Love Restaurants Travel Road Trip Final Days 13 and 14 – Truckee California September 1, 2025 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment The finale of our road trip lead us to Truckee for a couple of nights of leisure before heading home. Truckee California is 20 minutes from Lake Tahoe and studded with pines that offer an essence of crisp forest fragrance. The Truckee River runs through the town and the crisp clear waters are often rafted […] Read more » Easy Travel Ideas genabellrecipes Restaurants Road Trip - Final Days 13 and 14 - Truckee California Santa Ynez Valley Travel Truckee California
Live Love Restaurants Vegetables Smoky Roasted Carrots with Miso Butter – Recipe! May 27, 2023 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment Sweet, smoky and buttery best describe the flavors in this recipe for Smoky Roasted Carrots with Miso Butter. This dish was inspired by something I had over this past weekend in Austin Texas and I wanted to share my version with you. Super charred carrots over a habanero sauce was a true delight at Suerte […] Read more » Carrot Recipes cooking with Gena Bell genabellrecipes Roasted Carrots Recipe Smoky Roasted Carrots with Miso Butter - Recipe!
Food A Week At A Time - Meal Ideas Love Restaurants A Week At A Time – Meal Ideas! August 22, 2021 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment Happy Sunday. I spent this last week in Santa Ynez with my husband and grandson working on the house. The inside is almost complete, but the yard is moving at a snail’s pace. It’s been hard to plan and find people to help because the industry is so saturated with new homeowners, and people wanting […] Read more » A Week At A Time - Meal Ideas! Burger Recipes cooking with Gena Bell How to Make Rice Krispie Treats Instant Pot Recipes Meal Ideas Summer Salads Wraps
Love Restaurants Melisse, Santa Monica – Take-Away! May 29, 2020 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | 1 Comment on Melisse, Santa Monica – Take-Away! Remember when we could jump in our cars, valet park and have a friendly greeting at the door from the host at one of our favorite restaurants? Melisse take-away is the next best thing. It’s a real treat to taste the flavors of a local institution with some hardcore credentials. Chef Josiah Citrin has been […] Read more » Curbside Pickup Los Angeles genabellrecipes Melisse Melisse Take-Away Santa Moinca Santa Monica Take-Away! Take Away Restaurant Westside Los Angeles Take-Away Dining Los Angeles
Love Restaurants Citrin – Santa Monica, CA January 14, 2020 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment Ten months after Melisse had closed its doors in Santa Monica, chef Josiah Citrin and chef Ken Takayama reopened with two new restaurants, Citrin and Melisse. Citrin, the slightly more casual space, offers similar menu items to the original Melisse, but now served a la carte, instead of a tasting menu format. The space looks […] Read more » ca Citrin Citrin - Santa Monica Citrin Restaurant genabellrecipes Josiah Citrin New Dining Los Angeles New Santa Monica Restaurants Santa Monica
Love Restaurants American Beauty – Venice, CA October 16, 2019 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment American Beauty, a new Steakhouse restaurant in Venice, off of Rose Avenue is quite the spot for hipsters to grab a cocktail and enjoy an old-school style meal. The restaurant resides in the former Venice Ranch Market space with light wood finishings and an airy-open casual design. I didn’t know what to except, I thought, […] Read more » American Beauty - Venice American Beauty Restaurant American Beauty Steakhouse ca New Los Angeles Restaurants New Rose Avenue Restaurants New Venice Restaurants 2109 Steakhouses in Los Angeles
Love Restaurants Birdie G’s – Santa Monica, CA July 3, 2019 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment Birdie G’s is Chef Jeremy Fox’s new Santa Monica restaurant with a grand-diner sort of feel, named after his daughter and grandmother. His Midwest roots and Jewish heritage are on full display in his kitchen, offering everything from a daily Blue-Plate Special to Matzo Ball Soup, and prime cuts of Steak & Frites. The atmosphere […] Read more » best dining santa monica Birdie G's Birdie G's - Santa Monica ca Chef Jeremy Fox New Santa Monica Restaurants Santa Monica restaurants
Love Restaurants Hippo, Los Angeles! June 6, 2019 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment If you haven’t gotten to Hippo in Highland Park, you don’t know what you are missing. Matt Molina opened his California style, Italian restaurant next to his joint-venture Triple Beam Pizza with Nancy Silverton almost a year ago now. Highland Park, a neighborhood just past downtown Los Angeles off the 110 Freeway is going to […] Read more » best italian restaurants los angeles Chef Matt Molina Hippo Hippo Highland Park Hippo Restaurant Los Angeles Italian Food Los Angeles Los Angeles new Italian restaurants los angeles
Love Restaurants Rosaline – West Hollywood, CA August 30, 2018 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment Rosaline, the third Peruvian restaurant in Los Angeles from chef Ricardo Zarate has exceeded its mark. Picca and Mo-Chica, now shuttered, were the first eye-opening experiences the chef had brought to Los Angeles with tastes of Lima Peru. Gaston Acurio, probably the most famous chef in Peru, was one of the first talents to bring […] Read more » Best New Dining Los Angeles Best Peruvian Food Los Angeles ca Peruvian Food Los Angeles Restaurant Reviews Rosaline - West Hollywood Rosaline Los Angeles West Hollywood Dining
Love Restaurants Chateau Hanare – West Hollywood, CA August 1, 2018 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment Chateau Hanare is a newcomer on the Chateau Marmont lot, just off of Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood. Chateau Marmont with its long celebrity history has partnered up with restaurateur Reika Alexander from En Brasserie in the West Village in Manhattan, New York to open a Kaiseki-style restaurant in an unused bungalow next to the […] Read more » Chateau Hanare Chateau Marmont Chef Abe Hiroki En Brasserie NYC Japanese Restaurants Los Angeles Kaiseki Cuisine New Los Angeles Restaurants New West Hollywood dining
