MENUS I LOVE PART 1: Delarosa SF
People wonder why I don't "review" restaurants on Tasty Bits and I always respond by saying that I like to write about topics that are accessible to all, so I try not to write about restaurants, until now. There are certain menus that I love because they either contain a [...]
DONT FEAR THE FAVA!
There are about two handfuls of culinary experiences that have changed my life like the first time I ate foie gras or the first time I had a pizza with a farm egg on top. The first time I ate fresh fava beans was in Alicante Spain in 2005, before [...]
WHAT DO DARK CHOCOLATE HONEY MINTS AND CALIFORNIA ARBEQUINA OLIVE OIL HAVE IN COMMON?
Some folks feel that Trader Joe's should pay me to pimp them, but TJ's doesn't have to pay people because people have been in love with their brand since day one. In Fact, there are entire cook books and web sites dedicated to Trader Joe's that are not related to [...]
WHY COOKING MATTERS & THE LITTLE SPITFIRE THAT COULD
Yesterday, I began teaching my 6th Cooking Matters class at a Mission Housing location and completed my 5th class at the Rich Sorro Commons near the ballpark. WEIGHING IN AT A MERE 115 LBS OF PURE BIKE RIDING MUSCLE AND MEASURING JUST UNDER 5'4" .... LITTLE SARAH NELSON Sarah [...]
WHAT IS THE COLOMBIAN HOLY TRINITY?
I once volunteered to design a menu for my favorite Colombian restaurant at the time because all they had was a human sized chalk board in Spanish that they would place on a chair at your table when you sat down. They had nothing for the Gringos and God forbid [...]
PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY FOODIE
THE BEACH CLUB My fellow and I just got back from a lovely trip back East to visit his family. We had a wonderful time relaxing in the balmy heat where my legs, elbows and wrists served as yummy appetizers for mosquitos. Seriously though, we had a wonderful time, mosquito [...]