Places we kept going back to again and again: Camino, Pizzaiolo, adesso, Dosa, Corso Trattoria, Gregoire, Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe, Wood TavernFun for a special occasion: Michael Mina, Commis (actually reasonably priced, so maybe not just special occasions)For when you can't stop eating: Zabu Zabu, Espetus, farmer brown's brunchPerenniels: Yank Sing, Bette's Oceanview Diner, CheeseboardIt's ...
Welcome 2010!
Goals for the year: Blog regularly -- and connect with others who love food Learn to bake -- and give lots of the goodies away to others Cook at home more -- and have people over to share in the dinner party love Indulging in reading about and watching TV shows and movies about food I mean really, it's all ...
"Ham & Cheese"
Jamon serrano infused vodca, with manchego cheese and jamon. Tastes.... like ham & cheese. Weirdly good.
Christmas Day Dinner
From top to bottom: stir-fried veggies and tofu; rib roast; roast goose; stuffing; three-types of roasted potatoes; gravy.
Mini-Chocolate-Peanut-Butter-Pearl Cookies
They may not look very attractive, but they smell AWESOME. Recipe adapted using Michael Ruhlman's Ratio cookbook. Slightly less butter because I wanted less spread. 1 1/2 sticks of butter 1/2 cup white sugar 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 large egg I didn't have any vanilla left or ordinarily I would have added it. Next time. all mixed up, and then ...
Cookies in the Oven
Based on Ruhlman's Ratio Sugar Cookie recipe.
Holiday Eating: Brown Butter Pecan Pie
I haven't made pie very many times in my life. But today we had some of Gus's students over for a mini-holiday party -- putting up the Xmas tree -- so I thought I'd go out on a limb and whip up a ...
Eating at San Francisco’s Michelin Stars
The Michelin star ratings for San Francisco were released back in October. I haven't exactly made it a goal to eat at all the restaurants on the list, but I thought I'd examine the list and see which I've been to, and maybe revisit some I haven't been to in a while, and put others ...
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