The Peruvian and other South American food at this place is really special and delicious. Today our choices both included Andean sweet potat...

We enjoyed a fabulous dinner at Phyllis and Ed's home last night, along with their friends Leslie and Peter. We totally enjoyed ourselve...

This is the beautiful kitchen of Lori, my personal trainer. She lives out to the east in San Diego.

They really make great burritos here!

San Diego: An Introduction to the Region offers chapters on the geology, geography, history, and people of San Diego, each by an expert in ...

They looked delicious, but I was only buying fruit and vegetables this morning.

On our first trip to France we learned about yogurt as a mainstream food. Back home in St.Louis, at that time, yogurt was sold only in healt...

These burritos are from Roberto's, a very informal Mexican food place overlooking the salt marsh at Torrey Pines beach. It's a very...

In Old Town, San Diego, home kitchens and dining tables, restaurant dining rooms, and a variety of other rooms are on display in several mus...

This is Berta's Latin American restaurant near Old Town in San Diego where I had lunch with my friend Phyllis. It's a lovely place w...

One of the most vivid -- though brief -- characterizations in the novel Night of Many Dreams ( also blogged here ) was the cook, Foon, who ...

Lenny ate this beautiful hamburger last night at Barbarella. I had cesar salad and pizza. The pizza was a thin, crisp crust with smoked salm...

"Los Angeles! Where religion turns into thousands of obscure cults, where by street dress men and women merge into a common sex; and wh...

In today's New York Times : an article about big corporations and large-scale farms finding a way to claim that their products -- such a...

This morning for a change I had a cup of coffee at Starbucks. Ordinary coffee. Next door was an Einstein's Bagels, but it didn't see...

The farmers' market here demonstrates how much California is still an agricultural powerhouse. Since the last time I was there, soft fru...

Bill Buford's Heat is much better than I thought it would be. He describes two food legends: Mario Batali and Dario Cecchini. If I hadn...

I just heard of this book which is about to be published. I have enjoyed many of Kurlansky's previous books, and so I ordered it. I'...

I've been doing basic cooking here in California -- at least, I call it basic. I try to buy the best meat and produce that I can. I'...