That will probably the first and last sports reference you will see me make on this blog. As anyone who reads the DCfoodblog knows, I am a big fan of Ina Garten, otherwise known as the Barefoot Contessa. She lives this fabulous life in the Hamptons without being all snooty about it. On top of [...]
Entries from August 2008
August 25, 2008
Little Shin Shin – Don’t let appearances fool you.
I was deeply suspicious of Little Shin Shin’s stickers as being voted “Best of Oakland.” It’s Piedmont location was already a big strike against it but the lack of Asians just confirmed my suspicions about Little Shin Shin. “At least we can say we went to a restaurant called Little Shin Shin,” I thought to [...]
August 21, 2008
It’s All About Access
This summer I read the Omnivore’s Diliemma by Michael Pollan and it left me with this icky feeling. This should not be the case as I belonged to a CSA when I lived in DC, regularly shop at Farmers Markets around the Bay Area and go to restaurants where the menus list what farms their [...]
August 15, 2008
The Big Kahuna – Ferry Plaza Farmer’s Market
This is the big kahuna, the landmark, the farmer’s market by which all other farmer’s market’s will be judged. It does have an unfair advantage since it does have the ferry plaza retail shops as well. But let’s see how it matches up.
Convenience –4.5
Blocks away from the Embarcadero BART station, [...]
August 12, 2008
Perfect afternoon
Last Sunday, West Coast Rebecca came up with an absolutely perfect idea for her birthday festivities – an afternoon on Lake Chabot in a patio boat. A patio boat is a nice flat bottomed boat with a motor. It’s kind of like a yacht without a belowdecks area.
Sunday rolled around and the weather [...]
August 9, 2008
Food Crush of the Month: Karen Solomon
OK, so we’re new herein the Bay Area, and maybe all the food folks know Karen Solomon, but we have just discovered her thanks to Check Please Bay Area. If you’ve been reading us, or if you like fun food writing, you should definitely check her out.
Over at DC Food Blog we celebrated Mary Alice [...]
August 8, 2008
Shoot me now
It appears I like fusion cuisine. Last weekend Pauline came into town. She’s the first of the DC crew to come. Ironically, it made being in Oakland a little more real. We showed her around our haunts in Oakland (Piedmont, Rockridge, Temescal) and took her to the Old Oakland Farmers Market. It appeared the Bay [...]
August 5, 2008
A service to our dear readers
I do wonder if a requirement for living in the Bay area is that you frequent a Farmers Market. They are everywhere and unlike Farmers Markets in the East Coast, the produce is significantly cheaper than what you get in the grocery store. Given the climate of Northern California, you can get an abundance [...]
