I agree with Victoria regarding Blue Bottle. Note that they now have a place in the 300 block of Linden Alley in Hayes Valley that is open 7 days a week. Italy turned me into a macchiato person. It made me realize that around...

's call it three entrees, two winners, one just okay. We split two desserts. One was the apple tart, with caramelized green smith apples on a puff pastry shell, with a scoop of cajeta and vanilla bean ice cream on top. This was...

bisque at Smith & Wollensky is really tasty. For some reason I followed it a week later with lobster bisque at the Palm...which was amateur in comparison.

was going on seemed foreign and unattainable to me. It wasn’t until Geoff Smith hit the air that I believed it was possible for me to cook. While now I don’t consider myself a chef or a great cook, I do cook better...

(based on the tartness of the apples) 2 TB flour 1 tsp ground cinnamon 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg (freshly grated if you can...it makes a difference) 1⁄4 tsp salt (kosher) 6-7 c. (2- 2 1⁄2 lbs) peeled apples, sliced 1⁄4 thick. (I only use...

I’m gonna say tea, only because I’ve become a fan of Murchies in Vancouver/Victoria.

to cooking game – his 40 buck burger is like a 5 inch tall meatball in a portugeuse roll...the center of it is filled with foie gras, truffles, and all this other garbage...completely unnecessary... Smith&Wollensky –...

And then there’s the faggots and peas that Delia Smith has in one of her cookbooks. (I think the faggots are pieces of meat cut up like matchsticks or something). I keep meaning to make it . . .