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Aicha Moroccan Cuisine – San Francisco
If someone asks me what my favorite cuisine is, I usually say Moroccan.There’s something about the spiceful combinations, or the slow roasting in the clay tajines, or eating with your hands – it a...
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Sly’s Restaurant – Carpinteria
It seems that 2013 has been the year of the motorcycle for me. It was 2011, though, that I finally got the nerves to even climb on the back of one. That was when my friend David scooted us around San...
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Arizmendi Bakery – San Francisco
It’s interesting that until about two-ish weeks ago, I’d never heard the word Arizmendi before. I was in San Francisco this past weekend, staying with friends in the Inner Sunset. We pondered what to...
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Bacon, lettuce and tomatoes oh my
It’s a statement that I’m not at home enough these days when I wander to the other side of the property and discover a sprawling bush of beefsteak tomatoes looking mighty fine and ripe, and there’s now...
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Cured sausage and bits
Something I put on my culinary bucket list was attempting and succeeding at my own charcuterie. I have made chicken liver pate before, and I currently make fresh sausages. This summer was a vague...
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Ahi Sushi – uptown
Remember those days when I was practically living at Kobachi Izakaya Dining? When I’d be in dining bliss from six to ten rounds of glorious omakase? I was *so bummed* when they closed, although I...
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milk and cookies
Over the weekend I stopped into a local Inn where a friend was staying. After we got dinner in town, we walked back to the Inn. There in the lobby was set out a plate of cookies and a pitcher of milk....
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cured salmon
As once said in a Brass Eye episode, I’m addicted. Addicted to the cure. This summer I received a copy of Michael Ruhlman’s Charcuterie book, and while it was exciting to flip through the pages and...
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Memorable Meals of 2013
The year has been an incredible journey. Ever since my time living in England, I set a goal for myself to obtain more time and space. The goal has gone through peaks and troughs and up until late last...
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Italian Wine Biscuits aka biscotti
Somewhere in childhood I made biscotti with my mother. It was around Christmastime, and I was looking for a homemade gift for friends and teachers. Biscotti stuck out in my head because it was a...
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