Do you read cookbooks? I don't mean simply dipping into them for recipes. I mean really reading them. Because if your idea of a perfect evening or weekend is settling in with a cup of tea or ...
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Last week San Diego lost two of its favorite restaurants. I say this with remorse because if all of us who loved both Urban Solace and Solace and the Moonlight Lounge had eaten there more fre...
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Love chocolate but trying to avoid refined sugar? Love truffles but can't eat dairy? If all goes well, there's going to be a local alternative chocolate truffle that is total indulgence but...
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I remember a time not all that long ago when shishito peppers--those crinkly mild green Japanese chiles--were hard to find in markets and just a little less so as a bar app at hip restaurant...
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I've been a fan of Kitchens for Good since, well, before it even launched just a couple of years ago. Never heard of the organization? Well, top of line, it's a San Diego culinary school ...
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Long before I knew the term "compound butter"--and I mean really long before--I was enjoying a version of compound butter at my summer camp. At breakfast some of us got into the habit of mixi...
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Every Sunday morning, once I get back from the dog park, I take out my ceramic canister of sourdough starter and let it come to room temperature. Then I empty out about two ounces and feed it...
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Last year I wrote about my childhood making custard for my mom . The ancillary to this was making baked apples for my dad--really, the whole family, but my dad was the driver; he loved them. ...
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With this chill in the air it feels like bean time. The last time I wrote about beans was to rave about Alubia Blancas , which are still my favorite. But I recently tried Moro beans , which a...
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You can keep your butternut and spaghetti squashes. Your acorns and calabasas. When I see a red kuri squash, I kind of melt a little. Actually, I do love the others, too, but there's somethin...
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You'd be forgiven if, after stepping into Melanie Dunn's Pâtisserie Mélanie in Hillcrest, you thought you had been transported to a sweet little Parisian bakery. French posters and art res...
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Trish Watlington of Two Forks Farm (and former owner of The Red Door) is the founder of Farm to Fork San Diego, a membership organization of local farmers, chefs/restaurants, fishermen, distill...
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Yeah, it happened again--as it almost always does. I buy bananas, vow to eat them--and life gets in the way and those sleek yellow fruits transition into ugly brown reminders of my lack of fo...
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Chanukah began last Sunday night. Were your frying pans, potatoes, and oil at the ready? Like most Jewish kids of Eastern European, or Ashkenazic, descent, I grew up eating potato latkes, o...
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Are you still lolling on your couch in a Thanksgiving food coma? Brace yourself! Chanukah and potato latkes hit this weekend and then comes Christmas, followed by New Years. You need a culi...
http://www.sandiegofoodstuff.com/2018/11/banh-mi-hoi-ans-spring-rolls-peanut.html
I live in a community in which neighbors know each other by the alleys they live on. It's rare to go to someone's front door here. All the action is in the alley. The kids play there. Puppies...
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Another roasted winter squash recipe? Really? How many does a home cook really need? I hear you. Really I do. But I just know you're going to fall over for this--and maybe want to add it a...
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PHOTO COURTESY OF CATALINA OFFSHORE PRODUCTS Catalina Offshore Products announced last week that it has been awarded a $139,700 grant from the 2018 National Marine Fisheries Service's Salton...
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San Diegans, if you've been waiting for the return of a farmers market in Mission Valley, your wait is over. On Fridays from 3 to 7 p.m. you'll find the Mission Valley Farmers Market at Civi...
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Consider this post another chapter in my quest to identify ways to use excess sourdough starter when I do my weekly feeding. I've made cake , crackers , and biscuits so far. Unlike fresh sta...
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This week marks my 30th anniversary of my move to San Diego from Los Angeles. I grew up in L.A., attended UCLA, and--after several post-college years living in New York--returned to L.A., whe...
When it comes to condiments I have to admit, I think I'm a hoarder. Some of it has to do quite simply with my food writing. If I'm at a farmers market or ethnic market and see something I wan...
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My last post was about Imperfect Produce , a company selling "ugly" produce to consumers to keep them from heading to the landfill. This week's post also addresses food waste--but from a sli...
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How long do you spend in front of a display of apples or tomatoes or berries searching for the items that are just the right size, are unblemished, and with the coloring you consider the righ...
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