Articles by Stett Holbrook

Koloa Market in Kauai

Koloa Market in Kauai

Hawaii is the most food insecure state in America. It imports as much as 90 percent of its food and is highly vulnerable to disruptions in food supplies and spikes in the cost of oil.

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Blush Raw Bar and Lounge

Blush Raw Bar and Lounge

Blush serves Americanized sushi and a few varieties of oysters and a forgettable shrimp cocktail. The menu includes sushi with lots of squiggly squirted sauces, spicy tuna rolls, dragon rolls—that kind of thing.

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Chef-Owned Restaurants in Silicon Valley

Chef-Owned Restaurants in Silicon Valley

The chef-owned restaurant is something of a rarity in Silicon Valley. There is a difference between a restaurant owner who hires someone to do the cooking and the restaurant owner who also leads the kitchen.

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Alexander’s on The Sea in Palo Alto

Alexander’s on The Sea in Palo Alto

Hold the beef. Here comes the fish. Alexander’s Steakhouse, a luxury steakhouse with locations in Cupertino and San Francisco, plans to open The Sea, a high-end seafood restaurant on the site of Trader Vic’s on El Camino Real in Palo Alto.

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Best Bites: Small Plates

Best Bites: Small Plates

Small plates, appetizer, starters, whatever you want to call them, can pack a lot of flavor into a few bites. Here are five of our favorite places to live large with small bites.

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Food Festivals in the Bay Area

Food Festivals in the Bay Area

The food festival and event season is upon us. Here are three choice happenings in the weeks to come. One of the biggest events of the summer is Sunset Magazine’s Celebration Weekend.

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Mitsunobu in Menlo Park

Mitsunobu in Menlo Park

Mitsunobu says he wanted to give diners more choice when they order. A kaiseki meal is a set experience. Mitsunobu offers a four-course meal for $75 with two or more choices for each course.

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Kraftbeer Festival in San Jose

Kraftbeer Festival in San Jose

The Kraftbeer festival coming to downtown San Jose in July promises not to be just another keg party with porta-potties. Set for July 21 on Post Street, the event will feature some 60 domestic and imported beers, many of them obscure and hard to find.

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Best Bites: Getaway Restaurants

Best Bites: Getaway Restaurants

Whether it’s the decor, the food or the drinks or all the above some restaurants just feel like you’ve left San Jose and arrived some place else. Given San Jose’s diverse ethnicity and food scene, it’s easy to get away.

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Culinary Events in San Jose & Saratoga

Culinary Events in San Jose & Saratoga

San Pedro Square Market is best thing to happen to downtown San Jose since, well, ever. The collection of restaurants, shops, bars and outdoor space gives downtown a focal point at long last.

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