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Lua Los Angeles
www.lualosangeles.com
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a not only tasty but beautiful culinary exploration with added hints of personal style, interior design, photography and travel. based in a kitchen overlooking the pacific ocean los angeles, california.
#2200 in All , #54 in Food & Drink

im back!

there is nothing like coming home from a long vacation away and making that first trip back to the local farmers market.  73 degrees & sunny with the perfect amount of warm breeze, a rainbow...

04 apr 11 4 people like this

bar carts.

ive always wanted to find the perfect antique bar cart to bring to life and clutter with colorful bottles of knappogue and san pellegrino . not only do bar carts bring interesting detail and a specia...

19 feb 11 10 people like this

happy valentines day.

i hope you are surrounded by beautiful things today

15 feb 11 4 people like this

tiramisu.

i owe it all to my italian, brooklyn-bred ex-stepfather for officially introducing me as a very young girl to frank sinatra and delicious tiramisu. how cliche is that? but its true!  tiramisu is...

02 feb 11 21 people like this

the macaron- an intro.

my love affair with macarons all began when i came across a pastel pink box laying on a desk in the stock room of a boutique i was once working in. the owner had just returned from a buying trip in p...

28 jan 11 38 people like this

joshua tree.

i must admit that i am further behind on my posting than i would like to be as of recently, but for good reason. i was in tennessee for nearly 4 weeks visiting my family over the holidays, which was ...

25 jan 11 4 people like this

turquoise in the kitchen.

  turquoise and white via apartment therapy

20 jan 11 12 people like this

kitchen inspiration.

  << all new via lonny mag>>

11 jan 11 8 people like this

cinnamon rolls with cream cheese glaze.

these made from scratch cinnamon rolls really do a great job convincing me that i am in dire need of opening my own bakery. --> hmmm, new business opportunity = possible new year resolution? ...

08 jan 11 25 people like this

tabletop.

brass teapotpeacock potterywhite ceramic dinnerwarecotton & silk placematspencil drawing earthenware tumblerssmall bowls in seaweedorbit tumblerspencil drawing earthenware platter ---- all via ab...

05 jan 11 6 people like this

wallpaper in the kitchen.

via the decorista

14 dec 10 6 people like this

{Image Credit: Grey Crawford}

09 dec 10 12 people like this

san francisco photo diary.

china town- king of thai noodle house- fishermans wharf- chocolate pots de creme-miette- view from hog island oysters- ferry plaza farmers market- macarons -view of alcatraz- pier 23 cafe ensenada-st...

04 dec 10 8 people like this

chalkboard paint.

where was the chalkboard paint when i was growing up?  this is a mischievous childs dream, to be able to freely draw all over entire walls... i also have an ongoing love affair with matte black ...

01 dec 10 13 people like this

 A Brooklyn home where two creative people live: the furniture designer Fitzhugh Karol and jewelry designer Lyndsay Caleo . The exposed  kitchen is amazing, not to menti...

23 nov 10 9 people like this

my mornings usually consist of breakfast in bed, the new york times, a cup or two of coffee, my mac, and alex, the cute dog. the chilly fall mornings promote staying in bed to cuddle, and inspire me ...

17 nov 10 7 people like this

beautiful color 

15 nov 10 6 people like this

apple pie.

 pie has become a breeze for me to make, which may or may not be a good thing.  craving something sweet? good, cause i will whip up the best chocolate cream pie youll ever have. in the...

15 nov 10 15 people like this

heaven & hell cake.

eight towering layers of devils food cake, creamy peanut butter-cream cheese mousse, and angel food cake, covered in satiny smooth milk chocolate ganache.  its a tall cake. its a rich cake. its ...

09 nov 10 29 people like this

vintage one of a kind cake plates via abc home

04 nov 10 4 people like this

whimsical kitchen space via loveology

04 nov 10 9 people like this

halloween weekend.

we decided to get away saturday and drive up to Ojai to have breakfast and possibly find an authentic pumpkin patch somewhere along the way. the pumpkin patches in LA are mostly situated dotted along...

02 nov 10 3 people like this

chocolate molten lava cake.

Molten chocolate cakes are definitely my preferred type of chocolate cake, especially given they can be executed recipe to plate in less than twenty minutes total. And, just as I expect every single ...

30 oct 10 32 people like this

the best in LA kitchens.

images via apartment therapy & google

27 oct 10 5 people like this

blackened shrimp tacos with chipotle aioli.

mmm, blackened shrimp tacos. ill take two, please and thank you. i could eat tacos all the time, especially if they taste like this. you can hold these in your hand, they take 10 minutes max to make,...

22 oct 10 16 people like this

19 oct 10 6 people like this

pie x 3 . chocolate cream, old-fashioned pumpkin, and coconut cream

One pie is good. Three is even better.  After missing my golden opportunity to enter my pies into the Malibu pie contest last week, which I fervently declared I would challenge earlier this year...

19 oct 10 13 people like this

maple pots de crème with almond praline.

I unabashedly flirted with fall for this post. And my next post, too. After a long summer full of berries and cream, fall is here and officially, so are the flavors.  My kitchen counters have be...

14 oct 10 7 people like this

buttermilk biscuits from scratch.

There are few things that bring me as much joy as a warm buttermilk biscuit, and this is why you can find gallons of buttermilk in my fridge at any given time. Being from the south, buttermilk biscui...

11 oct 10 14 people like this

fouace nantaise- rum infused brioche.

I happened to come across this recipe yesterday, and being the curious challenge-loving baker that I am, decided to go for it and give it a try. In other words, please excuse me while I set myself up...

06 oct 10 7 people like this

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