When people tell her they dislike Los Angeles — too much traffic; everybody drives and nobody walks — Nancy Silverton doesn’t try to defend her hometown. “I understand all of those things,” says the James Beard Award-winning chef, whose Pizzeria Mozza is considered one of the best pizzerias in America. “On the other hand, I don’t know of anywhere else with the variety and diversity we have in Los Angeles.
I love the white escarole and puntarelle in season at Garden of... . In season, I might grab 12 heads of puntarelle and drop them off later at the restaurant. Or if I taste a fantastic beet from Weiser Family Farms, I’ll buy it. 11:30 a.m. Catch a youth soccer game in the Valley I’ll then rush to the Valley to watch my grandson Ike’s soccer game. Obviously, I’m not a soccer mom, but I try to support him as a soccer grandma.