If you blindfolded me and took be to the Berkeley Farmer’s Market, I could tell you in two second we were smack dab in the middle of Berkeley. White folks with dreadlocks, ethnic scarves, smelling of patchouli abound. There’s even a bodywork area for anyone interested in releasing tension from their chakras. That said, there [...]
Entries from January 2009
January 30, 2009
FINALLY!
Last night J and I had these plans to go grocery shopping for a meal we are putting together on Saturday. Because we needed ingredients that were not carried by Trader Joe’s this meant a trip to the dreaded Safeway. I do wonder whether shopping almost exclusively at Trader Joe’s has been instrumental [...]
January 29, 2009
Screw You Hershey’s, SCREW YOU
Ok, everyone knows I’m a big ol’ lefty here so I don’t have much respect for corporate America. But this just takes the cake. A big, luscious, dark chocolate cake. It appears the evil Hershey’s corporation is shutting down the Scharffen Berger factory. It’s right here.
The article is totally baffling since Scharffen Berger is profitable. [...]
January 21, 2009
Existential Crisis
Ok. I’m in an existential crisis. A completely delicious existential crisis. For all of my adult life I’ve been the cook. I cook well and I enjoy cooking. I’m used to being the best cook in the room. Since moving to the Bay Area and having some actual food professionals [...]
January 8, 2009
Creamed spinach
It’s winter and we need to focus on comfort food. Nothing is more comforting than something with the word creamed in it. But creamed doesn’t have to mean cream. Just reducing milk gives it a great silky consistency. So here’s a non-cream version of a steakhouse fav. I’d also add that [...]
January 5, 2009
Eating Good in the Neighborhood
Living in downtown Oakland, we’re incredibly lucky to live where the eating is good. We’re close to Chinatown. We’ve got the Old Oakland Farmer’s Market AND the Jack London Square Farmer’s Market. And we’ve got excellent restaurants right in our backyard. We’ve already talked about Tamarino, but I wanted to also mention two restaurants that [...]
January 2, 2009
New Year’s Eve
New Year’s Eve turned out to be one of the best I’ve ever had. It came together at the last minute with both J and I coming back early this week and West Coast Rebecca coming back Monday. By Wednesday afternoon we finally made plans to go to Maverick for dinner, Marga Gomez for fun, [...]
