Vegetable Love

I know it’s love when I eat at the same restaurant twice in two days.
My friend from Philadelphia came to visit last week, and we had ourselves a mini vacation in Napa Valley. As if sipping wine, soaking in herbal-infused waters and sleeping under feather duvets to the sounds of croaking frogs weren’t enough to [...]

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Tasting Menu Extraordinaire

photo credit: David Wakely (from Coi’s website)
Last month I had the opportunity to dine at two of San Francisco’s luxury restaurants. While both meals were prepared by extraordinarily talented kitchens, my experience at each was quite different. One thing was made very clear to me during these visits: No matter how skillfully-prepared the food [...]

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Dried Fenugreek Leaves

I love eating out, not only to save me the chore of cooking for myself after a long day at the stove, but because eating other people’s food opens my eyes to new flavors and, many times, reminds me of cuisines and dishes that I adore but haven’t cooked in some time. I had such [...]

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Beignets, Biscuits and Gumbo…Oh, My!

(Logo copied from Brenda’s website)
There are new eats in town, and they’re being dished out at Brenda’s over in the Tenderloin. What? You haven’t been to Brenda’s? I figured this might be the case, as the stoves have only been fired for about a month or so. I’ve eaten there twice and, from what my [...]

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