Ella Quittner

How Long Gone #913: @themjeans and I chat with @ellaquittner about meal replacement, the Bon Appétit heyday, her time working in PE, a truck driver's diet, eating "goo," her dad's level of whimsy, LA restaurants, and her husband's airplane behavior — howlonggone.com/913-ella-quitt…

Honey Badger is the secret, avant-garde restaurant that might, finally, help us break free of the grip that comfort food has on the city’s menus. trib.al/sefbceY

Slipper snail ice cream, dehydrated blood sprinkled like confetti, me arguing that rich people should patronize ambitious cuisine to break us out of this mozzarella stick era: grubstreet.com/article/honey-…

First cup of coffee read via @ellaquittner grubstreet.com/article/butter…

The kitchen presents a hotbed of culinary disputes and differences to navigate, even for couples who really, really get along. nyti.ms/3SXwSuQ

Sad to report this neighborhood update: curbed.com/article/villag…

babe wake up I made Christmas Tree Chip Tower with a bresaola skirt and French onion dip glue

There's been a wave of national coverage of Sacramento's budding food & culture scene, but this @ellaquittner @nytimes is the best yet. Zeros precisely in on some of the best-of-the-best in a city with lots to choose from (and the freeway farmers market!) nytimes.com/2023/12/05/din…

Probably the best non-local coverage of our culinary scene that I've encountered? Well-researched, good interviews, shout-outs of deserving spots, and covers the width and breadth of what we have. How Sacramento Turned Into a Great Restaurant City nytimes.com/2023/12/05/din…

This is my Lady Bird nytimes.com/2023/12/05/din…

Bartenders are increasingly mixing drinks that taste like Jersey subs, Thanksgiving leftovers, and more. Perhaps the most surprising detail: They’re pretty good. trib.al/EWKbB1X

@DrJenGunter Here's a great piece on doing turkey breast from a couple years back. Helpful and also funny by @ellaquittner slate.com/culture/2020/1…

@TamarHaspel @DrJenGunter a timely reminder of the day my mom got a massage that was loosely the same concept as the Torrisi turkey method!

I’m roaring a turkey breast for Thanksgiving. I can spatchcock that, right? Just follow the same recipe, I assume?

@twittner O but… inquirer.com/food/cheeseste…

If there was a cheesesteak cocktail… grubstreet.com/2023/11/sandwi…

Wake up, babe. A new onion just dropped. trib.al/fV9T57J

Bittersweet to get a chance to reflect on 10 years of one of my favorite places in the city

Chefs Jeremiah Stone and Fabián von Hauske will shutter their tasting room next month. trib.al/eGOVs48

going back to bed now

I also won $75 in 4 minutes while I was reporting this

Since Covid-19 hit, buffets are closing left and right in Vegas—and more may soon follow as hotels and casinos fix their sites on the next great thing: the curated food hall. @ellaquittner reports from the Strip on the decline of all-you-can-eat. thebaffler.com/latest/the-new…