Cooking: Home made pizza

So yeah, I love a good pizza. Years ago following a trip to New York, I went pizza-bonkers for a while trying to create a New York Style pizza. And I think I got pretty close. Credit to Jeff Varasano for providing the insight and tips. This time around, it’s Roman Style pizza, courtesy of…

Restaurant review: Burger Lounge

During my vacation in southern California, I wandered past this small burger place on a street corner in San Diego’s Little Italy.  This is actually a San Diego based chain of restaurants. One of the stumbling blocks with vacationing alone is finding a place where I feel comfortable dining by myself.  So I tend toward…

Restaurant Review: Johnnie’s Pastrami

During a day trip to Los Angeles to visit a friend from my high school days, we stopped for lunch at Johnnie’s Pastrami in Culver City. This is a retro dinner serving classic burgers, sandwiches, chili, onion rings, fries, and pastrami and beef dip sandwiches.  And when I say retro, I do mean retro.  The…

Takeout Review: Mexican Fiesta

While wandering into downtown San Diego, I passed by an unassuming taco shack on the edge of a surface parking lot.  The reviews that I checked seemed to suggest that this place was pretty good, so I decided to grab a bite for lunch. I ordered the fish taco This is a pretty good taco. …

Restaurant review: Napizza

During a late summer vacation to San Diego, I arrived at my hotel in Little Italy in the early afternoon.   After checking in and settling into my room, I took a walk around the immediate neighborhood and spotted a small corner pizza-by-the-slice place and went in. Napizza is a small California pizza chain with counter…