free wine!

October 16, 2006

winespectator.com is getting ready to celebrate it’s 10th anniversary, and they are giving folks free access to their site until the end of the month. if you’re cheap like me, it’s your chance to get some good reviews, ratings, and suggestions for free – i’d rather spend the money on the wine than on a […]

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fried everything

October 12, 2006

the term ‘good food’ is pretty far reaching – for me, it is anything that tastes good the moment i am eating it, whether it is an uber refined meal at a four star restaurant or the churro i bought off that guy on the corner last week (true story – a guy selling churros […]

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eating seasonally and locally for $14 a week

October 12, 2006

for about the past six months i’ve been thinking hard about taking part in a local community supported agriculture (csa) program. the csa program basically means thay i buy monthly, quarterly, or yearly share in a local organic farm, and on a weekly basis, the farmer drops off a box of fruits and vegetables at […]

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a mortal food writing sin: no pictures

October 10, 2006

while i am not totally new to writing on-line, writing about food on-line is still a bit new, and i keep forgetting to take pictures of everything i make, because just talking about it isn’t enough. so, my hope to post another detailed dispatch from the codcheeks test kitchen about my sunday meal is being […]

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Arcadia – San Jose

October 10, 2006

Some friends told me how great Arcadia in the Marriott is. Apparently, when some place has the Michael Mina named attached to it, it is supposed to be good or something. Let me just say that this place isn’t good. It’s been a few weeks since we were there, but I got the Visa bill […]

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Paragon – San Jose

October 10, 2006

Last night, my lovely bride and I celebrated a.) my birthday, b.) our 7th wedding anniversary and c.) the fact that we have now signed our lives away and are more in debt that I could ever imagine to build our dream house by going to Paragon in San Jose (word of note: their website […]

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michelin guide. . . for the last time

October 9, 2006

people are still talking about the michelin guide here in san francisco, many articles in the paper, some spirited on-line discussions (including one at e-gullet that i’ve been posting to here and again), and fervent dinner table discussions, including in my kitchen last night, where we dined on beef cheeks braised in san marzano tomatoes […]

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more lists! the roundup

October 5, 2006

this seems to be the month for lists and ratings – the two most recent that i haven’t had a chance to write about are the gourmet top 50 restaurant list and the sf chronicle’s 20th anniversary list of the best recipe from each of the last 20 years – it’s like christmas came early! […]

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the michelin guide and me

October 4, 2006

monday was a big day for foodies in san francisco – the michelin guide published their first ever guide to the san francisco bay area (check out the sf chronicle coverage here). it was no surprise that the french laundry was given the highest honor of a three star ranking (and making thomas keller the […]

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salami, sausage, and pickles – oh my!

October 2, 2006

recently i’ve been looking to expand my kitchen knowledge into some other culinary fields. i embarked on the great cheddar cheese experiment about six months ago – an experiment that failed in it’s first attempt, and has made me scared of cheese ever since (i get over my fear by eating cheese, so it’s worked […]

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