2011 has definitely been a year of good eats for me. Hitting two restaurants from my bucket list, Alinea and Tru, were the highlights and the food did not disappoint. Throughout the year, though, there were many surprises. Below is my list of the best of what was on g-fork’s plate this year (and in [...]
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d’oh! nuts
Sometimes, my life surprises me. Take for instance, doughnuts. I am a baker’s daughter. I grew up surrounded by amazing, fresh baked goods and confections. My dad’s cookies are still in my dreams – butternut, peanut butter, oatmeal, but most of all he used to make kick-ass chocolate chip cookies. So good, in fact, when [...]
chili today
Cold weather is here which means it’s chili season.
dessert for one
Dinner alone? Check. Bottle of pinot? Check. Semi-sweet chocolate? Check. Eggs? Check. Flour? Check. Confectioner’s sugar? Check. Frozen raspberries? Check. Lemons? Check. Heavy cream? Check. Nothing better to do tonight? Check.
Grilled wild elk sausage
From Missing Link sausage cart. Jalapeño cheddar added just the right amount of heat. sent from my giPhone
chocolate salty balls
It was a bitch tempering the chocolate but the salted chocolate caramel corn turned out pretty damn good. Good call on using brown rice syrup instead of corn syrup – it’s not too sweet. I took a pic but it looked like lumpy poop so I’m saving you from the visual.
halloween must be close
There has been a plastic pumpkin cauldron of bite-sized candy bars sitting on my desk at work this past week and I am proud to say that I have not indulged. Not once. Then the weekend hit and my sweet tooth started to feel neglected. So this lazy pre-Halloween weekend, I sequestered myself in the [...]
no-no food
Things I wouldn’t eat 40 years ago: 1. Squash 2. Peas 3. Hominy 4. Liver 5. Cauliflower Things I wouldn’t eat 30 years ago: 1. Peas 2. Hominy 3. Liver 4. Cauliflower 5. Tuna Things I wouldn’t eat 20 years ago 1. Peas 2. Hominy 3. Liver 4. Cauliflower 5. Salmon Things I wouldn’t eat [...]
bitter/sweet
It’s been said that humans have evolved, been bred, to be predisposed to favor sweets over bitter so we can distinguish the pure from the poison. Babies will always take a banana over a rutabaga, say. Today at lunch, I ordered my usual chashu ramen bowl at my favorite Hapa Ramen at the farmer’s market [...]
this little piggy needs roast beef
I just read about a mobile butcher shop, a pimped out vintage ex-ambulance meat truck, that sells fresh cuts of lamb, beef, chicken and pork. Centrally located parked in Hayes Valley, Avedano’s Meat Wagon is a great idea, particularly for those who don’t want to make the trek to the meat markets at the ferry [...]
