Street Cart Wars to Benefit SF Food Bank

08.09.2010

UPDATE: THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT! YOU CAN STILL DONATE BELOW OR AT SFFOODBANK.ORG IF YOU’D LIKE TO SUPPORT THE CAUSE. The blog’s been on hiatus for a few months, and I definitely have some fun things I want to write about, but right now, I’m promoting the annual fundraiser for the San Francisco [...]

Read the full article →

Tocino Sliders with Atsarang Mangga

03.24.2010

After making a large quantity of tocino in my previous post, I could’ve easily portioned out what I had on hand and kept the surplus in the freezer, but a friend was having a barbecue and sharing it was a much better plan. I started thinking of other ways to serve tocino since I wasn’t [...]

Read the full article →

Homemade Pork Tocino

03.20.2010

A few weeks ago, I got this urge to make my tocino, the sweet cured pork that’s a staple Philippine breakfast meat. It’s probably most commonly served as tosilog, which is portmanteau of tocino, sinangag (garlic fried rice), and itlog (eggs). (I discuss “silogs” in my Best Breakfast Ever post from a few years ago.) [...]

Read the full article →

Eating Downtown Oakland – Cam Huong and Battambang

03.11.2010

I know it’s been awhile since I’ve written, and I could offer any number of excuses for my hiatus, but I’ll go with this one… After more than five years of working in the sleepy suburban town of Livermore, CA, I started a new job in downtown Oakland last month, and this change of scenery [...]

Read the full article →

Blog Away Hunger / Help Haiti

01.23.2010

I may be on vacation, but that doesn’t mean I’m not paying attention to what’s going on in the world. The earthquake in Haiti has devastated the country, and the world’s eyes are currently transfixed on recovery, rescue, and relief efforts there. I’ve already donated money to Artists for Peace and Justice, and my wife [...]

Read the full article →

Ted’s Bakery – Sunset Beach, HI

01.20.2010

When people talk about Ted’s Bakery, they’re usually talking about one thing: chocolate haupia pie. I’ve had Ted’s famous pie before, and you can get their pies at almost any market on Oahu, but on this trip, I wanted to get one directly from the source. But Ted’s has a lot more to offer than [...]

Read the full article →

Know Your Ribeye, a.k.a. New Year’s Eve at Ad Hoc

01.05.2010

I know we were just at Ad Hoc 11 days before, but I made our New Year’s Eve reservations way before they put grilled short ribs on the menu the same day we were going to The French Laundry. And I certainly wasn’t going to turn down a special end-of-2009 dinner of Prime Ribeye and [...]

Read the full article →

The French Laundry (with an Ad Hoc chaser)

12.31.2009

We went to The French Laundry last year around this time and didn’t think we would be back so soon. But when our friend Simone said she had a reservation for four to celebrate her boyfriend Seb’s birthday on December 20 and asked us to join them, the only real answer was, “Hell, yes!” Seb [...]

Read the full article →

Cook the Book: Ad Hoc at Home – Blowtorch Prime Rib

12.26.2009

When I first saw the Blowtorch Prime Rib recipe in the Ad Hoc at Home cookbook, I knew I was going to make it for Christmas dinner. But this technique is so easy, you don�t need to save it for special occasions.

Read the full article →

Menu for Hope VI: Give a Little, Get a Lot This Holiday Season

12.14.2009

It’s the season for giving, and this year, I’ve donated some prizes to support Menu for Hope, an annual fundraiser started by Pim Techamuanvivit of Chez Pim that benefits the UN World Food Programme (WFP). Menu for Hope starts today, December 14, and runs through Christmas. Proceeds from this year’s effort will benefit the WFP’s [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →

free hit counter script