The universe must be telling me something because right after I tried Azucar's Cray-nut, I saw Paris Baguette's Zion location advertising their own version, simply called Croissant Donut. In fact there's no mention of the word "cronut," only that it's a pastry hybrid in New York City. I asked about it at the counter and... Continue Reading →
Milton Baked Snack Cracker Selection + Giveaway
San Diego institution Milton's Restaurant has had bread on the market for a while and they recently started producing crackers. The crackers are based on the same formula that makes their bread healthy: incorporating multigrains with organic wheat, corn and oats. Milton's offers five varieties of crackers and they're all multi-grain: the original (based on their... Continue Reading →
Make It On Your Own: Carl’s Jr. Pop-Tart Ice Cream Sandwich
When Carl's Jr. introduced their Pop-Tart Ice Cream Sandwich, I immediately became irritated. It represented to me laziness that someone at Carl's Jr. thought there was an audience for pre-made Pop-Tart sandwiches. It isn't rocket science, people… and even though $1.49 for half a pastry with ice cream isn't a lot, it's a lot more... Continue Reading →
San Diego Cronut Contender: Azucar’s Cray-Nut
With the hype surrounding Dominique Ansel's cronut in New York City, there had to be some imitators. And sure enough, they soon appeared. San Diego has its own version and it's from Azucar. Since the cronut name is trademarked, it can't legally be used. So names like doissant, zonut, cro-nots and host of others are... Continue Reading →
Dos Equis’ Bazaar Noir: A Night of Crickets, Kangaroo and Exotics
Dos Equis is doing it again and establishing their brand as exotic and worldly. And it did it in spades with their Bazaar Noir event last week held downtown at Block 16. Prior to the event , I didn't know what to expect. The only instructions was not to wear anything bright. Like a lucid... Continue Reading →
Strange Tables: C.B. Cebulski on San Diego Food, Cooking and Comics
In the past few years I've been talking to a lot of people about food at comic-con. When people find out I'm a food blogger and wrote a comic about food blogging, the conversation naturally turns to food. I'm happy to oblige but when it's about food AND comics, I'm ecstatic. So when I had the... Continue Reading →
San Diego County Fair: Games and Bacon (Yet Again)
The fair season is kicking off once again and the doors to the San Diego County Fair will be open June 8 until July 4 at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. The theme for this year's fair is Game On! focusing on classic board games as well as the more computer-oriented variety. And to fit that theme,... Continue Reading →
The Dog Days of Summer: Beach Adventures, Tokyo Dog and Weinermobile
It's not officially summer yet but we're treating it like it is. We've been hitting the beach and eating hot dogs. (Summer is officially marked by the summer solstice when the sun is the farthest point away from the equator and also the longest day of the year.) We've discovered that since adopting a puppy... Continue Reading →
Taco Bell’s Breakfast Experiment: Waffle Tacos
Taco Bell has been on a roll lately. With the introduction of tacos encased in Dorito shell followed a year later with a Cool Ranch version, they've rolled out with a breakfast variety but in a waffle form. The appropriately named Waffle Taco has only one confirmed sighting and it's in Santa Ana. Considering Taco Bell's... Continue Reading →
United Fresh Convention: Not Just Harvesting Machines
At first glance, United Fresh, a convention held at the San Diego Convention Center May 14-16, had me thinking the entire convention was only about efficiency in harvesting, shelf-stable packaging and tracking produce to the stores. But it turned out to be much more than that, to my relief. After wandering through the heavy machinery on... Continue Reading →
My Burning Kitchen... on the road 