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EATER SAN DIEGO YEAR END WRAP-UP, Part 5: Dining Experts Name Their Best Restaurant Meals of 2016

December 30, 2016 mgardiner

Part 5 of Eater San Diego’s year end restaurant wrap-up asks local food writers to name their best restaurant meals of 2016: http://sandiego.eater.com/2016/12/29/14120416/dining-experts-name-their-best-restaurant-meals-of-2016  My answer:  "I had a number of very, very … [Read more...]

Americas, Asia, Fusion, History, Styles, Etc., Japan, North America, Publications, Regional American Cuisine, USA Davin Waite, Eater San Diego, Eater SD, Whet Noodle, Wrench & Rodent Seabasstropub, Year-End Wrap Up

MEDIA: Part II of our Interview of Davin Waite on FOOD FOR THOUGHT (KNSJ)

June 23, 2016 mgardiner

In Part II of our interview with Chef Davin Waite of the Wrench & Rodent Seabasstropub and The Whet Noodle in Oceanside, Keith Langhorn, Mercy Baron and I cover the history of sushi in San Diego, the Cafe Japengo family tree, the Wrench & Rodent name and the importance of … [Read more...]

Asia, California, Fine Dining, Fusion, Japan, Music, Other, Publications, San Diego, Slow Food, USA, Video Amiko Gubbins, Anthony Pascale, Brian Brown, Cafe Japengo, Davin Waite, Gerald Warner, James Holder, James Montejano, James Payne, John Stroller, John Zamorra, Keith Langhorn, KNSJ, Mercy Barron, Osamu "Fuji" Fujita, Sushi, Tim Manley, Whet Noodle, Wrench & Rodent

MEDIA: Interview of Davin Waite on FOOD FOR THOUGHT (KNSJ)

June 15, 2016 mgardiner

From interviewee to co-interviewer.  Keith Langhorn, Mercy Baron and I interview Chef Davin Waite of the Wrench & Rodent Seabasstropub and The Whet Noodle in Oceanside.  This is the first of our two part interview with topics ranging Davin's beginnings as a sushi chef, the … [Read more...]

Asia, California, Fine Dining, Japan, San Diego, Slow Food, USA, Video Cyclops Farms, Davin Waite, Keith Langhorn, KNSJ, Luke Girling, Mercy Barron, Sushi, Whet Noodle, Wrench & Rodent

FOODIE FEST ENCINITAS: How to Build a Whet Noodle.

March 29, 2016 mgardiner

The idea of a high-end organic, sustainable farm playing the roll of “muse” to a high-end Chef is hardly anything new or newsworthy. But it is not for those perfect vegetables or gorgeous fruits that Chef Davin Waite of The Whet Noodle and Wrench and Rodent Seabasstropub (1813 … [Read more...]

Americas, Asia, California, Commentary, History, Styles, Etc., Japan, Publications, Regional American Cuisine, San Diego, Slow Food, USA Broccoli, Broccoli stems, Cyclops Farms, Davin Waite, Luke Girling, Nasturtiums, Ramps, Sashimi, Seabasstropub, Spam, Spam Masumbi Beet Benedict, Sushi, Whet Noodle, Wrench & Rodent, Yellowtail

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