Recipe: Chicken Soup To Kill Your Cold It’s Week Two of the Cold That Wouldn’t Die. You haven’t experienced flavor in just as long, thanks to your suicidal sinuses. You’re [...] Laura Marrich \ Nov 12, 2009 Read More
Restaurant Review: The South Valley’s La Isla Is Mexican Food For Marineros And Landlubbers Alike Mexican Food For Marineros And Landlubbers Alike The feeling inside La Isla, on Bridge just west of the river, is laid-back and celebratory. Western fantasy, Dances With Wolves -style paintings [...] Ari LeVaux \ Nov 05, 2009 Read More An exterior roof façade crowns La Isla’s interiors, making it seem like a little cabana on the beach. (Sergio Salvador salvadorphoto.com)
Recipe: Fall Means Mushrooms Galore And Chanterelle Duxelles We just purchased a half a pound—each—of fresh chanterelles (it is fall, people!). But in a bout of lunch-box paranoia, Evan feared that [...] Evan George and Alex Brown \ Nov 05, 2009 Read More
Restaurant Review: Cosmo Tapas An International Trip, Right Down To The Exchange Rate Tapas, Spanish for “snacks you eat before or after a night of partying” (or simply “appetizers” for short), have become wildly popular left [...] Ari LeVaux \ Oct 29, 2009 Read More Beef empanada (left) and scallops al pil-pil (Sergio Salvador salvadorphoto.com)
Restaurant Review: Annapurna’s World Vegetarian Café North Valley Outpost Keeps The Karma Flowing When asking for help in deciding between dishes, I’m sometimes skeptical if my server recommends the more expensive option. But the other day [...] Ari LeVaux \ Oct 22, 2009 Read More A jewellike array of vegetarian delights on the North Indian sampler (Sergio Salvador salvadorphoto.com)
Bite: Hot Chips There’s nothing wrong with potato chips in a bag. Except, we guess, their temperature: They are cold. Chips, like anything fried, are better [...] Evan George and Alex Brown \ Oct 22, 2009 Read More
Restaurant Review: Japengo Sushi Go For Deliciously Irreverent Sushi I first noticed Japengo Sushi while eating dessert at the neighboring Café Jean Pierre. As I sipped my coffee I watched the great [...] Ari LeVaux \ Oct 15, 2009 Read More Sushi Chef Carter Dong presents a Japengo roll—green chile tempura, real crab, tuna and cucumber with a sweet red chile sauce. (Sergio Salvador salvadorphoto.com)
Food For Thought: The Simple Pleasure Of Homemade Ketchup And An Honest Burger Homemade Ketchup And An Honest Burger It’s a well-worn American story: ketchup meets burger. But this version is better. The stars of the show are beyond homemade—they’re dirt-made, from [...] Ari LeVaux \ Oct 08, 2009 Read More “Served plain with my ketchup, the burgers tell a tale of two farms whose paths cross in my kitchen.” (Ari LeVaux)
Food News: Veggie Trader Is Like Craigslist For Locavores Like Craigslist For Backyard Produce, Veggietrader.com Could Become A Nexus For Locavores Everywhere You find each other online. After a brief exchange of messages, you agree it’s a good match and arrange to meet in person [...] Ari LeVaux \ Oct 01, 2009 Read More
Restaurant Review: Casa De Benavidez A Taste Of “Old" Placitas In The North Valley I first learned about Casa de Benavidez from an old hippie in Placitas. His eyes glazed dreamily as he described a North Valley [...] Ari LeVaux \ Sep 24, 2009 Read More Waitress Robin has you covered. (Sergio Salvador salvadorphoto.com)