Occassionally Paul Bertolli at Oliveto will do rabbit, sometimes stuffed with rabbit sausage. Always excellent. Keep a lookout for it on their changing menu if you are a rabbit devotee

A new place, as mentioned above, is Wine Pavilion at the 5 freeway and El Toro. They have both cheeses and sausage and salamis made by Paul Bertolli who worked at Chez Panisse and his own Oliveto in Berkley and now makes...

FC is actually located in the city..SF They sell at the Ferry Building on Sat. and Berkeley FM on Sat. Next year they will opening a shop in Napa... Look for Framani..Paul Bertolli, ex-chef at Oliveto, has started his own line of...

I would suggest looking into Clarklewis. Morgan worked under Paul Bertolli at Oliletto’s, as well as under Cory Schreiber when he was at the Cyprus Room in SF. His food is some of the best I’ve had....even after...

Cooking by Hand by Paul Bertolli is a wonderful read, even if you never cook from it. Likewise for any of the River Cottage Cookbooks, especially Meat. (warning graphic pictures). I feel like I’ve learned more about animals...

I repeated Thi’s error. It’s Giusto’s. Both Paul Bertolli and Joe Ortiz got it wrong in their books, and innumerable Websites spell it wrong, too. You can get the flour by mail order. Link:...

for prosciutto, but you could probably cure some ham(s). Paul Bertolli's (I used to work for the guy) book “Cooking By Hand” has a good starter course on cured meats – frozen is not the best starting point. The...

The tongue and artichoke was great, I liked how it wasn’t clear which was which. Also loved the ciccioli bruschetta, fried trotter, blood pudding, and pork belly—the chestnut honey was a genius touch on that one. Paul...

Good call on Oliveto. I believe that to be the foremost Italian restaurant in the States...no one is being as creative and delicate with Italian food as Paul Bertolli.

the pistachios, in Chez Panisse Cooking by Paul Bertolli, he has a recipe that includes pistachios...maybe they’re using his recipe at Cafe Rouge.

in the neighborhoods Caitlin described. In the Rockridge Market Hall a couple doors down from Oliveto (Paul Bertolli is my hero!) is Paul Marcus Wines. One of the best spots in the Bay Area for its diverse selection of drink me...

In the air. Unpasteurized vinegar. A wine supply shop may sell it or know of a source. Check out Chez Panisse Cooking pp. 404-405. Bertolli has become a self taught expert. He also represents Francesco Renzi, a traditional barrel...

the mail order route see: http://www.framani.com/ located in Berkeley, CA Paul Bertolli's salumi are of the same quality if not better than poppa Batali.

with Paul Bertolli from Oliveto, my favorite Italian restaurant in the U.S. The two less than stellar courses, however, are not enough to keep me from trying the restaurant again. But the pasta and meat course were just frankly,...

What sort of help do you need? Search the SF board for "Paul Bertolli" (correct spelling) and “Fra'Mani”. Former chef at Oliveto (oakland) and Chez Panisse (berkeley) he’s now off making some pretty excellent...