SAN DIEGO — A San Diego man who spent decades in engineering and education has found his true calling in retirement: making cornbread so good that it rivals dessert.
Darrell McClendon, known around the farmer’s markets as the “Cornbread Guy,” operates MC’s Kitchen, a pop-up food business that has generated a devoted following since launching about a year ago. The venture came after McClendon retired from a career that included directing engineering at Motorola and serving the San Diego education system for decades as a teacher and administrator.
“I’ll just tell you what I’ll tell people. One, if you try it, you might forget other cornbreads,” McClendon said of his signature item.
McClendon’s cornbread gained wider recognition when San Diego Magazine featured it on a top-10 must-have list, claiming it tasted as good as a slice of cake. “I wasn’t really surprised because those are the types of reactions we get all of the time,” McClendon said of the magazine’s assessment…