Posted on July 17, 2011 by bayareafoodie
What did we do for our 5 year wedding anniversary? We went to one of the best restaurants in the world…the French Laundry owned by Chef Thomas Keller!! How did we get a reservation? See below. It was a gorgeous July day in the Napa valley when we arrived for our three hour lunch. As we entered [...]
Filed under: Napa Valley, Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: best restaurant in the world, food, how to get a reservation at the french laundry, napa, review, The French Laundry, thomas keller, travel, wine, Yountville | 1 Comment »
Posted on June 16, 2011 by bayareafoodie
I’m always looking for ways to keep my CSA greens from dying. When the manufacturers of Clearly Fresh bags contacted me with claims that they had a bag with BreatheWay® packaging technology that would help my produce last 50% longer I jumped at the chance to try it. After looking at the bag sample I had some serious [...]
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Posted on June 13, 2011 by bayareafoodie
For the first time we received a few stalks of rhubarb in our CSA. I had never cooked it before so went on a search for a recipe. There was a trend to use it in a compote or baked good (pie/cake) and almost always with strawberries. I decided to go with the easiest and fastest …. a crumble. It turned [...]
Filed under: Dessert / Baked Goods, RECIPES | Tagged: baking, Bon Appétit, dessert, food, may 2010, recipe, RECIPES, Strawberry and Rhubarb Crumble | 1 Comment »
Posted on June 6, 2011 by bayareafoodie
As soon as I saw Rick Bayless’s avocado ice cream on Top Chef Masters in 2009 I knew one day I would make it. When I received a box of lovely ripe avocados from the California Avocado Commission this recipe instantly popped back into my head. I decided to cut the recipe in half and [...]
Filed under: Dessert / Baked Goods, RECIPES | Tagged: Avocado Ice Cream, California Avocado Commission, dessert, food, foodbuzz, recipe, rick bayless, Top chef masters | 3 Comments »
Posted on June 5, 2011 by bayareafoodie
Mmmm Mmmm good. The sherry onions were the best part. Even though summer is no where to be seen in the Bay Area we still BBQ’d in the rain this weekend. Recipe link Cooking Light Magazine /June 2011
Filed under: Main Dish, RECIPES | Tagged: bbq, Burgers with Blue Cheese Mayo and Sherry Vidalia Onions, cooking light, everyday, food, RECIPES | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 31, 2011 by bayareafoodie
Mike’s childhood friend, Claudia Pruett, dropped off samples of her new product called 5 Minute Focaccia Mix. We received all 4 flavors (original,rosemary,raisin,choc chip) but decided to go with rosemary for our first time. Here is a video of us making the fragrant and yummy rosemary bread. The process was fast & easy but the [...]
Filed under: Dessert / Baked Goods, RECIPES, REVIEWS OF PRODUCTS | Tagged: 5 Minute Focaccia Mix, A Tavola Together, baking, food, Italian home cooking, RECIPES | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 26, 2011 by bayareafoodie
Yes, we like meat! As stated in my Farmstead post we were impressed with the beef served so we decided to join the Long Meadow Ranch grass-fed meat club. There are many advantages to eating grass-fed meat: lower fat & calories plus it’s rich in Omega 3 fatty acids. We signed up in December and received our [...]
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Posted on May 25, 2011 by bayareafoodie
Mike and I had lunch at Farmstead on one of our many trips to Napa to work on our Crushpad wine. The restaurant is unique because it sources many of the ingredients from Long Meadow Ranch including all-natural grass-fed beef, vegetables, extra virgin olive oil, and honey. If you venture outside they also have a garden and a [...]
Filed under: Napa Valley, Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: Farmstead Restaurant, food, Long Meadow Ranch, napa, review, travel | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 13, 2011 by bayareafoodie
We were in the city checking out the wine exhibit (which was pretty cool) at SFMOMA. After we needed to eat so I jumped on Yelp to see what was in walking distance and I was pleasantly surprised to find Zero Zero. I had heard many good things about their food. We arrived at 2pm just in [...]
Filed under: Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, San Francisco | Tagged: Bacon Brittle, food, pizza, restaurant, review, San Francisco, Straus organic soft serve ice cream, travel, Zero Zero | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 12, 2011 by bayareafoodie
A friend from LA was in town for business and staying near the Moscone center. I needed to find a place to go for dinner and drinks on a Friday night near by with only a few days notice. Heaven’s dog was one of the few restaurants I could make a reservation before 9pm and [...]
Filed under: Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, San Francisco | Tagged: charles phan, chinese, cocktails, dim sum, food, Heaven's Dog, restaurant, review, San Francisco, travel | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 25, 2011 by bayareafoodie
Whoopie! Mike gave me this Red Velvet whoopie pie mix for xmas. We decided to wait and make them for a party we were attending because I didn’t want to be tempted to eat them all… which I would have easily done. The directions were easy to follow and they turned out like expected (although [...]
Filed under: Dessert / Baked Goods, RECIPES | Tagged: baking, dessert, everyday, food, RECIPES, Red Velvet Whoopie Pie, stonewall kitchen, whoopie pies | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 16, 2011 by bayareafoodie
For our one special dinner out in Maui we decided to eat at Tropica, our hotel restaurant because it was outdoors overlooking the beach and had a lovely prix fixe menu. We were seated at a romantic table with a fantastic view of the water 20 minutes before sunset. We decided to start the night [...]
Filed under: Maui, Outside the Bay Area, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: dining, food, hawaii, HI, Lahaina, Maui, menu, ocean view, prix fixe, restaurant, review, tasting menu, travel, Tropica, Westin Maui Resort | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 13, 2011 by bayareafoodie
Bev Gannon is a super famous chef on Maui so we decided to give one of her many restaurants a try. We headed to the Hali’imaile General Store which serves up fresh island cuisine in a refurbished plantation store located Upcountry in the middle of nowhere. We started off with the popular Sashimi Napoleon: [...]
Filed under: Maui, Outside the Bay Area, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: Bev Gannon, food, Hali'imaile General Store, Haliimaile, hawaii, HI, Maui, Pineapple Upside-Down Cake, restaurant, review, Sashimi Napoleon, travel | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 8, 2011 by bayareafoodie
Today they are celebrating Fat Tuesday in New Orleans so here is a little Big Easy flavor for you. This Shrimp and Grits recipe is super easy and fast to prepare – you’ll be done in less than 20 minutes! How can you go wrong with plump garlicky shrimp and cheesy grits? You can’t….this was [...]
Filed under: Main Dish, RECIPES | Tagged: everyday, Fat Tuesday, food, food network magazine, Lemon-Garlic Shrimp and Grits, NOLA, recipe | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 22, 2011 by bayareafoodie
We spent Valentine’s day at home again this year but I didn’t mind because we made S’mores from Recchiuti Confections. Mike and I picked up a S’mores kit last time we were at the Ferry building in San Francisco and this was the perfect occasion to break it out. It’s a grown up version of [...]
Filed under: Dessert / Baked Goods, Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, RECIPES, REVIEWS OF PRODUCTS, San Francisco | Tagged: dessert, food, Recchiuti Confections S'mores Kit, RECIPES | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 20, 2010 by bayareafoodie
2010 has been a stellar year for Tyler Florence in the Bay Area. He has opened restaurants in San Francisco and Napa within the last 6 months with a third to come in Mill Valley in early 2011. Best know for his 14 year run on the Food Network with shows like “Food 911″ and [...]
Filed under: Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, San Francisco | Tagged: food, fried chicken, restaurant, review, San Francisco, travel, Tyler Florence, Wayfare Tavern | 1 Comment »
Posted on November 28, 2010 by bayareafoodie
Turkey, Turkey, Turkey why do you give us so much trouble every year (the time is never right and neither is the temp on the thermometer)? This Thanksgiving we decided to use the Cider Bourbon glaze from Williams-Sonoma. The turkey, once finally done, came out delish and moist. We really loved the glaze. It was [...]
Filed under: Main Dish, RECIPES | Tagged: 2010, Cider Bourbon-Glazed Roast Turkey with Shallot Gravy, food, RECIPES, thanksgiving, williams sonoma | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 20, 2010 by bayareafoodie
The dude behind BarBersQ is now the chef at Fish Story which is located in the snazzy new Napa Riverfront area. As soon as I heard lobster was on the menu I made a reservation. The first thing our waitress told us upon being seated was that their seafood is all sourced in accordance with [...]
Filed under: Napa Valley, Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: Fish Story Napa, food, FRIED CLAMS, lobster roll, review, travel | 1 Comment »
Posted on November 19, 2010 by bayareafoodie
It’s all about the bacon crumbs (we didn’t have pancetta)! Really nice creamy soup with a crunchy, salty, herby crumble on top. Recipe link Food & Wine Magazine| Nov 2010
Filed under: RECIPES, Starters & Soups | Tagged: food, food & wine magazine, nov 2010, Potato Leek and Broccoli Soup with Pancetta Crumbs, RECIPES | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 18, 2010 by bayareafoodie
I don’t know if I have mentioned this but we are making wine at Crushpad which means we spent most of the month of October in Napa sorting, punching and pressing our Pinot Noir grapes. I will tell you more about that experience in another post. On one of our many weekends we decided to [...]
Filed under: Napa Valley, Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: dim sum, Dim Sum Charlie's, food, food truck, napa, review, street food, travel | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 17, 2010 by bayareafoodie
This recipe is actually called “Summer’s Tomato Green Bean Bounty” but as soon as I ate it I thought, “man these would be dyn-o-mite at Thanksgiving.” They tasted awesome and were even better the next day (we had a monster CSA delivery of green beans). If you are in need of a holiday side dish [...]
Filed under: RECIPES, Side Dish | Tagged: epicurious, food, recipe, side dish, summer's tomato green bean bounty, thanksgiving, Tomato and Bacon Green Beans | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 5, 2010 by bayareafoodie
I was inspired by a recent article Serious Eats wrote called: How to Make The Ultimate Patty Melt. My favorite burger is a patty melt. Always has been, always will be. Forget about lettuce, tomatoes, fancy mustard’s, aioli’s and chipotle ketchup’s. For a perfect burger all you need is quality bread, meat, cheese and onions. [...]
Filed under: Main Dish, RECIPES | Tagged: BBQ Patty Melt, burger, food, patty melt, RECIPES, Serious Eats | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 11, 2010 by bayareafoodie
We had an end of the summer BBQ and needed a dessert. S’more pie immediately came to mind. I had seen a couple versions online and I ultimately went with Smitten Kitchen’s take. I was limited in time so I did get some help from the Keebler elves for the pie crust (which I wouldn’t [...]
Filed under: Dessert / Baked Goods, RECIPES | Tagged: baking, food, marshmallow, RECIPES, S'more Pie | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 6, 2010 by bayareafoodie
Our CSA produce delivery gave us 4-5 lbs of tomatoes in a single week (3 varietals). That’s a lot of tomats! There was also a couple cucumbers so making a gazpacho was a no-brainer. This José Andrés recipe was delightful. Recipe link Bon Appetit /September 2010
Filed under: RECIPES, Starters & Soups | Tagged: Bon Appétit, food, José Andrés, RECIPES, Tomato and Pepper Gazpacho with Sherry | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 3, 2010 by bayareafoodie
Everyone under the sun has swooned over the “crack pie” from Momofuku Milk Bar in New York. When I saw the recipe in Bon Appetit I thought I better make it since I have no plans to visit NYC in the near future. I gotta say I was a bit worried about the lack of [...]
Filed under: Dessert / Baked Goods, RECIPES | Tagged: baking, Bon Appétit, bon appetit magazine, Christina Tosi, crack pie, food, Momofuku Milk Bar, new york, RECIPES | 2 Comments »
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