Featuring The Broken Yolk, China Max, Hawthorn's, Richard Walker's Pancake House, Lei Lounge and the Yard House.

Currant co-owner/head chef Jonathan Pflueger puts the spotlight where it belongs: on the food.

By Robin Kleen Dishon

Hillcrest’s Terra cooks up the comforts of home; East Village Tavern + Bowl’s patrons bowl for their burgers.

By David Nelson

We’re watching San Diegans and San Diego.

By Tom Blair

A gourmet spin on hospital fare; a sidewalk surf in Leucadia; and a new culinary knockout in La Costa.

By Thomas K. Arnold

Finding our 50 is part art, part science.

Spectacular Cirque du Soleil dazzles under the Grand Chapiteau. Plus: a crouching Tiger at Torrey Pines; a devil of a good time at the Ivy; and a declaration of Gwen Stefani Day.

By Julia Beeson

One of only two dozen female fire chiefs in the country, Tracy Jarman heads the second-largest fire department among that select company.

What do you call a November fundraising activity in which you grow a moustache to raise money for a men’s health issue? Movember.

By Ron Donoho | Illustration by Darren Thompson

The mortgage market underwent a meltdown in 2007. What do experts——including those whose house payments inflated greatly——say about it?

By Rich Acello

Four simple solutions to shake up your workout, plus our top product picks for soothing winter-worn skin and hair.

By Heather Eubanks

San Pasqual Academy’s rise from the ashes; the Huntington Disease Society’s night at the Copa; and Big Brothers Big Sisters’ large extended family.

By Julia Beeson

Local authors work double duty; runners take to the streets of Carlsbad; and Jean Isaacs’ San Diego Dance Theatre sambas with spirit.

By Julia Beeson and Phyllis DeBlanche

Family matters at Diversionary Theatre.

By Don braunagel

The sacred meets the profane in San Diego Opera’s season opener, Tannhäuser.

By David Gregson