di brunelle and calvados. Caper berries available for martini’s. MENU – one sided. Known for chili, house blue cheese salad dressing, burger served only one way, confit of duck breast with fresh greens. JUKEBOX –...

Batali, and Flavor by Rocco DiSpirito (since he’s on my mind after the last Top Chef) would be very fun. If there is going to be a Chinese month, may I suggest that the Shun Lee Cookbook be one of the candidates. I have it...

of possibly the most tired man in the world cycling over the mountain between Santa Rosa and Napa. I’m glad it was a rental car because I think I left tire pieces going around the turns on that road to make our reservation....

According to the Times and Wikipedia (granted, that doesn’t make it true) in the old days before they knew how to preserve cocoa the way they do now, it had a greater amount of acid and therefore the cocoa itself turned...

I need to second In-n-Out and Roscoe’s Chicken n Waffles. Must go! They have multiple locations so a quick search should help you schedule them in your trip. In Pasadena, I enjoy Mexican at Dona Rosa (at the corner of...

the way we tasted June Taylor preserves, various cheeses, dips, nuts… I’m sure you get the idea. It was a wonderful morning that ended with a really reasonable $10 wine flight at the wine shop inside the Ferry Building. Our meal...

digkv, I have to address some of your claims. Lasagna alla napoletana does indeed use tomato sauce, ricotta, and fior di latte (etc.), NOT bechamel, which is used up north. I don’t know where you are, but there are indeed...

. i’d take you for a fat pastrami sandwich at Katz’s and some pizza at DiFara’s and bialys at Kossars and pickles on the lower east side and donuts at The Donut Plant and gnocchi at Babbo. and then i’d...

HF, I work in SF proper and I have co-workers who opt for the safe pick even if the company is picking up the tab. I’m talking Buca di Beppo and sometimes very safe “okay” non-chain stuff...but never anything...

Cheesecake Factory Buca di Beppo Yardhouse (only for happy hour) Lucille’s Roy’s Nobu/Matsuhisa

, stir-fry mix that didn’t turn out so great) -Some frozen pizzas (2 Red Baron, 1 DiGiorno, although these days I don’t eat these as much as I used to. If I want pizza I’ll generally go for Papa Murphy’s,...

Unpretensious, eh? Well, I am a highly pretensious person who likes unpretensious places. I thought Adams Morgan was loaded with 'em, no? Churreira Madrid, Rincon Espaniol, Ghana Cafe, Harambee, Duplex Diner, Santa Rosa, to name...

pan fried tofu, or fish. Slow-cooked pork belly with preserved Mei Cai....etc. The list goes on. None of these dishes come with glop. What sorts of dishes do you like to order in a Chinese restaurant? If you are always getting...

Thanks! I really liked your chicken, too. I used some crummy commercial mozzarella – not di bufala or anything, just a big ol' plastic-wrapped brick. I’m sure it would be more characterful if you used Chihuahua, but...

was cooked slowly, such that there was a certain rigidity (in a positive sense, of texture) to certain segments of the bass and its internal flesh structure was preserved. The flavor of the bass was clearly conveyed, aided by a...