Louisiana’s Cajun and Creole cuisine has quite the reputation. It is, some have said, America’s only original cuisine. And while its roots, it’s culinary DNA, lay elsewhere (France, Africa and … [Read more...]
EDIBLE SAN DIEGO: Finding the Missing Crayons and Moving Beyond the Latke
Photography by Jaime Fritsch It’s a question faced in just about every Jewish home come Hanukkah-time: how do we do latkes this year? Of all the things we could possibly make it ends up being latkes every year. It’s as if we always choose to color with the same few crayons in … [Read more...]
CITY BEAT FOOD ISSUE: Gators and boars and sharks, oh my!
I never wanted to meet an alligator in a dark alley, much less eat one. I’ve never really wanted to eat any predator, for that matter. Humans generally don’t. Perhaps it’s a cross between “professional courtesy” and “there but for the grace of God go I.” Or maybe it’s because, … [Read more...]
RECIPE: Lobster Mac and Cheese
When my daughter first began expressing her culinary opinion there was one favorite dish: penne pasta with butter and cheese. As grade school social pressure exerted its influence that evolved into the blue box. Problem number one was this: my only real exposure to mac and … [Read more...]
SAN DIEGO: Curried Crab and Corn Cakes with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce and Parsley Oil
We are fanatics about using the freshest of seasonal ingredients. Scarcely a weekend goes by when we do not hit a Farmers’ Market or two (if not the farm itself), and we frequent San Diego’s many ethnic markets at which excellent produce can be had for much less than the … [Read more...]