great food in 1977 while living in France where I cooked for a French family. Using Julia Child's 'Mastering The Art of French Cooking' I learned to cook a la francaise. Since those early days I have worked in such restaurants as Jeremiah Tower's Stars in San Francisco, the Santa Fe Bar & Grill in Berkeley, Brendan Walsh's Arizona 206 in New York, and Restaurant Muse in Los Angeles. I was also a cheese buyer at San Francisco's famed Oakville Grocery, as well as the DDL Foodshow in New York. I recently decided to write about my career, experiences and travels in the food world. I currently live in Los Angeles where I am also at work on my first novel.
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