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By mlb, on September 20th, 2007%
Sugar High Friday, hosted by Cream Puffs in Venice is all about figs this month. Awesome. I really like figs. For this SHF I turned towards perhaps the perfect cookbook for this event — The Girl and the Fig cookbook, one that I really like. In fact, I’m trying to finagle my way into lunch or dinner there next time we’re near Sonoma. But, back to SHF, I’m going to guess I’m not the only one who makes something out of this book given the theme. We’ll see…
Anyway, this was wonderful! A lot of steps, but it makes a great Saturday afternoon project. I did halve the recipe (I used a square 8 inch X 8 inch baking pan) and still ended up freezing about half of it for later snacking — it’s very rich.
Warm Fig & Thyme Crisp with Fig Syrup
Pastry:
2 cups walnut . . . → Read More: SHF35: Figs Ahoy!
By mlb, on May 9th, 2006%
Flea Street Cafe
3607 Alameda de las Pulgas
Menlo Park, CA 94025
650-854-1226
I have very fond memories of Flea Street Cafe in Menlo Park. You see, I used to live in an apartment above the restaurant. I would walk up the backstairs and smell all the amazing smells from the open kitchen door. In the summer, there was even a mini-farmer’s market in the parking lot. As if that all wasn’t enough — my studio apartment also had hardwood floors. All in all, it was a pretty great place to live.
When jwa & I ate dinner there, if we didn’t finish our wine — no problem, they would let us take it upstairs. Awesome. (This happened once — I think when we had 2 bottles, it’s not like jwa and I can’t drink a bottle of wine with dinner. Oh — we can).
This last trip to California, . . . → Read More: The Best Restaurant to Live Above: Flea Street Cafe in Menlo Park
By mlb, on May 2nd, 2006%
Farallon
450 Post St.
San Francisco, CA 94102
One very good meal that we did have recently was with jwa’s parents at Farallon, in San Francisco. I loved the decor and the whole underwater theme, especially these very funky paintings they had throughout the restaurant. They had lights hanging from the ceilings that looked like jellyfish and other sorts of the life aquatic. In case you hadn’t figured it out — Farallon is mainly a seafood restautrant.
The evening started in the bar (as all fun evenings should) with cocktails such as a mandarin cosmopolitan for me and an appletini for jwa — shout-out to Scrubs! We moved to our table and after ordering, were treated to lobster bisque, served in little cups. I typically prefer to have my soups in bowls and not mugs but it was so delicious that I didn’t really mind.
The . . . → Read More: Farallon Restaurant in San Francisco
By mlb, on April 26th, 2006%
Hotel del Sol
3100 Webster
San Francisco
We liked this place a lot. And, more importantly, the price was right and it smelled of cookies while we were checking in. Try finding a reasonably priced hotel within walking distance of Fisherman’s Wharf that smells like freshly-baked chocolate chip cookies! Then, try to find one with some character and free parking. It takes a while and an excel spreadsheet for all the comparison and calculations, I tell you.
Our second choice was the Cornell Hotel de France mainly because of the price, the cuteness and the free restaurant meal the price included (which is supposed to be amazing). Alas, the restaurant was going to be closed while we were there so we decided against it. As this is, at heart, a food blog, I felt compelled to mention the Jeanne d’Arc restaurant and what would have probably been a delicious and memorable . . . → Read More: Three Hotels in Four Days: The Plesantly Surprising, the Slightly Disappointing and the Pleasingly Serene
By mlb, on April 24th, 2006%
We got back last night and I really wish I had a day to do laundry, unpack and sleep in our own bed for much, much longer. But no — off to work.
I’ll get a new post up tonight — either about hotels in the Bay Area, one of the meals we ate there, books I bought there or the much-anticipated Mexican Macaroni and Cheese recipe. Which will it . . . → Read More: Tell Me What They’re Doing in California
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About Me I like to cook. I like to eat. I like to take photos. I live in SE Portland with my husband jwa and a grumpy, old lady cat named Chelsea. That is all.
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