PhotosVideo:TIN FORK: A history of Teriyaki at the Japanese Friendship Garden“I’m sick of my nuts and twigs,” says Diane. She’s talking about the macrobiotic meals she’s been serving up (she won’t eat my attempts at …
February 13, 2025
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Ed Bedford visits the Tea Pavilion
Descanso Junction: Unchained lunch
Video:TIN FORK: Descanso Junction: Unchained lunch near Old Highway 80“Are we there yet?”That’s me. Even though Annella and Adrian are doing the driving, this twisty, hilly trip seems like it’ll never end. For starters, we’ve …
Dumpling Inn discourse
Video:TIN FORK: Dumpling Inn discourse“I’m not into pork,” says Diane.Uh, this as we walk through the doors of The Dumpling Inn, specialists in Xiao Long Bao, steamed pawk dumplings.“You can’t kill pigs,” my true love …
January 9, 2025
Tacos and elotes greet Ed Bedford after border walk
Video:TIN FORK: Pidalo’s elotes greet Ed Bedford after border walk“Asada! Adobada! Chorizo! Buche! Suadero! Campechano!” Pedro’s blasting out from this very first cluster of food carts south of the border. I have just had a …
94th Aero Squadron – French farmhouse still works
Video:TIN FORK: 94th Aero Squadron – French farmhouse still worksIt was one of those gifts a cash-strapped cuss like myself always dreams of.I heard about it first in 2013: this crazy eat-drinks place with World …
December 11, 2024
Barrio Logan’s very good Dogg
Video:TIN FORK: A very HOT dogBarrio Logan, I’m thinking, is bound to be a cinch for Yoli, the Mexican lemon-lime soft drink that started in Guerrero a century ago, and tastes like Sprite, only a …
November 29, 2024
Pie pleasure at Queenstown Public House
Video:TIN FORK: The pie of the beholder at Queenstown PiesJust back from New Zealand, where I went crazy…on meat pies. (They’re called “pot pies” back here.) If there’s a national dish Down Under, pies are …
November 14, 2024
Commi serves food for the people
Video:TIN FORK: WINSTON GABON, manager of Commi Restaurant in Christchurch, New ZealandIt’s on the walls! That glorious revolutionary time when young idealists marched with flags sweeping over their heads, hope and defiance in their eyes, …
August 1, 2024
Peter King lives a cell-free life
Video:GOLDEN DREAMS: Peter King lives a cell-free lifeNew Zealand is nothing if not tech-forward. Early this year, it recorded 6.84 million cellular mobile connections. That’s 130.3 percent of the population (5.124 million people.) But don’t …
July 19, 2024