FOODIE FEST ENCINITAS: How to Build a Whet Noodle.
The idea of a high-end organic, sustainable farm playing the roll of “muse” to a high-end Chef is hardly anything new or newsworthy. But it is not for those perfect vegetables or gorgeous fruits that...
View ArticleMEDIA: Interview of Davin Waite on FOOD FOR THOUGHT (KNSJ)
From interviewee to co-interviewer. Keith Langhorn, Mercy Baron and I interview Chef Davin Waite of the Wrench & Rodent Seabasstropub and The Whet Noodle in Oceanside. This is the first of our...
View ArticleMEDIA: Part II of our Interview of Davin Waite on FOOD FOR THOUGHT (KNSJ)
In Part II of our interview with Chef Davin Waite of the Wrench & Rodent Seabasstropub and The Whet Noodle in Oceanside, Keith Langhorn, Mercy Baron and I cover the history of sushi in San Diego,...
View ArticleWORLD FARE: Japanese style comfort food at Santouka and Musashiya
“Edible art” is an idea often attached to Japanese high cuisine like sushi or kaeseki. But the notion that Japanese food is inherently precious and high-end is exaggerated at best. Hokkaido Ramen...
View ArticleCITYBEAT RESTAURANT GUIDE 2017: Off the Strip (San Diego’s best Asian food...
When most people think about Asian food in San Diego they think about the Convoy District. They’re certainly not all wrong to do so. San Diego doesn’t have a “Chinatown” or a “Little Tokyo” (though it...
View ArticleWORLD FARE: Fast food transformed to art at Sushi Tadokoro
Sushi is often treated as either high art or commoditized fast food. Aficionados celebrate the uber-expensive omakase tasting menus of places like Urasawa in Beverly Hills even as a businesswoman grabs...
View ArticleWORLD FARE: Surprising sushi in a Tijuana speakeasy
Finding good food in Tijuana is neither difficult nor surprising. Caesar salad? It was invented there. Tacos? Uh, yeah. TJ’s one of the best taco towns anywhere. High-end sushi? Eh, maybe some...
View ArticleWORLD FARE: At Little Sakana, how much pre-cut sushi is too much?
When I heard the new all-you-can-eat sushi spot, Little Sakana Sushi Bar & Grill (8270-E Mira Mesa Blvd.), was landing in Mira Mesa, I knew I had to go. There has always been a collision between my...
View ArticleSAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE: Unrushed Rice
“The sushi was wonderful,” mom said as we walked toward the door after another sushi-for-Mother’s Day brunch. My wife and I knew that wasn’t exactly so and said as much to each other with our eyes....
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