Drink posts on The Joy of Food blog.
San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — If a butcher shop is your idea of a good time, then the Butchery Quality Meats might just be your Disneyland of playgrounds. When I was growing up in the south of Italy, I was often sent to pick up orders from […]
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San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — Lola 55 is one of San Diego’s Michelin Guide Bib Gourmands, which is to say it is a place recognized for good quality and good value by the same global brand that makes tires. As it turns out, there’s heavy emphasis on […]
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San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — White Rice, a tiny storefront on the part of Adams Ave. that is bustling just before it turns residential, is that place that could be great, if only it could get its proverbial act together. The first thing that you should know […]
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San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — Sovereign Thai Cuisine is located on the ground floor of one of the ketchup and mustard buildings in San Diego’s East Village where, until recently, the rantings of the homeless were front and center in the adjacent park. Good for rent in […]
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San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — The heated patio at Kingfisher can be an interesting place to enjoy your $200 dinner, a patch of sidewalk that’s just a hop, skip, and a jump from the #2 bus stop in a quirky part of town. At best people will […]
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Vancouver, Canada (The Joy of Food) — My only real ambition in life is to eat as much pizza as possible. Once I read a book called Where to Eat Pizza and took copious notes, like I was prepping for a dissertation. I keep a Google map tagged with pizza […]
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Vancouver, Canada (The Joy of Food) — I’m not exactly what you’d call a breakfast girl, and I usually say “brunch” is just an excuse to shove down a stack of 25 red velvet pancakes and day drink. If you build it, they will brunch, or something like that. But […]
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Los Angeles, CA (The Joy of Food) — I talk about Osteria Mozza the way that some people talk about Jesus, lovingly and like it is the center of my universe. As far as Italian dining goes, this Michelin-starred gem is easily the best that L.A. has to offer. I […]
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Vancouver, Canada (The Joy of Food) — The older I get, the more I lean toward dark chocolate, and melted bitter dark chocolate can be something like poetry in a cup. At Thierry, an order of ‘liquid chocolate’ is decadent and indulgent, swirled with ribbons of hazelnut, caramel, or coconut […]
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