Professor Gourmand — October 2023

We’ll see how many meals I’ll have before my dental work gets done — the clinic and UCLA are now talking to each other, so the extractions are probably not so far down the road. Ethan was out of town, so I figured it was time for me to reintroduce myself to Rouge on Wednesday, 9/27, which was a really good idea although it really told me TEETH. I went into the kitchen almost as soon as I sat down. Dro and I hugged and then I watched as he worked on the weekend menu. I started with the crab cake with a spicy Cajun remoulade, which was typical of Dro’s work (which is to say, inventive and successful), and then I ordered…