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WORLD FARE: I’ll have what she’s having, Italian style at Mona Lisa

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Say “deli” and minds often turn to the classic New York Jewish-style greats. Think Katz’s overstuffed sandwiches, When Harry Met Sally, Meg Ryan and “I’ll have what she’s having.” But there are other types of classic deli. Italian for instance, and in Mona Lisa Italian Foods (2061 India Street, Little Italy) we have a great example. Read more at http://sdcitybeat.com/food-drink/the-world-fare/i’ll-have-what-she’s-having-italian-style-at-mona-lisa/

WORLD FARE: You get what you pay for at Masala Street

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Indian and Mexican cuisines have a lot in common. Both are characterized by the layering of flavors through numerous spices and chilies. Both are born of economies where labor has always been cheap. In the U.S., an often-ignorant public expects both to be inexpensive and demands little in the way of refinement. Masala Street (915 Pearl St., […]

WORLD FARE: Tras/Horizonte sees a longer horizon

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It seems like an example of what should happen: A popular food truck graduates to brick and mortar. Tacos Kokopelli was one of the best food trucks in Tijuana making some of the most creative street tacos anyone’s seen in that street taco crazed town. It’s now a proper restaurant: Tras/Horizonte (Río Colorado 9680, Colonio […]

WORLD FARE: It’s not just about the garden at Garden Kitchen

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It would be easy to write off Chef Coral Fodor Strong’s Garden Kitchen (4204 Rolando Blvd.) as yet another restaurant trying to jump on the “farm-to-table” bandwagon. It isn’t. For one thing, that bandwagon crashed long ago. For another, Garden Kitchen is about more than just the garden; it’s about the simple, good and honest […]

ALL FORKED UP (VIDEO): What Puts the “GAS” in Gastropub? (S1E11)

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Here is the video from the eleventh ALL FORKED UP PODCAST.  Mercy and Michael interview Jayne Battle, the mastermind behind Jayne’s Gastropub, and MasterChef semi-finalist Nick Nappi of Bar One about gastropubs, sports bars and what they mean in today’s San Diego food scene. See the Episode on YouTube at https://youtu.be/fsq6K6AwazY  

WORLD FARE: Fish market fresh at Point Loma Seafoods

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It’s a surefire formula that’s no secret: The best way to make really good food is to get incredibly fresh ingredients and not screw them up. That’s harder than it sounds, sure, but it’s even harder to make great food without following that formula. And that, perhaps, is the best reason to go get lunch at […]

ALL FORKED UP PODCAST: What Puts the “GAS” in Gastropub? (Attempt #2)

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It would have been GREAT the first time, last week, but the technical gremlins (and my vintage) got in the way.  So, here is the CORRECT video from last Tuesday’s podcast featuring guests Jayne Battle, the mastermind behind Jayne’s Gastropub, and MasterChef semi-finalist Nick Nappi of Bar One in Little Italy. We solved the probably […]

CITY BEAT FOOD ISSUE: Gators and boars and sharks, oh my!

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I never wanted to meet an alligator in a dark alley, much less eat one. I’ve never really wanted to eat any predator, for that matter. Humans generally don’t. Perhaps it’s a cross between “professional courtesy” and “there but for the grace of God go I.”  Or maybe it’s because, just like that alligator in […]

WORLD FARE: Getting totally tubular at Mastiff Sausage

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I’m a sucker for a place that does one thing and does it well. It generally means the owners have the passion, courage of their convictions and the work ethic to craft special things. Point Loma’s Mastiff Sausage Company (2820 Historic Decatur Road in the Liberty Public Market) has all that and does just that. Mastiff is […]

NEWS: Taste the Flavors of Baja at Sabor de Baja 2017

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It happened again last year as the sun began to set just behind the tents of Sabor de Baja, the annual food and beverage pairing competition cum white attire culinary soirée at the Rosarito Beach Hotel:  I couldn’t help but smile. Good food, good wines and good people just tend to induce that sort of reaction. […]

ALL FORKED UP PODCAST: The BBQ Road Less Traveled

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In Episode 12, Mercy and Michael interview Gene Goycochea of Cali Comfort BBQ and Chris McAfee of the Smok’d Hog about the BBQ road less travelled.  See the video at:  http://sdfoodtravel.com/wp-admin/post-new.php Hear the video at: iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/all-forked-up/id1221543146?mt=2 SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-46485143/episode-12-the-bbq-road-less-traveled RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/allForkedUp

WORLD FARE: Simplicity with an Italian accent at Civico 1845

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Italian food is simple food, and that’s by no means an insult. Italian fare is all about good ingredients prepared with skill and caring. It’s just as much about balance and patience as it is about time and elegance. That is what is offered up at Little Italy’s Civico 1845 (1845 India St.) and it is remarkable. […]

WORLD FARE: Go North, young man: to Village North

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China is a big place. Like, really big: nearly 1.4 billion people spread over 3.7 million square miles. A spate of regional Chinese restaurants in San Diego has shown that Chinese cuisine is more varied than once perceived. From the fresh seafood and vegetables of Canton and the numbing heat (mala) of Sichuan, to the handmade noodles […]

WORLD FARE: A taste of the Middle East in the College Area

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Maybe I should have known or at least suspected. Middle Eastern restaurants in lightly retrofitted chain spots are hardly unusual, sure. And the light-box pole-top sign depicting a vaguely Arabic castle inside a walled city added little to the equation. But it was the other sign that should have been a tip-off, the hand-painted one, […]

WORLD FARE: Smok’d Hog takes the barbecue roads less travelled

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It takes balls to open a barbecue joint making styles of meat most people don’t even know exist. Chris McAfee has such balls. In a town with an emerging barbecue scene—something that pretty much didn’t exist a few years ago—in which Texas barbecue is King and Kansas City’s fighting to be Queen, McAfee’s Smok’d Hog (3749 Park […]

ALL FORKED UP PODCAST (S1E14): The impending Pinoying of ethnic cuisine in America

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Mercy and Michael interview D.J. Tangalin of Bivouac Ciderworks and Anthony Sinsay of Jsix about the rich history of Filipino cuisine, the consensus “America’s Next Big Food Trend.” Check out our 14th episode at: iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/all-forked-up/id1221543146?mt=2 SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-46485143/episode-14-the-impending-pinoying-of-ethnic-cuisine-in-america FeedBurner: http://feeds.feedburner.com/allForkedUp

WORLD FARE: The passion of Doña Esthela

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You never forget the first time—I certainly didn’t—and you always want it to be that way. It rarely is. So it was for me with the real Mexican food I’d been privileged enough to taste as a child. Those flavors, created by middle-aged women rolling out their own tortillas, became the flavors of my childhood. […]

WORLD FARE: Hillcrest hole-in-the-wall is all about a good wiener

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Spare a thought for the humble hot dog. The hot dog doesn’t pretend to be one bit more than it is. It’s likely the least glorious example of the wonder that is sausage-making and is made from the least wanted parts of the pig (one of the world’s most wanted meats). Its cousins, hamburgers, rule […]

WORLD FARE: Bunz in the right place even if it’s the last place we’d look

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Motel restaurants aren’t generally considered culinary destinations, nor are they places we look to for top chefs. No one, it seems, told Jeff Rossman those realities. Perhaps that’s why he slings burgers, albeit of the farm-to-table variety, from Bunz (475 Hotel Circle South, Mission Valley), a motel restaurant in perhaps the least fancied corner of Hotel Circle. […]

WORLD FARE: George’s California Modern, a big fish, reminds us the size of our pond

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In 1998, George Hauer recruited Trey Foshee—newly-minted by Food and Wine Magazine as America’s Best New Chef—from Sundance Resort to take over the helm at George’s California Modern (1250 Prospect St., La Jolla). There’s no doubting that Hauer has been rewarded, as has San Diego. The restaurant has become one of San Diego’s signature fine-dining […]
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