Restaurant Week is featured on San Diego Foodies!

Hey! Don’t forget! Restaurant Week is coming up! Sign onto San Diego Foodies and join in the fun! We’ve been given private rooms, wine rooms, and special perks from Restaurants like Searsucker, Nobu, Oceanaire, Vintana and Sbicca! This is our THIRD year in the running bringing you great choices for Restaurant Week! And our 3rd … Read more

Review of the Slowine Rockin’ Harvest Celebration Central Coast

This past week I was in Los Angeles for a very important Conference, so I sent a crew up to central coast wine country for the Slowine Rockin’ Harvest Celebration – Johanna from Got a Gig Page (she videos bands mostly for her website) and the lovely Meredith (a sous chef of mine and close personal … Read more

Fourth of July Food

Sooo… we’ve reached the 4th….. That means TWO things: Fourth of July Food and we’re half way thru the summer! Amazing. Where did it go? Where DID it go? When I think about the 4th, I remember days past with red, white and blue all over the backyard, matching plates, silverware, and balloons with the aniticipation … Read more

New 6 Week Filmed Series in Encinitas, (San Diego) called Food for Thought!

Special Invitation to my Favorite Foodies! I have created, for your personal pleasure, a terrific 6 Week Series in Encinitas with a fabulous panel of experts on various topics….. at Jamroc 101 (yeah mon!) in Encinitas. Sunday: 5:30pm-7:30pm – enjoy a special ‘tasters plate’ of authentic Caribbean food plus a soda FREE (with paid ticket). Happy Hour … Read more

Sunday’s Cooking Class? We rocked the casbah… we rocked the casbah! lol

I would say the MOST AMAZING thing about the cooking classes I do…. the most AMAZING thing about the Food & Wine Tasting Dinners are: WE ALWAYS ATTRACT NICE PEOPLE. Whoot? Is it that Foodies are nicer than most people? Smarter than most? Happier than most? More interesting than most? Well, Yes. Yes. That’s what … Read more

Chef Marian and Chef Ian’s Taster Menu last night at Sbicca!

Well…. you missed a good one! San Diego Foodies Family of Restaurants Food & Wine Tasting Dinner! It was comfy, cozy and everyone enjoyed these ‘taster’ plates I created with Chef Ian. We paired the salad with Procecco, The Mains with Cakebread Chardonnay and the Desserts with a nice Russian River Valley Pinot Noir! STARTERS Panzanella … Read more