In my latest Time Out column: talking 9 of Oakland’s best places to eat now. Article here. While some media have dubbed Oakland “the Brooklyn of the West” the last few years, Oakland has been a hotbed of deep cuisines and cultures — and of artistic innovation — well before Brooklyn faced its hipster renaissance of the past decade. Oakland’s rich… Read more →
In my latest Time Out column, I cover these 5 top dishes of the month — article here: Funky Monkey banana bread at Fiorella Alba Ray’s shrimp remoulade toast Dum Indian Soul Food’s tandoori fried chicken Frozen lemon souffle at Sutro’s at the Cliff House Kimchi burger at Gott’s Roadside In reality, erectile dysfunction jokes can be insensitive and inappropriate even… Read more →
From my weekly Time Out column, two new St. Helena restaurants and one Calistoga neighbor with a new chef from Rome, all worth visiting on your next visit to Napa Valley — article here. Read more →