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Pariah Brewing teams with The Good Seed Food Co. for a spooktacular pairing of beer with insect-laden delicacies
For most, discovering a winged or multi-legged crawler in their food would be a problem, but for a pair of adventurous culinarians entrenched in the local beer scene, a dung beetle in a pile of … [Read more...] about Waiter, there’s a bug in my food!
When asked what inspired San Diego’s most successful restaurateurs to take over Mission Beach’s Coaster Saloon, reps from the Cohn Restaurant Group reply, “Location, location, location.” Not only did … [Read more...] about Cohn Restaurant Group celebrates beer and barbecue at Coaster Saloon
SD taco titan Puesto kicks off line of cross-border collaborations with Ensenada’s Cerveceria Agua Mala
One Baja brewery with a more prominent presence on our side of the border is Cerveceria Agua Mala, and one of the spots where you’re guaranteed to find their liquid wares is Puesto. A recent trip to … [Read more...] about Plates & Pints: Puesto x Agua Mala
Belching Beaver’s chef devises dishes to pair with brewery’s Alpha King IPAs
An accomplished culinarian with plenty of experience both pairing and cooking with a wide range of beer styles, Ramiro Guerra, the executive chef for Belching Beaver Brewery’s Tavern and Grill brewpub … [Read more...] about Plates & Pints: Alpha Dog
Gluten-free food and beer at Duck Foot East Village
Today, there are numerous gluten-reduced beers on the market thanks largely to Clarity Ferm, an enzyme from local company White Labs that greatly reduces gluten content in finished beers. But even … [Read more...] about All It’s Quacked Up To Be
Stone Brewing founder Greg Koch applies craft sensibilities to artisanal nut butters
I remember my time working at Stone Brewing HQ like it was yesterday. Many great memories were had there, care of lots of good friends and innovative co-workers. Looking back, there’s a particular … [Read more...] about Plates & Pints: Nuts about nuts
Top Chef alum Claudette Zepeda’s El Jardín celebrates personal history (with beer)
It all started with a dessert built around…beef thymus glands; sweetbreads transformed into an ingredient matching its culinary terminology care of confectionary seasoning and embedding in cinnamon … [Read more...] about A New Garden, Old Soil & Strong Roots
Talking to Tyler Malek is a lot like talking to a brewer. He may be an ice cream baron, but his nth-degree devotion to the artisanal consumables he produces, and celebratory respect for local … [Read more...] about Plates & Pints: Salt & Straw
When former Stone brewmaster Lee Chase opened the doors to Blind Lady Ale House back in 2009, neither it nor its Normal Heights environs looked all that different than they do now, but the … [Read more...] about Plates & Pints: Tommy Morstad @ BLAH
The first time I met Gunnar Planter, he was tableside, dressed in chef’s whites and describing a cavalcade of beautifully-plated dishes at The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe’s fine-dining restaurant, Morada. … [Read more...] about Plates & Pints: For Chefs, By Chefs
