The first time we came to Avenues was pre-COVID. We brought my dad, who's "get off my lawn" sensibilities were kicked into high gear by...

May 16, 2020 Day 60 of Shelter-In-Place

This is not a blog about Japanese food. Japanese food is a mystery wrapped in an enigma, stuffed in a seaweed I've never heard of. But...

And one day, unto the earth, there was a man who was called Nick. And he did say Let There Be Tacos, and forsooth a crunchy taco shall...

How To Season a Carbon Steel Wok (at the beach, or anywhere) The owner of the Wok Shop in San Francisco’s Chinatown stopped me on the way...

One of the many advantages of living in an Asian neighborhood is cheap produce. And once in a while this ‘hood really outdoes itself and...

San Francisco Beer Week is here. Across the Bay Area taps are spewing the modern day versions of frankincense and myrrh; stuff so...