slow food

August 11, 2006

i just finished reading my first installment of ‘the snail,’ the magazine put out by slow food, an organization set up to ‘protect the pleasures of the table from the homogenization of modern fast food and life.’ it’s a pretty interesting organization and it is starting to pick up momentum. many people associate it with […]

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think my wife would mind?

August 8, 2006

came across this great ink work at A Full Belly. if i had to do it all over again, i think i would get the pig on one arm, but i am not sure about the carrot – sort of a wimp in the vegetable world – now asparagus – that’s one tough hombre.

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bacon ice cream!?

August 8, 2006

came across the story of bacon ice cream from the washington post on another food site. seems like most of the comments about the odd flavors of ice cream include the word ‘interesting,’ which is always code for this ‘this tastes like shit but i dont want to offend the chef.’ i’m up for a […]

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brined pork chops

August 8, 2006

man, those were some good pork chops! i’ve heard a lot of people talk about the benefits of brining pork chops vs. not brining them for a long time, so i decided to test it myself. the pork chops came out extremely moist and tender and were some of the best chops i’ve ever had, […]

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the ultimate salad

August 8, 2006

michael bauer, the restaurant critic for the sf chronicle (and to steal a line from peter rose about playing baseball, “i’d run through hell in a gasoline suit” to have that job) started blogging a few months back, and it’s been nice to get short observations from him about the restaurant world, culture, customs, etc. […]

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a food blog . ..also, avacado mousse with crab

August 8, 2006

so i was thinking that one of the reasons i had such a tough time posting to my blog is that i really don’t feel like the daily minutae of my life needs to be documented – i need blog about something i actually love talking about – so i thought about it, and came […]

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