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Celebrating the World's Most Celebrated Small Brewing Company
The initials BP may conjure negative feelings for most Americans, but when it comes to San Diegans, those letters evoke images of (and a hankering for) the fine quaffs of the reigning Best Small Brewing Company in the World, Ballast …
Save Some Momakawa Pearl for Me!
The Japan Society of San Diego and Tijuana hosts the ninth Annual Beer & Sake Festival on Thursday, June 23, at the San Diego Marriott Del Mar. The festival will highlight imported Japanese beers, local microbrews, and sake. Participating restaurants …
Grass-Fed Beef Week
Grass Fed Beef Week Chefs of six local restaurants are presenting San Diego's first annual Grass Fed Beef Week, scheduled from June 3 through June 12. That week, their restaurants—Alchemy, Burger Lounge, The Linkery, MIHO Gastrotruck, Sea Rocket Bistro and …
Food for Literary Thought
Inspired by some of their favorite books, local chefs will be cooking up literary-themed dishes at a fundraiser for the San Diego Council on Literacy. It'll be held on Wednesday, May 18 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the NTC …
Mamma Mia! Francesca's Moving In
Little Italy Update: Zagarella, the long-time Italian restaurant at 1655 India Street, r.i.p., is a mess. That’s because a big gent from Chicago has taken the property over, ripped out its bowels, and is turning it into another Mia Francesca. …
Begone, Grass-Guzzling Cattle
Oh, and while we’re searching for bugs you can eat, the best place to find them in quantity is at Tijuana’s Mercado Miguel Hidalgo, the central Mexican-style market in the Rio District (it occupies the block bordered by Independencia, Sánchez …
Three Big Name SD Chefs Go Campine
Since opening Searsucker in the heart of the Gaslamp last year, partners Brian Malarkey and James Brennan have been riding a wave of initial success nearly unheard of in San Diego's fickle food scene. Easily the biggest thing to hit …
Where to Chew Chapulines
Naomi, Matt: a couple of adds to your grasshopper string (found here and here) (and guys, I think it’s spelled “chapulines,” not “chipulines”) (They say “Chapultepec,” the wealthy TJ neighborhood, is Nahuatl for “Grasshopper Hill”). Last place I had the …
High Tide Dinners at Marine Room: Splashdown!
This is early notice, so put it on your calendar and reserve two or three weeks ahead, because, honey, you're worth it-- and so is this show of Mom Nature! When high tide hits the Marine Room, it splashes hard, …
Sunset Dining at Island Prime, almost affordable
In Miami Beach and other retiree destinations, they call this the "early bird special," or sometimes "senior citizen special." Here, at one of Cohn Restaurant Group's classiest establishments (gotta use a 4-syllable word there, right?), Island Prime calls it the …
Oysterfest and more at Blue Point
Oysterfest Returns to Blue Point! The restaurant is devoting the whole month of May to oysters, featuring six different varieties daily (from British Columbia to Long Island Sound) in a menu of varied preparations from executive chef Daniel Barron Recipes …
Oysters in May, and more
Oysterfest in May has become an annual tradition at Blue Point, with a month of specialties for oyster-lovers. Recipes here range from traditional to avant garde, while the oyster bar offers numerous varieties of oyster shooters. For reservations, call 619-233-6623. …
Bugs!
Not that Naomi needs any kind of authentication, but reading her post on bugs and Mexican cuisine reminded me of this bit from Raymond Sokolov's Why We Eat What We Eat: How Columbus Changed the Way the World Eats: "The …
Be healthy, eat bugs!
A Dutch entomologist (bug-scientist) claims he's seen the future of cuisine -- and it's bugs. As in buffalo worms, locusts, caterpillars, crickets, etc. Insect edibles are already a common source of protein in Mexico (e.g. Oaxaca's chipulines), Japan, Africa, Thailand …
Frankie the Bull is snortin' again
Frankie "The Bull" Terzoli (one of those cooking contest chefs, I never can remember the show name because, uh, I find these shows appalling) is back in action again. A charming, extroverted host, he opened a good barbecue in the …
Cookin' at home
Testing out my swanky new camera phone and demonstrating that as awesome as it is to eat out and about in San Diego, sometimes it's just as wonderful to go get some worldly ingredients and have a home-cooked meal! Or …
Wine: Awesome homemade label.
John Piconi has used a lot of different wine labels in his nearly 40 years as a winemaker - you can see a few of them in the photo that accompanies my most recent column. But I have a soft …
Wine: Good cheap rose.
La Ferme Julien, $4.99 at Trader Joe's. No, you won't find subtle hints of tea leaf and rose petal, the way you might in something from Domaine Ott. But you will find a solid dry rose at a great price.
Hacienda Happy Hour?
I blame Carla: she got me going on the whole history thing. And guess what? It’s all around us. Like t’other day I was in Old Town, sauntering down Twiggs Street, ’cause I saw that sign, “Rockin’ Baja Coastal Cantina” …