Continuing along from Sitka & Spruce to… Cascina Spinasse Up Capitol Hill from Sitka & Spruce, chef Jason Stratton is cooking some of the most intensely focused regional Italian cuisine anywhere, at his little slice of Piedmont, Cascina Spinasse. The bustling pair of dining rooms and adjoining bar and patio were filled on a strangelyContinue reading “Sleepless But Not Hungry In Seattle: The New Legends II: Almost There…”
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Sleepless But Not Hungry In Seattle: The New Legends
Seattle is quite possibly the most unheralded dining city in the country. Most of the Pacific Northwest attention goes to that Rose City to the south and is never talked about in the same sentences as the big boys of the Northeast, California, New Orleans, and Chicago. In fact the most talked about Seattle restaurantContinue reading “Sleepless But Not Hungry In Seattle: The New Legends”
Restaurants: Bottega, Yountville, CA: Where Tuscany and California Collide
What does one’s imagination create when pondering the concept of la dolce vita? Lying on the beach? Dressed to the nines for a night at the opera? Sophia Loren? La dolce vita is all I could think about sipping the Chiarello Family’s exquisite Chiara Bianco Ribolla Gialla, contemplating the revelation that is Bottega’s polenta underContinue reading “Restaurants: Bottega, Yountville, CA: Where Tuscany and California Collide”
Restaurants: Oenotri, Napa
Downtown Napa is hopping these days. What once was a mere stopping off point on the road to the wineries and destination restaurants further north in the Napa Valley has become a dining destination every bit on par with heavyweights St. Helena and Yountville. The Napa River’s waterfront boasting Morimoto’s flagship, Tyler Florence, and, theContinue reading “Restaurants: Oenotri, Napa”
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”
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