Category

American

Ribs San Francisco

Tartine Manufactory Lamb Ribs

Tartine Manufactory is the most ambitious offshoot of San Francisco’s famed Tartine Bakery from chef/partners Chad Robertson and Elisabeth Prueitt in a 102-year-old building that also houses Heath Ceramics. Given the duo’s track record,...
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Fish Los Angeles

Paley Salmon [CLOSED]

For about four years, I worked in a television production office at Sunset Gower Studios. At that stage, this part of Hollywood was pretty beleaguered. When I left TV for food writing, there was...
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Bread San Francisco

Corridor Monkey Bread [CLOSED]

Monkey bread is the buttery, pull apart Franken-bread of the food world. Fluffy dough balls frequently fuse together with sugar and cinnamon. Corridor is the glass and steel restaurant from Hi Neighbor Hospitality Group...
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Fried Chicken And Waffle Maui

Leoda’s Fried Chicken and Waffle

On my first trip to Maui in 2012, Sheldon Simeon was in the kitchen and also steered the nearby Star Noodle Kitchen. Chef Simeon later advanced to the finals on “Top Chef” Season 10,...
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Fried Chicken Los Angeles

Osso Fried Chicken [CLOSED]

Osso is a new downtown Los Angeles restaurant fronted by Chef Nick Montgomery and GM Ami Lourie, who worked together in New York City at Momofuku Ssam Bar. The friends teamed with established L.A....
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Foie Gras Orange County

Three Seventy Common Foie Gras [CLOSED]

At Three Seventy Common, a corner restaurant in Laguna Beach with skylights, mezzanine with curved copper railing, and an open kitchen with a wood grill that gorges on grapevine clippings and cherry wood, chef-owner...
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