My current article in the San Diego Union-Tribune food section came out today: It is the story of a venture foraging in North County with Chef William Eick (currently of the Mission Avenue Bar & Grill in Oceanside) as guide and guru. We ended up back at the restaurant … [Read more...]
SAN DIEGO CITYBEAT: Help needed — Bourdain’s impact will be felt forever but larger industry questions linger
© 2018 Photo illustration by W. Scott Koenig Original published article at http://sdcitybeat.com/culture/features/help-needed/ It’s a quintessentially human response to tragedy: look for meaning. Faced with a death, whether a beloved family member, a hero or even sometimes a … [Read more...]
EATER SAN DIEGO YEAR END WRAP-UP, Part 8: Food Writers Sum Up the 2016 Restaurant World in One Word
In the last part, Part 8, of Eater San Diego’s year end restaurant wrap-up ask we were asked to sum up the 2016 San Diego restaurant scene in a single word: http://sandiego.eater.com/2016/12/30/14118282/local-food-writers-sum-up-the-2016-restaurant-world-in-one-word My … [Read more...]
EATER SAN DIEGO YEAR END WRAP-UP, Part 1: Industry Experts Name Top Restaurant Newcomers of 2016
Every year, Eater San Diego closes out the year by surveying local food writers about their take on the past year in the San Diego dining scene. And every year for the past three years I’ve been a part of it. It is a year-end tradition that I enjoy. Here is the first … [Read more...]
WORLD FARE: A young gun fires at 608 Restaurant
According to Gordon Ramsay, "Cooking today is a young man's game." But is cheffing? Ordinarily it takes over a decade to climb the back-of-the-house ladder. At the front of a pack of young gun local chefs, though, stands 26-year-old Willie Eick of 608 Restaurant (608 Mission … [Read more...]