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Plat du Jour: Tuesday April 24, 2012: Questions for Dining Out

After a small weekend snafu where some members of my dining party had under-estimated the time and formality of a meal at a certain restaurant I had arranged for us to visit, let’s take a look at some of the most commonly asked (some serious, some…less so) questions when you’re the “foodie” and everyone putsContinue reading “Plat du Jour: Tuesday April 24, 2012: Questions for Dining Out”

Monday Neighborhood: Washington Street, Yountville, CA

Claiming that Yountville is a world class city for food and wine is as innovative as proclaiming that Paris is a world class city for art. Yountville, really a small town instead of a city, boasts a population of barely over 3,000. It also boasts a population of six Michelin stars, three of which areContinue reading “Monday Neighborhood: Washington Street, Yountville, CA”

Plat du Jour: Monday April 23, 2012: Spring Dishes and Sandwich Origin Debates

The final full week of April is here and in much of the country that was enjoying an early summer last week, winter has returned. Time for more hot chocolate and beef stew now… We’ll get to “spring” in a moment, but the big excitement of the day is the announcement that René Redzepi, chefContinue reading “Plat du Jour: Monday April 23, 2012: Spring Dishes and Sandwich Origin Debates”

End of the Week Wrap: Mission Chinese Food

It was a fairly quiet week for dining out, though things will start up again this weekend with a few Napa visits (but those reviews wait until next week!). Mission Chinese Food, San Francisco Quite possibly the most talked about restaurant in San Francisco, Mission Chinese Food perfectly shows where dining is 2012. It’s aContinue reading “End of the Week Wrap: Mission Chinese Food”

Bites of the Week

Some excellent dining the past week, as spring is now in full force. Amberjack, Seaweed, Ash, Black Trumpet Mushrooms Snow Peas at Aziza, San Francisco Maybe not very Moroccan, but this de-constructed sashimi from Mourad Lahlou is similar to what you’d find at a 3 star Michelin sushi bar in Tokyo. The pure, clear flavorsContinue reading “Bites of the Week”

Restaurants: Aziza, San Francisco

Aziza is one of the most fascinating restaurants and restaurant stories in the country. There aren’t many Moroccan restaurants in the country period. There certainly are even fewer restaurants with daring chefs like the incomparable Mourad Lahlou bravely, often brilliantly re-designing Moroccan cuisine into a new global modern cuisine altogether, with a few influences fromContinue reading “Restaurants: Aziza, San Francisco”

Cocktail of the Week: The Avocado Project from Picca, Los Angeles

With a cocktail name like this, there are too many ways to imagine what a nightmare drink it could be. A cocktail tasting like guacamole? A project of a cocktail? A Stanley Kubrick movie? In the hands of head mixologist Julian Cox, the bartender maestro of L.A. behind the drinks at Rivera, Playa, and ShortContinue reading “Cocktail of the Week: The Avocado Project from Picca, Los Angeles”

Wine of the Week: 2011 Chateau de Pampelonne Rosé, Côtes de Provence

It’s rosé time folks. Spring is in the air, baseball season in full swing (or for Europe sports it’s the semi finals of the Champions League for soccer), and hefty winter stews are making way for lovely salade niçoises. This is the time we drink rosé. This new offering from the largest appellation in ProvenceContinue reading “Wine of the Week: 2011 Chateau de Pampelonne Rosé, Côtes de Provence”

Beer of the Week: Hue Hefe Hefeweizen from Los Gatos Brewing Co.

Is hefeweizen really a beer? Yes, despite it’s lack of hops, but sometimes wheat beers are so lifeless or so full of fruity notes that they take on a very unpleasant life of their own. Not the case with the “Hue Hefe” Hefeweizen from the Los Gatos Brewing Company, in the small, charming Santa CruzContinue reading “Beer of the Week: Hue Hefe Hefeweizen from Los Gatos Brewing Co.”

Plat du Jour: Thursday April 19, 2012: Time 100, Jiro, and Let’s Hear it for Anchovies

Happy Thursday, with the weekend within sight we’ll have the cocktail of the week to celebrate with in a few months (along with the day late beer and wine of the week, lots of clinking glasses I guess today!). But first, a big cheers to the Time Magazine 100 Most Influential People of 2012, aContinue reading “Plat du Jour: Thursday April 19, 2012: Time 100, Jiro, and Let’s Hear it for Anchovies”