Posts in July 2006
Just Try It!
I recently flew to Oakland to take part in Oliveto Restaurant’s Oceanic dinner, a weekend-long sustainable seafood fest. The event is a big draw – Oliveto was sold out with 280 reservations all three days of the event. Items on the menu included geoduck clams, sea urchin, mackerel, skate, periwinkles, sardines, octopus, cuttlefish, sea robin, eel, sturgeon, sand dabs and Petrale sole, all purchased from the same seafood purveyor we use at George’s at the Cove, Monterey Seafood in San Francisco. We’ve tried to sell most of these items on our menu over the years with…
Read MoreThe Art of Bar Food
Remember the days when going to bars meant full-on drinking with little or no regard to consuming anything but your next cocktail? Thankfully, this past approach has yielded to a more sensible and no less entertaining alternative. For my wife Paula and I, the focus has shifted to actually going to bars for the express purpose of having an informal but tasty dinner. Our decision is usually governed by a number of key attributes. First, is the food any good? We are not interested in nachos and stuffed potato skins. Instead, we look to the restaurateur to provide a full compliment of…
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