Music and food are combined all the time. You can usually hear it in the background wherever you may be dining out at the moment – it’s sometimes subtle, sometimes blaring. Rarely, if ever, are they a perfect match for each other. Chef Nick Brune, co-owner of Local Habit in San Diego and Executive…
The Candy Jar
You Should Probably Bring a Bucket…
“You should probably bring a bucket,” he said a few nights before the kickoff of the much anticipated Fried Chicken Challenge. “Six chefs, six pieces of chicken, plus sides — that’s a lot of food.” The He: Edwin Real, founder and moderator of the fast growing food lovers group called Eating and Drinking in San…
Popping Up All Over San Diego…
For the slightly more serious and adventurous food lover, scoring a meal at a Supper Club or at a “Pop-up” restaurant can be the equivalent of winning playoff tickets to a sports fan. Ordinarily, these types of events are driven by social media notifications, feature popular chefs and provide short notice or short windows of…
Golden Hour at The Red Door…
As with all things worth doing, the success of any venture starts in the prep. In the case of the 4th installment of The Farmers, Friends and Fishermen Dinner hosted in Mission Hills, the argument can be made that the prep for this event started five years ago when the owners first started their backyard…
A Day to Remember
It Was Haute, Hot and Happening at the Pink Lady!
Months before Hurricane Dolores graced us last weekend with record July rains, flash floods and monsoonal humidity, another storm was brewing that was destined to wreak havoc on all that we believed was possible in the food world. However, this storm was designed to be one of the great charitable, social and food events of the…
Moving On Up…
Well, the va-cay is over but the memories (and the lbs.) still linger. Picking up where we left off in Santa Barbara, we rented a car after having enjoyed the Surfliner from San Diego and continued our trek up the coast. So, while the only food available at our next stop was cafeteria style and…
Kinda Funky, Pretty Cool…
Stay-cation takes on a whole different meaning when you live in a destination location as we do in California. Ever since our kids were babies, we maximized vacation time and finances by staying close to home and enjoying all of the things that other people travel here from around the world to enjoy. From setting…
Stop One of a California Road Trip!
The odd, random, surprise lightning and thunderstorm aside, Summer in California is officially in full swing. Vacations are underway and mid-year mini-sabbaticals are commencing for many of us. The next 10 days in our schedule include hanging with some family from South Louisiana and showing off the best sights and food that California, up and down…
La Valencia Hotel – They’re Back!
With average life expectancies approaching immortality and 90 year old ex-presidents jumping out of airplanes these days, it’s almost un-remarkable when an 89 year old decides to not only re-invent herself, but take the lead in an industry and a region that is replete, if not saturated, with masters of their craft and dedicated professionals…