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" Our food editor emeritus, Babs Chernetz, travels all over the country (and the world) in search of tasty food. Here&amp;#039;s Babs on her weekend with the stars in Los Angeles.    Sliders.    Tuna tartare. I took a quick trip out to Los Angeles to check out the latest restaurants and to see friends. It just happened to coincide with Oscar weekend, so I was on high alert to spot celebrities! I checked into the Luxe Rodeo Drive, a boutique hotel on (you guessed it) Rodeo Drive. It&amp;#039;s a great place to people-watch and have a drink with some appetizers. I tried the delicious steak sliders and tuna tartare.    Brussels sprouts.    Smoked bucatini carbonara The next day turned into a triple-header. We went to lunch at Superba Snack Bar in Venice and loved the crispy Brussels sprouts in a dashi broth with a poached egg, as well as the smoked bucatini carbonara with pancetta, black pepper, and parmesan.    Croissants My friends told me about a new bakery that had just opened, so we went to check it out next. Chaumont is in Beverly Hills, and the owner brought over a chef from Paris who&amp;#039;s making absolutely delicious croissants, apricot tarts, and an array of pastries and sandwiches on wonderful bread.    Handrolled pasta    Zabaglione with blood orange sorbet    &amp;quot;Coffee and donuts&amp;quot; Somehow we managed to fit in dinner that night as well, at a hot new place called Bestia, located in downtown LA. It&amp;#039;s very industrial-looking and bustling, serving up some delicious Calabrian Italian dishes. We had hand-rolled pasta with a braised goat ragu, house-made ricotta salata and pistachio oil, as well as homemade ricotta cavatelli with pork sausage and truffles. The desserts were outstanding, especially the zabaglione with blood orange sorbet and a brown sugar pine-nut meringue, and the &amp;quot;coffee and donuts.&amp;quot;    Burger    Fried chicken and biscuits We had lunch the next day at Laurel Hardware, where we shared a bunch of dishes: the burger, fried chicken and biscuits with pancetta gravy, and the BLT. (They were all yummy.) At long last, we also had our celebrity sighting: Jeremy Piven from Entourage! All in all, our quick, jam-packed foodie weekend was super-fun. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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