Pugh leaves Downtown Market
Another farm market director leaving
Category: BiteClub
Michelin 2011: Bay Area Bib Gourmand’s Released
Local restaurants considered a good value and top find are lauded
Cooking for Date Night, Naughty ‘n Nice
Whipped cream for dinner, because Saturday night, with any luck at all, means date night. Date night - at least around our house - is at least as likely to mean a raid on the wine cellar and a bag of tricks from the farmer's market as a babysitter and a night out on the town, because we live in a sleepy wine country town where most of the bars shutter their doors around the same time my kids shut their eyes...
Giants Win, Garlic Fries Fail.
Anthony Bourdain once wrote - I believe I'm paraphrasing Kitchen Confidential, but I can't find the citation - that anyone who cooks with pre-minced garlic should be sentenced never to taste fresh garlic again, and I have to agree: I adore garlic, but the stuff in the jar is just plain nasty and, unfortunately, it is all over the inexplicably famous Garlic Fries at AT&T Park.
Burger Bar coming to SR
Rendez Vous owner inspired by haute burger joints plans his own in Santa Rosa
Primal Cuts: Marissa Guggiana
Primal Cuts by SoCo's own Marissa Guggiana is a love letter to the butchery renaissance
Ode to Pinot: Pinot on the River Tix
Win Tickets to Pinot on the River 2010
How virtuous are your eggs?
Organic? Cage-free? Pasture-raised? No matter what the lingo, not all eggs are created equal.
Con*Fusion Pop Up Dinners
Local chef hosts twice monthly pop-up dinners in Glen Ellen
Tyler Florence’s Hot Dog Chili (Or, When Bad Recipes Happen To Good People)
A conundrum endemic to parenting and modern life in general, the home kitchen provides an object lesson: When preparing a recipe for the first time, particularly one from a celebrity chef like Tyler Florence, do I trust my instincts and override the recipe whenever something seems amiss? Or, do I remain humble, follow it to the letter, and hope for the best?