Outside Lands 2023 August 11–13 marked Outside Lands‘ 15th anniversary, the largest independently-owned music festival in the US, put on by Another Planet Entertainment and Superfly. Photo courtesy of Alive Coverage. COME SEE OUR NEW HOME — The Bold Italic has a new home online, and this story has moved! Read it here: https://www.thebolditalic.com/7-foods-drink-from-outside-lands-2023-were-ready-to-order-again This year’s Karl the Fog added to… Read more →
From May 8–11, 2023, our own Kevin Diedrich, owner of PCH (Pacific Cocktail Haven) and Kona’s Street Market — named American Bartender of the Year and PCH the Best American Cocktail Bar at Tales of the Cocktail in 2020 — quietly and quickly launched the inaugural SF AAPI Cocktail Week, an event that will be bigger next year with more… Read more →
Merry Edwards Maefield Vineyard House overlooking their sauvignon blanc vines. Photo by Virginia Miller. In the small downtown of Healdsburg, Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience (HWFE) just hosted its second year, May 18–21, 2023, featuring a range of events highlighting some of Sonoma County’s best food and wines. From a region that grows some of the best produce in the nation,… Read more →
In September 2021, I wrote here about the pandemic evolution of Michelin-starred Lord Stanley into Turntable at Lord Stanley, an exciting residency for chefs from around the globe and the U.S. to showcase their beloved menus, concepts they’re working on or other collaborations with the tight and consummate Lord Stanley team. Returning this August 2022, I experienced chef Melissa M. Martin’s cooking from New Orleans’ lauded Mosquito Supper Club: Read more →
Published August 8, 2022, at The Bold Italic, seven foods from Outside Lands 2022 that we’re still craving (and thankfully, you can still eat around the Bay Area): Read more →
Published November 1, 2021 at The Bold Italic, seven foods from Outside Lands 2021 that we’re still craving (and thankfully, you can still eat around the Bay Area):
In the Fall 2020 print issue of Distiller Magazine: A recap of our first virtual week of ADI (American Distilling Institute)’s 17th annual Craft Spirits Conference, which was to be in my beloved New Orleans in April but went virtual this Summer. You’ll see me here in this story, as I was on a couple international panels, both for gin… Read more →
Published October 5, 2020, at Bob Cut magazine is my checklist on just reopened (September 30) indoor dining, how you can stay safe and keep hospitality industry workers safe while dining out.
Friday Five Photo: Sean Duan/Moment/Getty Images Think European-style sidewalk and street seating by way of Chinatown. San Francisco’s leisurely closed streets continue to sweep the city during the pandemic—this time in North America’s oldest and first Chinatown. The Chinatown Merchants Association and the city are supporting hard-hit neighborhood businesses by closing three blocks of Grant Avenue, from California to Washington… Read more →
The color drained from the world. That’s how I felt as the pandemic hit and independent restaurants, bars, food and drink purveyors were forced to shutter overnight. Millions are (still) unemployed in a $1 trillion industry that’s the U.S.’ largest private sector job provider. Many already can’t afford to come back (closure estimates range up to 85% from industry experts across the nation and in this recent detailed report). But we’re losing much more than jobs. We’re losing culture it has taken decades to build. A “secret” American strength. I’ll explain.