When Bouchée opened in 2002, it was as if a tiny, yet advanced, civilization had been plunked down in the middle of Carmel to demonstrate the next phase in the...
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Breaking in a new act in the Mexican food industry in Salinas isn’t an easy feat. There is a plethora of true-to-culture places to get the perfect meal. Making the...
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I have long tried to patronize locally owned restaurants, choosing to keep my dollars in the community. Yet, when offered a multi-course meal, including a bottle of red wine, dessert...
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Chef Michel Richard is our culinary community’s man of the hour. I’ve been anxiously enduring a fair grace period for his new restaurant, Citronelle, to find its rhythm in its...
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It’s a powerful feeling – knowing that you could, if so inspired, order a Double Phat Burger with chili, sautéed mushrooms and onions, bacon, avocado, an Ortega chile, pepper jack...
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The key word on the mammoth menu can be found underneath an entrée called Crazy Mad Fish. “Awakening,” it reads, as in “An awakening of fish in Thai spicy salad:...
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The squid tastes like surrender. After around an hour and a half of prospecting, our hollow hunger forced us to give up on finding a fish burrito in Salinas. (Oldtown’s...
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There’s a lot on Monterey County’s plate – ours is a complex epicurean atmosphere.
So, starting this week, the Weekly offers something appropriately complex to complement our existing food coverage: A...
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STORY SONG… It’s the most wonderful time of the year – sorry, I’m channeling Christmas songs. Got to get a new receiver or something. I love it when a completely...
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Tasting wine has never been less relaxing.
Before me stand two mystery wines in two tall wine glasses. One is a
red, the other a white. The white displays some melon and...
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