to Cafe Rouge. Teance sells and serves some of the finest loose leaf tea in the Bay Area. On Saturday, November 11th from 12pm to 3pm Paul Bertolli will be hosting a Fra’Mani salami and sausage tasting at the Pasta Shop....

? Paul Bertolli in the Chez Panisse book that bears his name is a good source for a recipe. One trick is not to grind the pork too finely, coarse is better, and using fennel and, if desired, hot pepper flakes, makes for wonderful...

Fra’Mani is the new sausage/salami company started by Paul Bertolli, ex-head chef of Oliveto. The salami factory is located in Berkeley with a retail store front to follow soon. For now, the products are available at...

. (incanto.biz) in SF. Or, if you’re into homemade pasta and salumi and you don’t mind a trip to Oakland, then try Paul Bertolli's Oliveto (oliveto.com). It’s often critized for being pretty spare, but the...

in nori or poach, and will eat for several meals this week along with the vegetables we have purchased. And isn’t salmon always better at room temperature the next day? With some fresh tomato vinagrette, a la Paul Bertolli?...

Please verify that fact with the restaurant, I have that info on hearsay. I recall reading “Chez Panisse Cooking” and Paul Bertolli saying something to the effect of "those diners who eat our sweetbreads, rather than...

If you like Delfina, you would certainly like Oliveto, in the Rockridge area of Oakland. Craig Stoll early in his career worked under Paul Bertolli at Oliveto. The atmosphere at Oliveto is more upscale and so are the prices, but...

When I got married, we had our wedding dinner at Oliveto. I called and spoke with Paul Bertolli...told him our budget and he suggested a family style menu with matching wines. It was an amazing meal...large platters of food and...

, but that was by far the best. I would definitely recommend going and ordering with an eye to what Paul Bertolli does best: simple and soulful meat preparations. All the sausages and cured meats are made in-house and are the...

complaints about that sort of thing since Paul Canales took over. In the old Bertolli days the servers were sometimes laughably amateurish.

That was a good article. I have such a tremendous amount of respect for Paul Bertolli. I remember eating at Oliveto for the first time in '92 or '93 and it was a relevation. We have since moved to Sacramento and still go to...

I have made really tasty biscotti the last two years by altering the biscotti recipe in Chez Panisse Cooking (the Paul Bertolli one). That recipe is a walnut one, using butter. I add 1 Tbsp orange zest, some almond extract, and...

Paul Bertolli has his excellent cook book out — just about everything made in-house including salumi, balsamico, pasta, etc. Great set of food shops adjacent to pick up foodstuff to pack or snack on the plane.

Fatted Calf? Really? They are based in Berkeley and make lovely stuff. Thanks for the excellent tip. http://www.fattedcalf.com/menu.html Weekly menu. Unless you are thinking of FraMani from Paul Bertolli, ex-Olivetto

Cafe Rouge at the 4th street Yuppieplex is great. Spengers, ever since it was bought by McCormick and Schmicks, is pretty good. There’s the Cafe at Chez Panisse that’s moderately priced and Oliveto in Oakland (Paul...