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EDIBLE SAN DIEGO: Finding the Missing Crayons and Moving Beyond the Latke

November 16, 2017 mgardiner

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...]

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RECIPE: It’s not Chopped Liver – Chicken Liver Terrine

February 28, 2017 mgardiner

    French cuisine seems, at first blush, a long way from kosher cuisine. Butter never seems very far from the meat, and both pork and shellfish feature prominently. Nowhere, perhaps, does French cuisine seem likely to be less kosher than when it comes to … [Read more...]

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RECIPE: Vietnamese Jewish Penicillin – Phở Ga

December 21, 2016 mgardiner

It is not for nothing Chicken Noodle Soup is called “Jewish Penicillin.” It is, perhaps, the prototypical “Jewish” food. Whether there is actually something medicinal about the stuff, it’s purely psychosomatic or it is just the comfort food factor is quite beside the point. It … [Read more...]

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The Beautiful Bastard Stepchild of Ceviche & Sashimi: Tiradito of Escolar with Roasted Beet and Corn

November 17, 2016 mgardiner

 I might not have put Peruvian cuisine on my short list of the world’s great cuisines; at least not until I looked at the closest thing there is to on official list of such things: The San Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants. Three of The World’s 50 Best are in Lima: Central … [Read more...]

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RECIPE: New San Diego Fish Tacos Old-Style — Whole Salt Baked Sheepshead Tacos with Guacamole and Jalapeño Mayonnaise

October 12, 2016 mgardiner

When many think of food and San Diego it is the fish taco that first comes to mind. That’s odd considering that what we know as the fish taco originated south, not north, of the border. The real reason they tend to be associated with San Diego is the fact they were popularized in … [Read more...]

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