Archive for February, 2008
Ad Hoc to offer Sunday Brunch in late March
Friday, February 29th, 2008 Posted in Ad Hoc, Thomas Keller, breakfast | 4 Comments »
Ad Hoc says they're going to start offering family-style Sunday brunches beginning Mar. 23rd, which also happens to be Easter Sunday. If that means there's more fried chicken and waffles to ... Read more..Back in Business
Friday, February 29th, 2008 Posted in gear, sous vide, techniques | 3 Comments »
Well, that didn't take long. I picked up a new circulator last Friday off eBay (the seller was in San Francisco, so he let me save on shipping and pick ... Read more..Pizzeria Picco
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in Bay Area, Best of Inuyaki, Italian, pizza, reviews | 4 Comments »
In the April 2006 issue of Gourmet magazine, Mario Batali declared the pizzas at Larkspur's Pizzeria Picco “the best in the country…the margherita pizza is so good, it’s enough to ... Read more..Ad Hoc (12/31/07)
Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in Ad Hoc, Thomas Keller, fried chicken, reviews, soul food, waffles | 5 Comments »
In honor of tonight's biweekly fried chicken night at Ad Hoc, I thought I'd share the amazing New Year's Eve brunch Ad Hoc offered to close out 2007. The menu ... Read more..Who needs Oscar® when you can win a Golden Clog?
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 Posted in musings | 1 Comment »
The Golden Clogs, a series of reverent and sometimes snarky food-related awards devised by writer Michael Ruhlman and renegade chef Anthony Bourdain, announced their nominees yesterday on Eater. The awards ... Read more..Sous Vide Adventures on Hold…
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 Posted in Thomas Keller, musings, sous vide, techniques | 1 Comment »
My heating immersion circulator died today. I was trying to make some sous vide spare ribs for dinner and my wife told me that it just died. No alarm, no ... Read more..The Los Angeles Bacon Hot Dog War
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008 Posted in Best of Inuyaki, Los Angeles, bacon, hot dog, musings | 6 Comments »
I had my very first bacon dog right on Hollywood Blvd. I walked out of a taping of Jimmy Kimmel Live! and this amazing smell overcame me, and I said, ... Read more..Oh, Hell No: Vol. 2…
Friday, February 8th, 2008 Posted in OMG, bacon, musings | No Comments »
Canned bacon isn't nearly as disturbing as the Cheeseburger in a Can, but it seems just as pointless. I mean, how could this be better than picking up some fresh ... Read more..Yoshinoya
Monday, February 4th, 2008 Posted in Japanese, beef, reviews | No Comments »
My dad got me hooked on Yoshinoya's Beef Bowls when I was a kid in SoCal. We didn't have any near our house, but some nights, my dad would come ... Read more..Eating Oahu, Part 2: New Discoveries
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 Posted in Hawaii, Hawaiian, Oahu, plate lunch, reviews | No Comments »
The old favorites are always nice, but we did get to try some new stuff in Oahu. Here's some places you might not have read about in the tourist guides. Hapa ... Read more..