http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/08/25864/ Executive Chef and owner, Antonio Friscia, doesn’t exactly look like the guy to head an Asian noodle house. The husky, bearded Italian with brawny shoulders, hipster black plastic framed eyeglasses and an impossibly shiny bald head looks like he …

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/04/25573/ Last Wednesday, I had one of the best birthdays ever. Why? I spent the evening judging the 3rd Annual I Love Poke Festival. On that cool, serene night over 500 attendees gathered at Shelter Island’s Bali Hai Restaurant to …

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/13/24299/ 2012 has been a Hawaiian kind of year for me. In February, I spent five days on the Big Island and in April, I spent five days in Maui. A few things have changed about me since then: I …

I tried acupuncture for the time recently. I was told that it would alleviate pain and help make me as relaxed as a wet noodle. Yeah, not so much. Unless, that is, you call relaxation 30 minutes of jolting pain …