Posted in food, i *heart*, restaurants, travel, wine, tagged catifish sandwich, Cristal, Hot Picks, Luneau-Papin, Matt's In The Market, Peter Liem, Seattle on July 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »
(Above: Champagne grapes are indeed very cute)
I was in Seattle last week for the Wine & Spirits Hot Picks tasting event, which was held at the historic Paramount Theatre in downtown. Like I did for a similar W&S event held in LA, I participated in a radio show in the days before the tasting (although [...]
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(Above: an Italian poster for Elio Petri’s 1965 film, “La Decima Vittima”, or “The 10th Victim” 
I love Saturdays. Even in the middle of a crazy busy deadline period (and a trip to Seattle early this week for the second installment of Wine & Spirits’ Hot Picks event), there’s just something magical about Saturday. It helped, [...]
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Posted in food, i *heart*, restaurants, san francisco, tagged Conservatory of Flowers, Dios Baco, Golden Gate Park picnic, Gutierrez Colosia, Jardinere, Sherry, Spanish Table on March 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Simon and I were joined by the Third Degree last Saturday in Golden Park for some serious picnic action. Food spread: a garlicy saucisson, St. Marcellin, crusty bread. Washed it all down with a couple bottles of ‘06 Willamette Valley pinot gris (which to me is looking like a lovely vintage for Oregon gris) while [...]
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…, he said sarcastically. Then he raised the tumbler of Santa Maria al Monte to his lips–a savage, pungent amaro–and knocked it back, the black, bitter shot an inoculation against the budding romanticism he had begun to feel for this place, his wayward spiritual home.
Trashy, I know, but in the course of developing a [...]
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Posted in food, italy, wine, tagged bollito, Florence, Giuseppe Mengoni, lampredotto, Mercato Centrale, Nerbone, primitivo on February 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »
One of the nice things about the rather “loose” schedule at the Chianti Classico anteprima event in Florence last week is that it was a cinch to throw down pencil and tasting book and leave.
As I mentioned in an earlier post, the Mercato Centrale (or Central Market, a rather obvious translation) in Florence’s borgo San [...]
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…Has got to be Mo’s Bacon Bar from Vosges Chocolates. Yes, that’s right bacon and chocolate. Together! Now I’ve never been much of a fan of Valentine’s Day, but this yummy treat might just change my mind. Plus it comes in a pink box. See below:
(Full disclosure: I received this as a birthday present, [...]
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Happy New Year!
My apologies for not posting in over a week–the holiday period for me is always a blur of friends, food and various wines. This year was no exception and fortunately I remembered to write things down and even took some pictures. So, before I get back to some more serious posting, a montage [...]
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(A pizza I ate once in Naples. Pizzaiolo’s crust is the closest thing I’ve found here in the United States.)
It’s always the pizza. At least that was what lured me to the East Bay on Saturday. But first I had to help my boyfriend and his parents put up Christmas lights and shop [...]
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Posted in food, humor on December 14, 2007 | No Comments »
I wish that I could take credit for that post title. But no, that’s not to be. If, however, you’d like to learn more about Johnny Snack’s Miracle Ham Dust, then I highly recommend a few moments browsing over at the Grateful Palate’s pigtastic gift store. There’s got to something for the bacon lover in [...]
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Posted in beer, food, music on December 10, 2007 | No Comments »
It’s late night and I’m feeling sated after some delicious homemade potato leek soup washed down with Czechvar (a.k.a. Budweiser Budvar, for you Czech beer lovers). So rather than stare any longer at this computer screen (check it, blogroll updated down there to the right–all great blogs to read!), I’m going to pick up my [...]
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