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Since my son Sebastian enrolled at High Tech High school in Point Loma I made a connection with the academic department in charge of...
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Oz Blackaller
- Feb 24
- 2 min
Should we bring the wine club back?
This blog post is another one I found in the vault from the Cueva Bar Days. It is from when we used to do a wine club. Maybe is time to...
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Oz Blackaller
- Dec 30, 2021
- 4 min
Dancing in the Ocean part 2
another story by San Diego's Chef Oz. it includes a recipe for Pescado a la Veracruzana inspired dish.
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Oz Blackaller
- Dec 22, 2021
- 4 min
"The future's in the air. I can feel it everywhere" ~ Klaus Meine
This is another oldie but goodie and it seems to fit perfectly for this time of year because indeed, we are getting ready to make some...
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Oz Blackaller
- Oct 27, 2021
- 5 min
Let Food Bring Us Together
It is Wednesday, San Diego winter feels like it is here already as soon as the sun sets and throughout the first hours of the morning. I...
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Oz Blackaller
- Oct 20, 2021
- 5 min
Not a Ted Talk but a Ten Talk About Food
Yes, this is related to food. You can read the background to the story, or simply jump to the story section. So, last week was the...
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Oz Blackaller
- Oct 1, 2021
- 2 min
Cookies and...
What do you offer on your first menu for dessert options when you're about to open your first restaurant ever? Jo and I didn't have a...
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Oz Blackaller
- Sep 10, 2021
- 2 min
Dancing in the ocean
I’ve never seen my mom so fearless and free out in nature as the time we traveled to Cancun and stayed at the Fiesta Americana in the...
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Oz Blackaller
- Sep 9, 2021
- 4 min
A Cueva Bar story, written by Janet Baker Dore
So, I was pointed to a website archiving tons and tons of all kinds of information. While exploring such a website I found a tab that...
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Oz Blackaller
- Aug 28, 2021
- 2 min
An oldie but goodie. You betta WACHAU
The following blog is another old blog I am bringing back from Cueva Bar's vault. Timewise is not synchronized. I wrote this blog right...
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Oz Blackaller
- Aug 27, 2021
- 3 min
Baked with Love
Back in the day when it was just Jo and me with no kids, Corey and I would take one or two days’ trip to DC or Baltimore. Corey is like a...
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Oz Blackaller
- Aug 21, 2021
- 3 min
Fudging Quince. Pt. 2.
...I called Melissa and Ruben to let them know we were taking a road trip and they were kind enough to invite us to crash at their condo...
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Oz Blackaller
- Aug 16, 2021
- 4 min
This fish, fresh fish, these fish, stinky fish
(Updated 8/16/21) Global warming is backed by science, and I believe in science therefore I believe in the warnings the world community...
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Oz Blackaller
- Aug 13, 2021
- 3 min
Fudging Quince. Pt. 1
It is said that Latin American countries possess a festive, welcoming, and friendly culture. A few things that separate Latin Hispanic...
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Oz Blackaller
- Aug 3, 2021
- 4 min
Si Señor, Pt. 2.
Let me start by saying the last week and 1/2 we had to close at De Nada due to a close call with COVID-19 from one of our employees was...
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Oz Blackaller
- Jul 23, 2021
- 2 min
Si Señor!
Immigration happens everywhere around the world. In Mexico, this old time element of every society happens usually in the bigger cities...
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Oz Blackaller
- Jul 14, 2021
- 3 min
It Was All A Dream. Pt. 4
When we moved to San Diego I didn’t come in with a plan of making friends or meeting people that would become like mentors to me. Anyone...
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Oz Blackaller
- Jul 10, 2021
- 2 min
It Was All A Dream Pt. 3.
I was born in Monclova, Coahuila Mexico. My hometown is an industrial mostly city 3 hours south of Eagle Pass Texas..
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Oz Blackaller
- Jul 8, 2021
- 3 min
It Was All A Dream Pt. 2
A couple of months later we broke ground and I was spending my days overseeing the demolition of the building..
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Oz Blackaller
- Jun 23, 2021
- 2 min
It Was All A Dream Pt. 1
Cueva Bar Cafe is now De Nada Kitchen & Market, owned & operated by Chef Oz, a frequent flyer in Food Network's Cutthroat Kitchen & CHOPPED
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