food
October 06, 2003
Burrito Realization
Me: You know, eating a burrito is a bit different than eating other things that are more spread out over the plate.
H: (looks up)
Me: I mean, you get to see it all packaged up as this sort of large mass… then you eat it and you have an exact idea of the size of what you just ate…
H: (thinking: my husband is a freak)
Me: (surprisingly excited by my rather mundane thoughts about burrito eating) It's like I just had an epiphany about burritos, but without the spiritual tone that “epiphany” suggests… what would you call that kind of realization?
H: a realization.
Me: yeah, I guess so.
August 13, 2003
The Julie/Julia Project
Though it seems likely that I am the last person on earth to hear about this fabulous project and the wonderfully engaging resultant weblog, I'm going to mention it anyway in the hopes that other clueless people such as myself might be informed. The Julie/Julia Project came to my attention this morning in an article in the New York Times by the talented and charming Ms. Amanda Hesser. Hesser writes about Ms. Julie Powell, whose project over the last year has been to work her way through the seminal Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Louisette Berthole, Simone Beck and Julia Child, while executing every recipe in the book (536 recipes in 365 days) and writing about the experience as she goes. My wife spent an hour reading Ms. Powell's weblog this evening and loved it. I plan to delve into it tomorrow and I suggest you do the same.
May 24, 2003
sweet onions!
We had a lovely morning at the San Francisco Farmer's Market (at the newly renovated Ferry Building at the Embarcadero)… everything is a bit pricey… but really, really good. And hey, you are ingesting it after all, so it shouldn't be crap. Anyway, I recommend the crepe stand, the small cake stand (Miete), the cactus guy and just about everything else.
April 27, 2003
restaurant recommendation numero one
Cafe Jacqueline (1454 Grant Avenue, San Francisco, 415.981.5565) is one of my favorite special restaurants in San Francisco. The specialty is souffle, in fact, that's about the only thing you can order aside from soup and salad. You can choose between various entree souffles or dessert souffles, or both of course. It is a small, wonderfully charming little place in North Beach. Reservations are recommended and parking is impossible but you can valet around the corner to keep your blood pressure down. Plan to spend some time, Jacqueline makes every souffle to order, one by one in one oven. So don't go if you're in a hurry. Do go for a wonderful meal in a wonderful atmosphere.