When news broke that Patrick Ponsaty was out at his namesake Rancho Santa Fe restaurant, it was a shock to just about everyone including, it seems, Ponsaty. While the ouster surely didn’t sit well with him, it didn’t take Ponsaty long to land on his feet at the Hotel Del … [Read more...]
ALL FORKED UP (VIDEO): What Puts the “GAS” in Gastropub? (S1E11)
Here is the video from the eleventh ALL FORKED UP PODCAST. Mercy and Michael interview Jayne Battle, the mastermind behind Jayne’s Gastropub, and MasterChef semi-finalist Nick Nappi of Bar One about gastropubs, sports bars and what they mean in today’s San Diego food … [Read more...]
RESTAURANT REVIEW (ENGLAND): St. John
One of the best restaurants in the world – ranked by the San Pellegrino guide (a widely recognized if thoroughly unofficial accounting of such things) at somewhere between 14 and 41, depending on the year -- sports plain and unadorned whitewashed walls, peeling grey painted … [Read more...]
ENGLAND: Roast Pheasant with Balti Red Lentil Dal and Salad
I have written more than once on this trip to the UK that the essence of good British cuisine lies in the bounty of the land. The simple fact is that unless a Brit lives in London he or she can go nowhere without seeing a farm…or sheep grazing… … [Read more...]
RESTAURANT REVIEW (Hockley, Essex, England): Harrisons
Harrisons Restaurant in Hockley, Essex – the next town over from Rayleigh, where we were staying with our friends, the Oakleys – is the sort of small town restaurant that is created and endures as much despite its ambitions as because of them. … [Read more...]
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