, babbo, whatever. the place really felt that comfortable. proseco to start while we looked at the menu. deb wanted to go light so she shared the burrata with me as an antipasto. cacio e pepe and grilled sea bream are two...

Day Three Side Excursions CHEESEBOARD: Makes me want to live in Berkeley If you are in Berkeley you have to go, and it’s probably worth a special trip. I think we tried about 20 cheeses and found new favorites in the Delice Borgine,...

pro or con (or better ideas), please do tell! Anticipating your thoughts, I remain your servant here in Vancouver and thank you kindly in advance. Beretta for caponatina with burrata Coffee-rubbed pork shoulder at Range...

Francisco Bay area with the emphasis on quality ingredients speaking for themselves, some slow food movement influences, and some faint residual hits of Deborah Madison. The burrata with mustard greens was worth the trip to Santa...

, which is wrapped in skin. (In Italy it’d be a whole pig.) The porchetta, head cheese, and mortadella are all relative delicate items, more about the pork and the texture than the seasonings.

. My main problem with Mozza was the food — overly salted and dry. Did like the appeztizers with the various cheese, though.

, Tarantino’s is pretty good. The Dianne salad at Green St. is good. Magnolia is an awesome place for a drink, and good bar food too. The skirt steak at Porto Alegre is very good, and Gayle’s does a great burrata...

was a reddish color with a dollop of cheese on top) and the fried calamari, shrimp, and zucchini, thought tasty- was all calamari. There were 2 shrimp, 4 pathetically limp and paper thin slices of zucchini and a mass of calamari...

), 12 Mon-Thu, 2 Fri-Sat Lou (wine bar – pig candy), 12 (cheese & dessert only after 11) Musha (izakaya), 11:30