Upon taking a table at Taste of Denmark (142 University Ave.) in Hillcrest each diner receives a plate of food featuring small slices of bread, pickled red cabbage and two spreads, all gratis. The bad news is that the dense, nut and grain-flecked Danish rye that is served is … [Read more...]
WORLD FARE — Gyu-Kaku: a Korean import by way of Japan
The relationship between Korea and Japan is, as they say, complicated. Annexations, wars, “comfort women” and other disputes get the headlines, but cultural exchange, national security and economic independence are still the rules. Still, a spare line in a textbook or hints of a … [Read more...]
WORLD FARE: Carnitas Snack Shack is not what it seems
When my father's family ate pork when he was a kid, his dad, who'd been raised kosher, called it "zebra." When Hanis Cavin, who was "raised in a Jewish household where I couldn't eat a cheeseburger, shrimp or pork," opened his Temple-to-All-Things-Pork it probably never occurred … [Read more...]