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Matt Potter 1:30 p.m., Sept. 18
Tin Fork
Sushi and tacos, making whoopee
“You could really fill yourself for eight bucks, no problem.”
Sushi and tacos, making whoopee
What Italians like to do
Any time I can afford it, I’ll be here.
My friend Carlos paid for this. I would have been too mean. By the time I arrive, he already has a large plate of one of the taglieri (“cutting boards”). It’s laid out on the ...
Bedford in hot Tecate
I’m just the kind of turista the people of Tecate don’t need.
The tuba player sweats as he wiggles into his tuba — sousaphone, more accurately. It sends evil glints into the café crowd. But it’s so hot, he wriggles out again, and goes to sit under ...
Pure pupusa pleasure
“I’ve always loved their soft squelchiness, and the things you can fill them with.”
Sunday night, seven, 8th Street, up near Highland, National City. Not many places open for a hungry lad like myself. Yes, Cabo Wabo Grill and Bar is blasting out Historia de Un Amor, but I’m ...
Panini plan has to work
“I turn away people asking for omelets every day, but I’ve stopped feeling guilty about it.”
Bob and Kate Carpenter had a decision to make. “I said ‘We have no pension, no safety net. This has to work,’” says Bob. The question? Whether to give up their lives as journalists and ...
Sam the taco guy
“I’m not a purist. I’m a food agnostic.”
When is a taco not not a taco? I’ve come to this brand-new Little Italy Food Hall’s opening day to find out. From The Princess Pub, you can see it happening at the other end ...
Out of South Africa
“I made 300 pounds of sausages for the Fourth of July. We sold out.”
‘Just think about it,” says Perky. Graham Perkett, actually, but his friends call him Perky. “Four, five hundred years ago, the Cape of Good Hope was where every ship from Europe had to stop in ...
If La Jolla had a Cheers
The Spot to be in Mat Kulaaxuuy
Welcome to Mat Kulaaxuuy — Land of Holes. ’Course, you may know it as “La Jolla.” But to the Kumeyaay, always and still, Mat Kulaaxuuy’s the name. Mat means “land,” Kulaaxuuy means “holes.” Ergo, Land ...
Colombian carbs
Usually, plantains are kind of like unsweet bananas. Not this luscious baby.
Are we too hung up on spicy? On hot habanero burns to make our eating life sexy? The question came up the day Colombia beat — no, thrashed — Poland in the World Cup, 3 ...
