A lot of different cultural cuisines offer curry. Countries on the Indian subcontinent alone are responsible for dozens of different types of curry. Southeast Asia developed a whole other curry lineage, led by Thailand, with …
October 21, 2019
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The sixteen spices (and thirty toppings) of Zen Curry
Jacobs versus Gomez: all about family valuations
Members of the wealthy Jacobs family, heirs to the Qualcomm fortune created by billionaire patriarch Irwin Jacobs, are chipping in big for the 53rd District House race of his granddaughter Sara, fresh filings with the …
October 21, 2019
Abortion and carpetbagging dominate 50th Congressional seat debate
On October 14 former San Diego city councilman Carl DeMaio, former congressman Darrell Issa and state enator Brian Jones joined congressman Duncan Hunter at Mission Valley’s Town and Country Hotel for the San Diego Republican …
October 21, 2019
Rolando – narrow streets, gentle curves
Discover the "secret" steps and stairways of La Mesa and Rolando Some local stairways climb the palisades on the bay side of Point Loma, and others spill down the canyon slopes of Hillcrest. Noteworthy steps …
October 21, 2019
Matthew Lickona and the Reader
Lickona has been at the Reader since 1995. He is the author of a couple of books (Swimming with Scapulars, Surfing with Mel), and his essays have appeared in places like The Awl, FirstThings.com, and …
October 20, 2019
Matt Potter and the Reader
Matt Potter has been a staff writer and editor at the Reader since 1989. He reports on politics and local institutions such as the Union-Tribune, UCSD, SDSU, and the City and County of San Diego. …
October 19, 2019
Prada handbag, chicken coop, Beetlejuice masks
Call in your FREE classified ad (619) 450-4293 voice mail. Or text it to us (619) 272-2772. Or visit sandiegoreaderstore.com and fill in classified ad form. (Businesses can use this too for $5 classified ads) …
October 18, 2019
Jean Starr Untermeyer: poetry outlived her marriage
Forget-Me-Nots For Amy Lowell We walked through garden closes Languidly, with dragging Sunday feet, And passed down a long pleached alley, And could remember, as one remembers in a fairy tale, Ladies in brocade, and …
October 18, 2019
Special SDQT feature: FutureNews from 2050!
Biotech executive Jackson Powell enjoys a low-tide visit to the rooftop deck of his Del Mar home. “The people who talked about managed retreat back in 2019 forgot the fundamental rule of life: every problem …
October 18, 2019
On the War(ren)path
On October 3, Democratic Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren visited downtown San Diego to hold an outdoor Town Hall, “not unlike the powwows held by the Kumeyaay and other tribes that once called this land home, …
October 18, 2019
Coming Soon to San Diego Theaters
October 18, 2019
Gutenberg Bible marked the advent of the printing press in Europe
Johannes Gutenberg God suffers in the multitude of souls whom His word can not reach. Religious truth is imprisoned in a small number of manuscript books, which confine instead of spread the public treasure. Let …
October 18, 2019
Eppig Brewing grows up, moves to North County
Three years almost to the day after brewing its first beer in North Park, Eppig Brewing officially became a North County brewery this month, producing the first batch at its new brewhouse and headquarters in …
October 18, 2019
The home style Ukrainian of Village House Kalina
Several months back, I wrote enthusiastically about a plate of stuffed cabbage made by a local market vendor and caterer. One reader responded by recommending the same dish, made by La Mesa restaurant, The Village …
October 17, 2019
Roger Corman at the Dollar Tree
This week’s trio of discs came to me from various sources, reliable or otherwise. — Scott Marks The Black String (2019) Sensing a local angle, PR rep Justin Cook saw to it that a copy …
October 17, 2019