A Fusion Too Far?
"Chinese-Japanese Cuisine" says the sign on the old China Station building at Fair & mission, which is currently being revamped for a future opening. Huh? The Westside is prime restaurant territory, where roving foodies (not to mention ravenous students) eagerly await...
Salad Daze
Ben Sims at Avanti made my new favorite summer salad last week. Fresh local albacore confit, shredded into unctuous morsels and then arranged with organic green beans, heirloom baby tomatoes and a garlicky, fresh aioli garnish. Consumed with something in the key of...
Another Reason to Live
At this week's SCMWA professional wine judging, Lionel Le Morvan of Ma Maison Restaurant laid out a spread that was truly choice. Giant shrimps from French New Caledonia, coucous with succulent chicken and fiery harissa, housemade lamb sausages (tdf!), gorgeous...
Sizzling Syrah
Wondering what to have with that grilled lamb burger? Wonder no more. Help is available in the form of Gatos Locos 2005 Santa Cruz Mountains Syrah. Big, but not too big (13.8% alc.), spicy but not whimsical, this luscious red wine offers a center of leather and plums....
Scallops @ Soif
My new favorite light dinner - three fat, perfectly cooked scallops sitting on a bed of crunchy, roasted cauliflower. The sauce? A dazzling sweet-&-salty puree of raisins and capers. For $13, it's an affordable luxury. Add a Gruner Veltliner and find yourself smiling...
Inside the Flame
A book of sensory adventure: The rituals, passions and discoveries of an engaged life.