Meaty goodness 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) — Half the world seems to converge at Zgara during the lunch hour where, between the lamp emporiums and resale couch shops of this curvy part of Morena Boulevard, you will find what I’d consider to be San Diego’s very best greek fare. […]
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San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — If there is a part of San Diego that I only drive into on pain of death, it would be Bird Rock, a sleepy little seaside neighborhood sandwiched between the tony shops of downtown La Jolla and the laid-back hippie vibes of […]
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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) — 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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San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — The undisputed king of birria goodness in San Diego has long been Ed Fernandez, a place I have visited many times for their life-changing meaty consomé and for my personal favorite, their quesataco, which for me amounts to a magical pot of […]
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San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — Once a small neighborhood place, Pizzeria Luigi came to be known by a wider audience thanks to a segment on the Food Network by that spiky-haired bleached blond dude, the self-proclaimed Mayor of Flavortown who says things like ‘donkey sauce’ and ‘bomb-dot-com […]
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