Randy Ritchie, a longtime waiter at Original Joe’s passed away last Wednesday, May 2, at the age of 61, news that quickly spread through the San Jose dining community.
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Here in Silicon Valley, the buzz surrounding Campbell’s Blue Line Pizza has been hard to miss. The restaurant is the second location for San Francisco’s Little Star Pizza, a pizzeria of considerable acclaim.
Taylor-Poleskey took some time out from her dissertation research in Germany to muse over the intersections between food, history, culture and politics that are very much relevant to today’s world.
For me, the true test of a barbecue house is the three-meat combo—usually chicken, ribs and brisket. The individual style of the cook, with his or her bias toward smoke, sauce, rub or fat, comes through loud and clear.
After a sold-out event in February, SJ Beer Walk is back again for a springtime version of the slow-moving brew parade 1 to 5pm, this Saturday.
Napa Valley isn’t the only place with a wine train. The Santa Cruz Mountains Wine Express offers a steam- and wine-powered trip at Felton’s Roaring Camp Railroads May 20 from 1 to 5pm.
I would imagine Ethiopia’s manner of dining to be a child’s dream: the food is eaten with the hands, one plate is filled with a variety of different foods and mixing things is encouraged.
Tofu misozuke, miso-cured tofu, is a staple of izakayas in Japan but is virtually unknown in the United States. The tofu is aged for up to six months and tastes like a sharp, soft cheese.
The area around Santa Clara boasts a number of excellent ethnic restaurants that draw lively crowds with canny combinations of good food, intriguing decor and reasonable prices. Our culinary correspondent on the scene, Eliza Lamson, sampled five of the best.
These days, we seem to have more time for the latter than the former. Such is life in Silicon Valley. The trouble is that greasy, unhealthy, industrial fast food dominates the quick-meal landscape. But Palo Alto’s new Asian Box offers something different.
