UBUNTU

Posted By: The Food Gal®

Ubuntu is America’s newest, hippest, most publicized vegetarian restaurant for a reason, and that reason is: they don’t live by the soy and/or die by the soy. Tofu is barely seen on the menu, and chefs Jeremy and Deanie Fox are so creative with their ingredients that this is a vegetarian restaurant even carnivores can appreciate. Plucked right in the middle of downtown Napa, it is among many businesses that have turned this once abandoned area into a foodie mecca rivaling those found miles to the north on Highway 29.

* CAPS in photo descriptions: from the UBUNTU biodynamic garden

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Sushi, We Hardly Knew Yee – on News 88.9 FM KNPR – Nevada Public Radio

Click here to hear the first of our three-part series on KNPR on the sushi phenomenon in Las Vegas. We recently counted 10 sushi bars on a two mile stretch of West Sahara, and there seems to be no end to the proliferation of cheap, raw seafood being thrown on gummy rice. What has caused this race to the bottom of the ocean is for minds greater than ours…but an examination of two new, big, fancy, expensive and hyper-designed sushi restaurants in two of our biggest hotels might give a clue. We’ll be reviewing those venues next week (and the following week) on Nevada Public Radio and on this site.

Eating Rome (Italy, not Georgia)

It’s been a couple of years since ELV, The Official Number Two Son of ELV and
The Food Gal ate their way through Rome (Italy, not Georgia). But a friend called for restaurant recommendations there, giving us the excuse to post a list of our favorites from our last two visits. Buon gusto!

Checchino dal 1887 –Food from the “fifth quarter” of the animal; i.e. offal that’s awfully good. The pasta with baby lamb pajetes (small intestines) is a vegan’s nightmare and good beyond belief. Via Monte Testaccio, 30.

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