This Thai beef red curry recipe is quick and easy to make and is guaranteed to satisfy your family’s cravings for one of the unique flavor combinations that distinguish Thai food – ginger, lime and basil. For a little extra herbal kick and since I always have plenty of homegrown fresh cilantro around, I…
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Roasted Bone Marrow with Chimichurri Sauce
Bone marrow falls into one of those categories for me that, if it’s on the menu, I’m going to order it. It’s right up there with sea urchin, foie gras and caviar – decadent, rich, a little goes a long way. This roasted bone marrow recipe is a quick and simple way to prepare it at…
Encontro North Park – Corner of Hipsterville and Flavortown
Comfortably nestled in your safe haven of the evening, you’re smiling to yourself, basking in your new status as conqueror of the unknown. Remembering the Forbes article awhile back calling North Park one of America’s best hipster neighborhoods, it was high time to check one off the bucket list and Uber in to hipster central. Baby steps, though….
Pacific Standard Coastal Kitchen – Simple Ingredients, Elegant Flavor
There was no question when I heard about the very soft opening of the doors at Pacific Standard Coastal Kitchen that we were heading in right away. Forget about letting them work out the kinks. That’s why they opened without fanfare and trumpeting…heck, without even a sign in place – to give themselves a chance…
The Foodie Whisperer – A Food Blog Amplified
The Foodie Whisperer started as most blogs do – as a hobby to chronicle and discuss a passion. In my case, that passion is food. As the scope of the food blog and readership has grown rapidly, the time came to bring a little order to the chaos and make the website more organized and reader friendly. Now,…
Tidal – A Wave of Goodness
It’s taken awhile to get here. Something about going to a hotel restaurant…it conjures shuddering thoughts of safe, average food at inflated resort prices served with blase’ service to tourist types who will never be seen again. Even armed with the intellectual knowledge that here, at Tidal, Chef Amy DiBiase’s cuisine alone was probably…
Umami Got Me
It’s not often that I look at any restaurant menu and want to eat everything I see, especially when it boasts 66 unique raw, cooked, cured and diverse items. Such was the case this past Friday evening at the new Blush Ice Bar + East-West Kitchen in San Diego’s Gaslamp. Of course, everything looking good…