Restaurants
“Three days, celebrating the arrival of the monsoon. People throw water at each other. It’s silly but fun.”
“This is what Mexico’s peasants live on. America is exploding because it eats too much.”
"There's the sign," said my wife Grace. "No, Grace, that's the Colonel. No fried chicken tonight. Tonight is all about the grilling." "No, not that sign. The other one. Behind the Chevron." "Good gravy, you're …
“I’m sitting. Don’t think my legs’ll hold up for how long this is gonna take.”
When the Santa Anas sent the downtown air pollution score to a choking 106, my partner and I drove an hour north for a few days of good country air and culinary research at Harrah's …
“He always wanted to open a place which gave you the real street food from Tijuana. No frills.”
Eight restaurants under one roof! That's what Harrah's Rincon promises not only to gamblers, but to residents of the restaurant-starved area around Valley Center, five miles northeast of Escondido. What drew me northward was the …
When the time came for Randy Gruber to name his first restaurant, a corner eatery on Del Mar's main drag, he chose Americana because "the name rolls off your tongue and it works well for …
"Valentine's Day is our Christmas," says Karen Krasne, chef-owner of Extraordinary Desserts. "It's the busiest day of my year." Her original dessert café on Fifth Avenue has recently expanded into a second, larger location in …
"Wanted: A good woman who can clean, sew, cook fish, dig worms, and owns a boat and motor.”
“He struck oil several times. Trouble was, there was always salt water with it.”
Remember the legendary white chocolate bread pudding at the late, lamented Bayou Bar and Grill? Well, it's back, and so is the man who brought the recipe here from his native New Orleans. Bud Deslattes, …
This restaurant is closed.Mardi Gras always makes me hungry for Louisiana cooking -- not that I require a special occasion for that craving. For months, my partner and I peeked through the windows of a …
“Hey, I’m sorry for what your country suffered in the tsunami. Do you have relatives there?”