Laurie Berger

Laurie Berger is a contributor and the founder Bergerbites, a food influencer, blogger and “pro-diner.” She grew up eating in NYC restaurants and has been chomping her way through the SoCal dining scene since 2000. Follow on Instagram (@lauriebergerla)

Tommy Bahama Marlin Bar

text+photos by Laurie Berger, Food & Drink Editor Tommy Bahama, the maker of premium Hawaiian shirts and restaurants for boomers, is setting its sights on millennials with a new Key-West-inspired watering hole in downtown Palm Springs.  The Marlin Bar, which opened last
June 20, 2019

Sushi & Doobie Workshop

Rolling Sushi and Doobies: A Master Class in “High” Cuisine By Laurie Berger, Food + Drink Editor It’s 4:20 cannabis time on a Saturday afternoon and things are starting to “roll” at a warehouse deep in a Los Angeles industrial park. The smell
March 2, 2019

Tyler Florence

Chef Tyler Florence Is ‘Uncrushable’  By Laurie Berger, Food + Drink Editor You’ve seen him on the Food Network, 16 cookbook covers, California tourism commercials, maybe even in the kitchen of his Wayfare Tavern in San Francisco. Now, Tyler Florence is going
February 9, 2019

FIRST LOOK

2019 MODERNISM WEEK FIRST LOOK The return of Green Gables text+photos by  Laurie Berger It was love at first sight for Kevin Kemper and partner Howard Hawkes when they first set eyes on Green Gables, with its iconic clerestory windows, a gabled roof
January 22, 2019

Modernism Week 2019

text+photos by  Laurie Berger 2019 Modernism Week Sneak Peek Get out your cat-eye glasses and baby-blue Caddy.  If you’re a fan of mid-century modern—the “jet-age” design style of the 1950s and 60s—there’s no better place to experience the iconic homes, furnishings and
January 22, 2019

La Copine

La Copine: Food Porn in the High Desert text+photos by Laurie Berger, Food + Drink Editor Anyone who thinks the high desert is a food desert hasn’t been to La Copine.  The airy farm-to-table bruncherie along a desolate highway near Joshua Tree
January 16, 2019

Dine in the Wild

A Date with Outstanding in the Field at Flying Disc Ranch Laurie Berger, Coachella Magazine Food Editor It’s a 93-degree October afternoon and I’m headed to Thermal, CA for a “hot date.”  The occasion? Harvest season at Flying Disc Ranch, one of
November 17, 2018

Cannabis Cuisine

When I told friends I’d be covering a cannabis dinner in September, the reaction was disbelief: “What…YOU at a pot party?” You see, I’m not a cannabis user. My “drugs” of choice are food and wine. But like many foodies these days, I’m
October 2, 2018

High Dining – Moonlit Feast

by  Laurie Berger There are many good reasons to ingest marijuana, especially if you’re sensitive to smoke.  But gummies, brownies and other edibles are not known for their taste. What if you could get high and eat well too? That’s the goal of the Moonlit
September 18, 2018

Kreem

text by  Laurie Berger Why do we love artisanal ice cream? Is it the exciting flavors, the funky decor or the people who make it? All of the above!  And behind every scoop is a story. At Kreem, it’s Bianca Simonian: Artist,
June 14, 2018
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