Archive for August, 2008

Let Him Eat Cake

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Just as there are right-brain people and left-brain people, early-morning people and owl-like people, there are cake people and pie people. I was raised in the Church of Cake, but was converted to the Way of Pie after tasting my mother-in-law’s pie crust. Raised on that crust and incredibly delicious fillings, J. would choose pie over cake [...]

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Butterscotch Bliss

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

To celebrate a major marital milestone, we spent a night at the new Cavallo Point resort, nestled on the bay at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge. If there’s anything I like better than a long, leisurely dinner with superb food it’s a long, leisurely dinner with superb food followed by a short, leisurely [...]

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4 Questions 4 David Kinch

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

[Photo by Chris Ayers]

Here’s what San Francisco Chronicle Restaurant Critic Michael Bauer says about David Kinch:
 Who would have thought that when he opened Manresa in Los Gatos six years ago that an American chef would have cooks from all over the world asking to learn in his state-of-the-art kitchen? Kinch, the protege of Barry Wine [...]

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Super Summer Soups

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Two of my favorite restaurants — The Village Pub in Woodside, CA and Range in San Francisco — generously shared terrific soup and toppings recipes for this article I wrote for the San Francisco Chronicle.

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Moving Day

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

I’ve been spending thrilling hours at my desk learning to navigate this new blog address, uttering  occasional “Kill me now” moans and hurling expletives at the computer screen, my spouse and Georges, the cat. Things may be a bit weird around here for a while, but bear with me, as I have some nifty stuff in the pipeline:
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