sacrilege

There is something inherently wrong with sweet pickles sweetened with an artificial sweetner.

the return of the pig

I just ate, what I can only say, and say with complete honesty, THE best cha siu baau I have ever had. Golden Gate Bakery does rock.

seasovores

Rawists. Vegetarians. Vegans. Fruitarians. Freegans. Meagans. Omnivores. Carnivores. So many lifestyles of eating.
For all of you folks who eat only what is in season, here’s a great cheat sheet to show you what and when to buy:
tis the season

dog days of summer

This past Saturday was undoubtedly one of the hottest days of the year (rescinding my previous post of saying Friday was the hottest day). The kind of day when you can just sit, not move an eyeball, but sweat buckets. Now that’s pretty bad, especially living in the city that comes with its [...]

happiness formula

Yesterday, June 20, was supposedly the Happiest Day of the Year. At least according to mathematician Cliff Arnall.
O + (N x S) + Cpm/T + He = June 20
Mr. Smarty Pants einsteined the equation by figuring in the amount of time we spend Outdoors, plus our connection with Nature and Socialization, [...]

I scream, you scream

True to my word, I trucked my frozen wares on Muni this morning for the office masses to feast upon.
I bring you, my lemon basil sorbet:

the juice of organic lemons, a dash of zest, chopped organic basil and simple syrup made with TJ’s organic cane sugar.

and what we were all waiting for (and what The [...]

I was a cookin’ and bacon fool

This past weekend seems to have been spent mostly in the kitchen. I did break in my new ice cream maker not once, but twice. First with a refreshing lemon basil sorbet, then with a heart stopping bacon and eggs ice cream (which actually turned out quite well…the real test will be with [...]

meeting my maker

Investigating what happened to ice milk got me thinking of making homemade ice cream. Then, thanks to a friend who knows all-too-well of my love of most things pig and sweet confections, planted the seed to the pièce de résistance – bacon ice cream. Soon after, I was on a mission. [...]

finger lickin’ good

Seven million people eat this food every day.

Gored gored (beef tenderloin), kilwa begee (lamb), lentils and okra served over injara (spongy pancake) at New Eritrea.

got ice milk?

Today a friend was telling me about his birthday dinner celebration over the weekend – a fabulous meal at Quince, which concluded beautifully with a dessert that incorporated ice milk. “Whatever happened to ice milk?” we both pondered and reminisced about. When I was a kid, I remembered seeing it in the freezer [...]