From the category archives:
At the corner of Laguna and Fell in the Hayes Valley neighborhood of San Francisco lies a dilapidated, sad little piece of land next to the freeway. For as long as I’ve lived in the city, this piece of land has been nothing but an eyesore. Fortunately, some kind and creative souls from the San [...]
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Last week I had the pleasure of joining Epicurious editor Tanya Steel and renowned pastry chef Gale Gand of Tru at the Daley Plaza Farmers Market in Chicago. We were there for the second leg of Epicurious’ Farmers Market tour and to film an episode of ABC News: Chefs Table. This market apparently gets a [...]
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After spending a glorious weekend in Capitola, my honey and I stopped in Half Moon Bay for an impromptu lunch. We stuffed our faces full of deep-fried tacos a la Flying Fish Grill and then checked out a local fish market across the street called Half Moon Bay Fish Market. For those faint of heart, do [...]
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Last weekend, for a regularly scheduled weekend adventure, Kele and I headed out to D.C to visit his grandparents and catch a ball game. Our San Francisco Giants (you can take the girl out of the city, but you can’t turn me into an East Coast sports fan just yet) took on the Washington Nationals. [...]
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If you’re trying to eat locally or seasonally, then you’re undoubtedly basking in summer’s bounty right now! There is so much amazing fruit to be had that you might have forgetten all of the dreary days in winter when you were relegated to only eating citrus and pears.
Stone fruit – above all other summer produce [...]
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When did gardening become cool again? (My dad will cock his head perplexed when he reads this, wondering when it ever wasn’t cool.) But seriously, gardening is almost as trendy as my new jeggings, as evidenced by the growing number of urban gardens and people’s growing desire to eat more local. In fact some 37% of households [...]
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After a year and a half, I finally decided to call it quits with my CSA Farm Fresh To You. Like most relationships, it started off hot and heavy. My initial boxes were always eagerly overflowing with sumptuous, ripe fruit, crisp vegetables and even love letters from the owner. But, in the past few months, [...]
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Last weekend, Kele and I ventured out to Governer’s Island as part of our “explore one new thing” each weekend plan. Just a short 5-minute ferry ride from Manhattan landed us on the small gem of an island that has been the home to many-a-historic-event in the United States’ political past. But it wasn’t the [...]
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A few weeks ago, I spent a glorious evening alongside Chef Thomas McNaughton of flour + water learning how to make homemade pasta. flour + water happens to be one of my favorite restaurants in the city, so of course I nearly fell off my chair when I found out Thomas was going to teach [...]
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This weekend, Kele and I partook in back-to-back nights of gorging ourselves. It all started late last week when I discovered that just across the street from our new apartment, the third annual New Taste of the Upper West Side would take place over the weekend. Bringing together more than 40 of the UWS’s best [...]
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