Critic’s Notebook: Cautiously excited about the post-pandemic dining rush

At 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, California will retire many of the pandemic-related restrictions that crippled restaurants and other businesses for much of the last year. Restaurants will be able to return to 100% capacity, host parties larger than six at...

Photo by Edwin Goei For this review, I’m not going to bury the lede. With the exception of the vegan chocolate cake, I did not love the food I tried my first night at Golden Road Pub. But that doesn’t mean I’m not recommending the place—I do...

There isn’t a single food that I crave more frequently yet eat more rarely than real Texas-style barbecue brisket. This is the comfort food of my upbringing. Thus there probably hasn’t been another new restaurant that I’ve looked forward to more...

There is a moment on season three, episode three of Julia Child’s Baking with Julia where a young Nancy Silverton is visibly gripped with terror. After eating a forkful of Silverton’s brioche tart with hot wine syrup, Child starts to weep....

Your eyes do not deceive you: yes, that is Nancy Silverton in a recent Subway TV ad. The local culinary legend and James Beard Award-winner is sandwiched between a series of athletes (Steph Curry and Serena Williams among them) in the new TV spot...