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Phat Matt’s

Woo!  There’s another BBQ place in the East Bay.  When we tried to stop by the beloved and increasingly popular Commonwealth Pub, there was nary a seat to be found.  We are the type of people to celebrate having to … Continue reading

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My Review of Kim Severson’s Spoon Fed

So I just got through reading Spoon Fed, the quasi-memoir by New York Times food writer Kim Severson. It’s an interesting, but ultimately unsatisfying experience. Spoon Fed is a memoir of Kim Severson’s life and the eight cooks that influenced … Continue reading

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Holy Grail Found – Awesome Barbecue in the Bay Area

So J has these Holy Grails when it comes to food.  The first one I encountered was pretzels from Philadelphia.  We went to Philadelphia.  We went to Lancaster County among the Amish.  We have never found a pretzel that lives … Continue reading

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Silver Fork Restaurant

We didn’t just cook in Colorado. Here’s what J wrote the amazing Silver Fork restaurant in South Fork, CO.  If you ever in that part of Colorado, we both recommend the Silver Fork.  It truly lives up to its tagline … Continue reading

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Reform Club Pop Up Restaurant

A few weeks ago J and I went to Reform Club – a pop up restaurant.  For anyone not familiar with the concept of a pop up restaurant, it’s essentially group of food professional who take over another restaurant’s space … Continue reading

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900 Grayson – Another awesome breakfast place

J and the in-laws are crazy social people.  They chat people up left and right.  You let them out long enough and they will come home having made a friend.  In this case, their friend making ability yields some fun … Continue reading

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A Cote – It appears I should listen to many people in my life

We’ve been trying to get some social time with J’s co-worker Meow and her husband Brown.  They finally suggested we all go out to dinner and because they know the food scene better than we, we left it up to … Continue reading

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Why Our friend Valerie is never wrong – The Girl and the Fig

This past weekend we finally got around to having an outing with our friend Valerie.   We were planning for weeks to go to Muir Woods with a picnic overlooking Muir Beach.  Sadly, the weather did not cooperate and the rain … Continue reading

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Hearsay Supper Club

Whee!  Can you see me riding the Underground Dinner wave?  “cause I’m riding the wave!  Now I’ve gone to my second underground dinner convened by the Dan and Jeanne at Hearsay Supper Club.  I got introduced to the toothsome twosome … Continue reading

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Gourmet Airport Eating – Surdyk’s Flights

I’m sitting here at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport finishing my arugula and proscuitto salad and a ham and cheese brioche for breakfast  How is such a feat possible?  Because I’m at Surdyk’s Flight the airport outpost of Surdyk’s Liquor and … Continue reading

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