So Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, and a lot of us are looking to buy some chocolates for our honeys. But we think you can do better than the brown blobs filled with treacly goo that you get from the supermarket or the big chains. San Diego is fortunate to have some great […]

It seemed like there was a time I could hardly browse around the LA blogosphere without bumping into some article about cupcakes. What is it with these daintily sized desserts? Certainly LA had good normal sized cakes before Sprinkles. Is it just that it’s a convenient serving size where a regular cake is too much […]

Frozen yogurt has been making a revival in a big way. Ever since Pinkberry opened their doors in LA (or was it since Red Mango opened in South Korea?), people have been lining up for this new style of yogurt. Instead of trying to mimic ice cream like the froyo of old, Pinkberry retained much […]

SignOnRadio.com, San Diego’s finest internet radio station, has asked me to join them on their Gourmet Club show. It’s hosted by Caron Of San Diego Foodstuff, Maureen Clancy, and Robert Whitley of Wine Review Online.
We’re going to talk about the San Diego food scene today from 11am-noon. Listen in, and let us know what […]

Pizza snobs often complain that you can’t get good pizza in California, but we are very fortunate to have several East Coast ex-pats who have moved to sunny San Diego and brought their secret thin-crust pizza recipes with them.

The most famous of these pizza joints is Bronx Pizza, which has built up a cult-like […]

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We know that the measure of a coffeehouse is not just its coffee (ambiance, food, service, clientele, music, comfiness are all important too). But I, along with my fellow coffee snob friend Michele, have long suspected that coffeehouses in San Diego get their reputation mostly on all these other factors while the coffee […]

So this is what 7000 calories looks like…

If you’ve lived in San Diego for any amount of time, and you eat Mexican food, you have most likely thought at some idle moment, “What the heck is up with all these Bertos places?” Or maybe you’ve wondered, “Are these all owned by the same guy? […]