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Street Side Thai Kitchen in North Park creates delicious Thai cuisine for fraction of the cost.

Show Mom just how much you care this Mother’s Day by treating her to a special meal. San Diego has a myriad of fine dining options to suit all needs and palates for this special occasion.

As extreme weather conditions hit crops worldwide, prices for many foods are expected to rise as shortages increase. Avoid paying for these extra costs yourself when dining out by having the right information and using a few smart tips when choosing a restaurant.

Open for a limited amount of time with a menu that changes nightly, pop-up restaurants like this one offer a new take on the traditional evening out.

Slow food, often labeled as an upper crust fad, continues to gain influence in the United States. Its growth has stimulated much debate from skeptics wary of the movement’s effectiveness. Avid supporters of slow food, most notably founder Carlo Petrini and Food Mogul Alice Waters, Michelle Obama, and Jamie Oliver have worked tirelessly in 2010 to educate people on the importance of selecting quality food.        

Dining out without friends or loved ones is a thought that gives most of us chills.  Then again, cooking a meal for one isn't the most glamorous thought, either.  For those who frequently experience the struggle of deciding to dine out alone or not, we have a suggestion:  Go out and try a few of these places where dining solo isn't a lonely experience, but rather a dining adventure!  Who knows; you might end up leaving the loved ones behind next time.

Where once food critics grazed freely on persnickety fodder, bloggers now harvest their culinary crops year-round. How and why has food blogging propelled to be the restaurant review platform it is today, and what will come of the time-honored tradition of food criticism in America? We investigate the state of gastronomic talk in this country to see if and where neutral ground lies in this Cyberspace territory war.

Do you feel like tailgating or watching the game around town, but aren't sure of where to go? Explore some of San Diego's favorite sports bars and restaurants, featuring the most appetizing deals on food and drinks for your ultimate game day experience.

Ever since first learning of absinthe, and its somewhat seedy reputation, I was eager to try it firsthand. Fortunately, 2007 saw a reemergence of absinthe as a legal drink in the US and across Europe, and it allowed countless curious folk like myself to finally have the opportunity to see what artistic giants like Hemingway, Picasso, and Van Gogh really saw in that most fairest of maidens, the Green Fairy.