Some time around the mid-2010s, bone broth really became a thing. Sure, it’s been around since at least the 1500s and it’s quite likely that even early humans put bones in a pot and boiled them. But a genuine American fad over good old-fashioned meat stock appears to have been … [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: Manna BBQ toils in the middle
It’s a classic business conundrum: go for high quality and high margin or, instead, go for high volume at lower margins. Manna BBQ (4428 Convoy St., Suite #210) is challenging that notion. Korean barbecue (K-BBQ) tends to come in two forms. There are places like Dae Jang Keum, … [Read more...]
A World Fare-style Guide to World Cup Watching
The first “football” match was supposedly contested after a battle between Anglo-Saxon and Danish tribes using the severed head of the losing tribe’s King for a “ball.” While Andres Escobar paid a similar price for his own goal against the United States in 1994, things have … [Read more...]
WORLD FARE: Cross Street’s chicken is reason to cross the street
There are people who would walk a mile uphill for chicken wings. I’ve never been one of them. It’s just not a church at which I worship. I’ve been told it’s because I’m not from the South. I’ve been told it’s because I haven’t spent enough time in Buffalo. That all may be true, … [Read more...]
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