Valentine’s Day Dining How to Make the Evening Flow Smoothly where a few hours of time dedicated to a special loved one, is just around the corner. Aside from the traditional flowers, cards, chocolate, and Champagne, it is a time when a special meal might be shared, typically and with high anticipation, at a fine…
Duke’s La Jolla Newly implanted in the two-story shell of Top of the Cove, Duke’s La Jolla is the latest in a family of oceanfront eateries tracing back to the Hawaiian Islands. Rather than provide a whopping appetizer-course’s worth of background, I’ll leave the origin story abbreviated, focusing on the present instead of the past.…
James’ Place Conveniently located adjacent to main theaters of the La Jolla Playhouse, James’ Place beckons diners with lantern lighting that illuminates the interior through glass walls. The architecture is modern and minimal, and the packed restaurant’s high decibel level is testament to buoyant conversation. A visually enticing full bar provides spirit-elevating fuel. Appetizers and…
Italian Wines The world of wine has gone through some significant changes over the last few decades. Starting in the 1980s, with the wider use of the Internet, information about how to best grow winemaking grapes and how to make excellent wine was easily accessible to producers. Many have taken full advantage and ultimately have…
2Good2B Ready to kickstart your healthy eating routine but don’t know where to begin? Or do you come home too tired to cook, but would still like to eat well? Or — like so many — are you sensitive to gluten, corn, soy, or dairy and can never order out? Enter Encinitas-based 2Good2B, committed to…