Category Archives: San Diego Tastes

Cupping

Posted on August 14, 2009 by Jeannette De Wyze

   For people who work in the coffee trade, evaluating the quality of any given bean is a lot more complicated than simply brewing up a pot and taking a sip. To evaluate a given coffee’s flavor and aroma, pros … Continue reading →

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Tasty

Posted on July 14, 2009 by Jeannette De Wyze

It’s not often that I find myself wishing I lived in Escondido. It’s a nice enough town, just a little too warm and far from the ocean for my taste. But the folks at Stone Brewing almost make me forget that … Continue reading →

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Local Barley Juice

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Jeannette De Wyze

  I’ve been aware of San Diego’s soaring stature among beer cognoscenti for several years. Since 1986 almost 2 dozen commercial brewers have begun making craft beers here, and their handiwork increasingly has been winning national and international awards and commanding attention in … Continue reading →

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Brewing a Sense of Community

Posted on May 14, 2009 by Jeannette De Wyze

As I write this, it’s 3 p.m. on a May-gray Thursday afternoon — the deadest time of the week at Bird Rock Coffee Roasters, by my reckoning — and it still feels like a sociable place to be taking a … Continue reading →

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Bountiful Bowls

Posted on May 12, 2009 by Jeannette De Wyze

It’s hardly the biggest charity event in San Diego, but for my money the Empty Bowls fundraiser benefitting the nonprofit Third Avenue Charitable Organization (TACO) is one of the most charming. The third annual one took place Saturday, May 9, once again … Continue reading →

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Mex Brex

Posted on April 6, 2009 by Jeannette De Wyze

I’d never been to Las Cuatros Milpas when there wasn’t a line snaking out into street. But I’d never been there for breakfast. Now I have, and I can report that if you get there at 8:30 a.m., when the … Continue reading →

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Local Hamburger on the Hoof

Posted on December 31, 2008 by Jeannette De Wyze

Yeah, yeah, at $8.99 a pound, the ground beef I’m buying at Homegrown Meats in La Jolla costs three times what I’d pay for hamburger meat at my local Albertson’s. But the Homegrown cattle are all grass-fed (which may make their meat actually … Continue reading →

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Farm Country

Posted on August 11, 2008 by Jeannette De Wyze

Among all the counties in the United States, San Diego County has the 6th largest urban population.  So how can it also have the 2nd highest number of farms? The answer, as the just-released 2007 annual agricultural report makes clear, … Continue reading →

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More Local San Diego Food: Go to Italy

Posted on July 1, 2008 by Jeannette De Wyze

Little Italy, that is, where a new farmer’s market calling itself the Little Italy Mercato has just opened every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The action takes place in the three blocks along Date Street between Kettner and State. … Continue reading →

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