Nearly 85 million Americans eat fast food on any given day, and as of 2016 we averaged 55.6 pounds of beef a year. Given apprehensions about the environmental and health impacts of red meat, there’s plenty of reason to be interested in the new generations of plant-based “meats” … [Read more...]
WORLD FARE: Spicy delights at Bane Phonkeo’s
It’s in one of the least tony, more crime-ridden neighborhoods in San Diego. And that neighborhood, while it has its charms, is not the place one would expect to find an excellent example of a slightly obscure Asian cuisine. It’s Bane Phonkeo’s (110 47th St.) in Lincoln Park and … [Read more...]
SAN DIEGO CITYBEAT: Best Of – Off the Strip
San Diego CityBeat's annual "BEST OF" issue, this year, is dedicated to the HOT and the COOL. Here's the first of my two contributions to the issue. The original is at: http://sdcitybeat.com/special-issues/best-of-san-diego/off-the-strip/ Din Tai Fung HOT Throw a stone … [Read more...]
WORLD FARE: Gloriously inauthentic Thai at 55 Thai
Every foodie in town, it seems, is on an endless chase for the next “authentic” hole-in-the-wall ethnic spot. Once word gets out on the “Eating and Drinking in San Diego” Facebook group that someone has opened a place with mom at the stove, the foodies are all over it. Sometimes … [Read more...]
TRAVEL: Top Dishes From a Long Weekend in Portland
Portland is many things. It is beautiful in summer and it is rainy when not. It is one of America’s – if not the world’s – microbrew capitals. It has made an art form of political correctness in all its glory and much of that which is not glorious. It is … [Read more...]
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