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My ambition as it pertains to cooking is simply to make great food and share it with my family and friends. This blog is just another way to do that. Welcome to my table!
"You have to love either what you are going to eat, or the person you are cooking for. Then you have to give yourself up to cooking. Cuisine is an act of love."--Alain Chapel
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Omnivore Books on Food ·March Events
Be sure to stop and shop at Omnivore Books in San Francisco this month. Loads of great events, including some for diners rather than cooks. An event to celebrate a book on the history of Moonshine sounds--dare I say it?--intoxicating... Also an edible art contest coming up. Whose gonna enter?
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There's food all around you
Wild Food Walks
Don't worry if you couldn't get tickets for this months edible walks, we scheduled more in March! It's inspiring that people want to spend time learning about wild food. We've scheduled more walks in San Francisco, as well as the East Bay. The last walks sold out in about 25 mins (!), so please sign up soon.
Education is a large component of what forageSF is trying to do. We mean to teach people about whats edible in their local landscape, and in doing so, help them look at the plants around them in a different way. Through guided walks, you learn to identify some of the wild edibles you see every day, with a focus on sustainable harvesting techniques, as well as the history of foraging in the Bay Area.
All the walks will cover the vastness of wild edibles that surround us in the Bay Area, as well as some medicinal uses for common wild plants. Even if you don't know anything about plants, these walks will help you get an good understanding of what wild foods to eat. Walks
San Francisco : March 3rd, 13th, and 21st
East Bay : March 6th, 20th, 27th
Live in San Francisco? Did you know there is wild food growing all around the city? Find out what and where on Foragesf's Wild Food Walks.
I went on one of these last fall and it was super informative. Spring is the time to go, so don't hesitate, sign up now.
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sf/noir wine & food event
via sfnoir.org
Check out sfnoir.org for a detailed itinerary of this 4-day event. I'd say the place to be on February 24th is The Museum of the African Diaspora at the Shrimp and Grits Taste-Off.
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This Just In: A Wild Valentine's Day
Forage SF and The Wild Kitchen are hosting an underground dinner for Valentine's Day this year. The menu sounds delicious and what a fun experience! Here's a peek at what they'll be serving:
first bitewild foraged escargot
next
wild nettle soup
with
cow girl creme fraiche
nextegg whipped baccala stuffed nastertiums
next
slow roasted wild boar porchetta
with
ricotta gnocchi
nextmiso marinated black cod
with
colcannon
next
miners lettuce
and
raddichio salad with a wild ginger vinagrette
last
acorn bread
with
candy cap mushroom ice cream
It looks like the dinner is $99 per person for 8 courses and BYOW ($10 corkage). Get tickets at Brown Paper Tickets.
The exact location is kept secret until the day of the event. They will email you. Also this note:
"Barter:
We're all about alternative economies. If you have something you'd like to trade for dinner, we'd be up to hear it. If you have restaurant experience, either kitchen or floor, and want to help out from 4-11 the day of the dinner in exchange for some delicious food, please let us know, we could always use help. "
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Rabbits, rabbits, rabbits.
via meatpaper.com
Check it out. Meatpaper is doing a big rabbit cut-and-cook-up. Rabbits for the event are provided by Mark Pasternak at Devil's Gulch. But don't forget you can get some particularly yummy bunnies from my Meat Club comrade David Tulkin too!
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Omnivore Books on Food · Events
Omnivore Books on Food will break me. It would be the single reason our family would be sent to debtor's prison, if such a thing still existed.
Beyond offering a unique and intoxicatingly divine collection of antiquarian and new books on food, Celia hosts wonderful events. This weekend she's having a punch contest -- I know a few people, MICHELLE, who should plan on attending. Also mark your calendars for Lisa Schwartz on sustainable farming on 7 Feb, a Kermit Lynch wine tasting on 20 Feb, and my favorite confectioner Michael Recchiuti with Fran Gage on 28 Feb.
I promise, even if you are only vaguely interested in food, you will not be disappointed.
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CULATELLO: Culatello King Spigaroli in San Francisco Friday January 22nd
Hey hard-core peeps,
If you're free tonight and can still get in I suggest you check this out!
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