Russ Parsons pays some respect to chef Michel Richard, who at one point, threatened to kill the writer for a review of his first LA restaurant, Citrus. Don't worry, they are friends now.For cooking, want some real barbecue? Dig a hole. Pit barbecue is where it's at. And if you're looking to cook Indian, Madhur Jaffrey's new cookbook, Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a Childhood in India. Betty Hallock find and shares the recipe for chicken liver crostini from AOC.
Out on the restaurant scene, SIV gives sushi newcomer on the Westside, K-Zo, two stars (**). Susan La Tempa tries out a new take on Thai at Busaba Thai Vegetarian Kitchen on Melrose. Betty Hallock goes to the Water Grill.
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