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Photography by Caron Golden
Just a few years ago I started poking around local markets and bakeries to write a piece about gluten-free baked goods options for people suffering from celiac disease and wheat allergies. What I found was, with a few exceptions, dreadful. Heavy, dense, chalky. Whether it was cake, bread, brownies, or pie, it was pretty inedible.
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Some of my favorite food discoveries happen completely by accident, as if by divine intervention. Take last weekend: I'm walking through Coronado, bummed that the place I originally wanted to go to was closed (at 7 p.m. on a Saturday!) when I happen upon a sign outside of Clayton's Coffee Shop advertising Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Pancakes...
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Belgian Quadrupel (11.3% ABV)
In the heritage-rich realm of Belgian trappist ales—beers brewed at abbeys by trappist monks—are categorized by their alcoholic strength. Singels (low alcohol beers which are rarely seen since they are typically only drunk by the monks who produce them), dubbels, tripels and quadruples often have numbers following the beers’ names help to indicate ABV...
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Whether she likes fancy or no-frills, bottomless mimosas or just a cup of tea thank you, there's a place for Mom. Read on for details:
1. George’s California Modern only serves brunch twice a year. If that doesn’t push you to quickly make reservations then let their menu items do the talking: Brioche French Toast, Eggs Benedict with fresh Dungeness crab and Prime Shortrib hash. And how can you disregard the dazzling view? 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Lunch will start at...
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Whenever I feel the need for culinary entertainment I head over to 99 Ranch Market (notice I didn’t write Ranch 99—that’s not the name). Along with favorite treats (garlic roasted peanuts, custard tarts, and manzana bananas), there are always stop-me-in-my-tracks surprises. This time in the produce department I found myself staring at two items: green Filipino eggplants...
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When I crave Asian food, my mind usually steers me toward spicy coconut milk curries, banh mi sandwiches, or a quick bowl of pork bun. Korean food isn't usually top of mind, but after eating my way through two bulgogi beef based dishes at Fuze, that's going to change... because I have a new addiction, and its name is Korean...
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Double India Pale Ale (10% ABV)
San Diego’s sudsy superpower reputation was built on the back of the IPA. Nearly two decades ago, local brewers at Stone, AleSmith, Ballast Point and Pizza Port took the UK-borne India pale ale style and boosted its hop presence through the roof. Today, our breweries continue to garner plenty of attention for everything from stouts to...
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Sometimes, sandwiches are a utility food. They're easy to make, highly transportable, and you can eat them at your desk and still keep one hand on your keyboard. This is not true of the sandwiches at The Rubicon Deli. Fresh-baked bread, primo spreads, and tasty deli-style meats make for sandwiches so good they demand your undivided...
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The Craft Brewers Conference, the country’s largest brewing industry trade event, will take place in America’s Finest City the first week of May. Many of our local watering holes will roll out the red ale carpet to welcome the 3,000-plus American brewing professionals coming to see what makes San Diego so great. Others are in cahoots with brewing companies to put on parties. The best part, even if...
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Japanese cucumbers
As I am writing this, we’ve had another night and morning of chilly winter-like rain. Yet, in my fridge are what I think of as the refreshing veg of warm weather: cucumbers. For me, cukes are the stuff of pickles, tzatziki, and gazpacho—refreshing, crisp, and cooling. Now our weather system may be unreliable these days, but we know that 80 degrees and...
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Double India Pale Ale (8.5% ABV)
If there’s one type of beer whose roots trace back to our region, it’s the double IPA. OK, so technically, most credit Russian River Brewing Company brewmaster Vinnie Cilurzo for coming up with this ultra-hopped suds style when he headed Temecula’s Blind Pig Brewing Company (yes, he’s the Cilurzo behind Temecula’s now defunct Cilurzo...
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Clockwise from left: Lemon pugliese, walnut & scallion, multi grain
I lived in Hillcrest when Charles Kaufman opened Bread & Cie in 1994 on University Ave. between Third and Fourth Aves. We take quality bread for granted now, but Kaufman was the first to launch an artisan bakery in San Diego and it was a bold, even...
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Burgers, beer, and baseball are a winning combination, and with the new Hodad's in PETCO Park, the burger portion of the equation is much better than previous seasons (and cheaper too). But, if you don't want to miss a single moment of the fast-past, riveting game that is baseball, drop into Smashburger before or after the game, and...
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India Pale Ale (6.4% ABV)
Pie is, and always will be king in the lovely getaway town of Julian, but there’s a new reason to take a jaunt up State Route 79—quality craft beer. A power quartet of craft beer industry players took over the Bailey Wood Pit Barbecue last year, installing a brewhouse in the circa 1930s garage of the historic Bailey House, which is the home base for the new...
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Clockwise from left: purple yam, kabu, satsumaimo
Probably the largest Japanese market in San Diego is Mitsuwa in Kearny Mesa. It’s a favorite of mine. I’ll pop in for a takeout sushi fix, ogle the vast displays of pickled vegetables and miso pastes, and hover over the wonderfully bizarre (to me) snacks. They have a terrific...
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