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Hubble Bubble
Midnight, F Street, downtown. Inside Café Lulu (at 419 F, between 4th and 5th Avenues), that sweet smokey smell of Egyptian Pharaoh and mango-flavored hookah smoke. “Americans prefer flavors,” says Allen, the Iraqi guy who makes the mixtures and brings …
Elvis Sighting on Orange
Found Elvis Presley with Leroy Mossel this afternoon. Two were chatting outside Mootime on the sidewalk in downtown Coronado. Okay, Leroy was standing beside the full-size Elvis in front of the ice cream joint, chatting with someone else. Something about …
Escape into Liquid
Escape Fish Bar is a newbie in the Gaslamp, at 758 5th Ave., 619-702-9200. It was founded by a San Diego surfer. (Or maybe two of them. Their press releases uses "we.") On a family trip to Puget Sound, he …
More Siamese Street Food, from Saffron
Thailand's reputation for great food stems largely from its super-scrumptious street food. The whole country bathes in those tempting aromas wafting from every back street, alley, wat courtyard, etc. No wonder they're such passionate eaters! Street Food comes back to …
The Great School-Lunch Debate
San Diego Slow Foods (good guys) is hosting a screening: LUNCH LINE: THE DOCUMENTARY May 16 6:00pm-11:00pm Blind Lady Ale House, 3416 Adams Ave, SD. As part of the Monday Night Movie Series with MIHO Gastrotruck, Blind Lady Ale House …
Côté Sud: Progress!
Was loping along University Ave., up in Hillcrest Tuesday night. Spotted the lights on inside Côté Sud, and, out on the sidewalk, two gents talking serious business. In French. Turned out to be the co-owners, Brice and Serge. They said …
Wonderbeer?
Oooh. Smell those hops. And that malty thing going on. I’m sitting, lone wolf, at the lo-ong counter of what was the Wonderbread factory at 1441 L Street, between 12th and Imperial and Father Joe's, sipping a sample ($1) of …
James Beard Award-Winning Cookbooks
This is the array as shown and priced at Jessica's Biscuit, which I consider the best cookbook source in the USA. Asian Flavors of Jean-Georges $26.39 (34% off) Mix Shake Stir $17.99 (40% off) Tapas $21.00 (40% off) Made In …
La Taquiza: Standing Room Only
Talking of food trucks, how come they can’t put tables and chairs beside the trucks any more? Two of my food truck faves are down where buses like the 901 and 929 terminate, at the Iris Avenue trolley stop (two …
Taco Wars: All In the Family
Shout out to Bill McC, on 30th. Reckons if you’re into fish tacos, shrimp tostadas or shrimp cocktails, you ain’t gonna beat Kiko’s, the food truck that usually parks in front of Pep Boys on El Cajon Boulevard. Hard to …
Open and Shut: New Thai with Street Sausages
Street Side Thai Kitchen (3025 University Ave., North Park, 619-228-9208) is a tiny place, mainly for take-out, but it's open seven days for lunch and dinner (on weekends until 11 pm, yay!) Their lunch specials ($6 - $10) are most …
2011 Gator By the Bay: Jambalaya
Over at the Taste of Louisiana cooking demo tent, Louisiana native Jack Gambrell offered a word on jambalaya. (Gambrell was there in his capacity as an instructor for Mesa College's Culinary Arts & Management program, but he's also Chef-Owner at …
Côté Sud Goes South
Aaaargh! Did you see last week's TF? Côté Sud ("South Side"), Hillcrest. Great place. Only problem: It seems to have gone south, belly up, closed down. They put a sign on the door saying they'd be back by the weekend. …
2011 Gator By the Bay: Qvandeyz's Secret Beignet Recipe
Well, almost. Qvandeyz's Finest Catering's beignet man Nestor was kind enough to take me through the process, but Executive Chef Quanettra Purdy had to step in and lay a heavy proprietary hand on the proceedings. She was very sweet about …
2011 Gator By the Bay: Eating Crawdad
Last weekend saw San Diego's annual Gator By the Bay Zydeco, Blues & Crawfish Festival in Spanish Landing Park. Here, a gentleman kindly demonstrates the proper technique for enjoying boiled crawfish. As the video opens, he's just finished chewing on …
Howdy!
Happy to be here; thanks for having me. By way of introduction, here is a quick lesson in the art of the grill. I start channeling Jeff Bridges as Rooster Cogburn right at the end there. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHYBq8RcL0w
Herbs to Grow (Serious Adventures) or Buy
There are many local sources for common herbs, such as Home Depot and Walt Anderson's Nursery. For a further step into exotica, look into Mission Hills Nursery, where I've bought some really strange stuff, e.g., a black Peruvian sage with …
Top SD Food Brands
The SD Ad Club is a committee of local Mad Men and Women. Searching the sturdiest brands in San Diego, they gathered nominations from historians, ad execs, civic leaders and "the public" (they didn't ask me, of course). They chose …
Musical Chefs
There's good news and bad news. Bad: If your "three little piggies" dish at Tre Porcellini didn't taste quite as good as you'd remembered from last time, it may be because chef Gerbino has gone back to Il Fornaio. No …