Author: biteclub

The Caffeine Addict: Palate Fail

I have a Coffee Mea Culpa and it is this: I like bad coffee. Not awful coffee - I care not at all for the taste of two-day-old-and-tasting-of-burnt-gym-socks coffee, of low-grade beans apparently canned sometime during the early days of the Cold War, of Dunkin' Donuts or McDonald's drive-through "Cafes" - but coffee that is, in some objective sense, not ideal.

Help Starts in the Kitchen

YWCA raffle fundraiser spearheaded by food businesses help tots who've faced serious problems.

Fish Story | Napa

Seafood-centric restaurant from the Lark Creek Restaurant group opens in Napa. Sustainable and delicious

Martini House Sold

After a rumor popped up this morning in Napa that Pat Kuleto was selling Martini House in Napa, SF Eater has confirmed that the restaurant will, in fact, shutter on October 30 — at least in its current form. The purchasers of the restaurant are Paul Fleming and Brian Bennett. Fleming is best known as owner […]

In Search of Mac-n-Cheese Perfection, v2.0

In our earlier skirmish with this thread, we waxed philosophical on the gustatory wonder and sundry therapeutic benefits of a classic macaroni and cheese, but made precious little headway toward the dish itself. While the end result was good, maybe even satisfying, it nevertheless fell short of transporting. And a truly classic mac-n-cheese must, above all else, transport us somewhere: Perhaps to a time when we were younger, or in circumstances more care-free, or maybe precisely where we are now, but with softer edges, the carbohydrate equivalent of a Snuggly.

Corn Salsa Even My Kids Will Eat (Recipe)

Like the 49ers staring at a 4th-and-20, last Friday's post ended with a whimper, a don't think/just-punt sort of moment, as my employer's requirement for some actual work and the post's rapidly escalating word count dictated a hasty retreat from a recipe that I had the poor form to advertise and picture, but not to supply. So, think of today as a reprieve from the instant-replay booth - not exactly lucky, but fortuitous nevertheless.