A couple that rarely dines out dines out
The other night we went to Commis , a popular restaurant that San Francisco Chronicle critic Michael Bauer called "a slick,…
Showing posts with label Alice Waters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alice Waters. Show all posts
A Monday Night Ad Hoc Meal
It really is hard to whip up an Ad Hoc At Home dinner without planning well in advance. Yesterday afternoon I surveyed my optio…
Alice Waters: The Earnest Assessment
Judged strictly on the deliciousness of the recipes, this is by far the best book I've cooked from since I started Tipsy Bake…
Alice Waters: Pickled Watermelon Rind
Pickled watermelon rind . A longstanding goal of mine. Achieved. If you grew up reading Laura Ingalls Wilder you might understan…
Alice Waters: Spaghetti, Meatballs & Goodbye
Amazing dinner. Amazing pasta night! Spectacular finale to the hugely successful Alice Waters experiment. She may speak in a brea…
Alice Waters: Shrimp & Salad
Over the last few days I have been cooking extensively from the Alice Waters oeuvre, but a lot of it has been too undramatic to m…
Alice Waters: Zzzzz
No matter how you feel about eating beets, they're kind of pretty. Though my blotchy photograph and half-assed food-styling d…
Alice Waters: Lasagne & More Sarah
A staticky radio broadcast of the Republican Convention accompanied the preparation and consumption of Alice Waters' tomato a…
Alice Waters: Cornbread & Ratatouille
Struggle though it is to wrest my attention from Sarah Palin, I did manage to focus on Alice Waters long enough to make dinner la…
Alice Waters: Alice v. Sarah
I've lost all heart for criticizing Alice Waters or her cookbooks. So she's a little snooty, so her books are out of touc…
Alice Waters: Slow Bread
I didn't make it to any of my Slow Food lectures in San Francisco yesterday, deterred by hangover, laziness, and my new dark …
Alice Waters: Slow Dinner
Last night, my favorite restaurant in Mill Valley, Small Shed Flatbread , hosted a lovely, hippie-ish "Slow Dinner" as …
Alice Waters: Cooking Therapy
We've all been in a funk around here. Yesterday: a. No one came to work on our house, which is still missing walls, lightin…
Alice Waters: Biscuits
Ever since we first made the 1-2-3 biscuits from Best of the Best from Alaska back in July, Isabel has baked maybe a half dozen…
Alice Waters: My Farmers' Market Problem
Why can't I just wander mellowly of a Sunday morning, enjoying the sunshine, the downy peaches and rosy red onions, the compa…
Alice Waters: Steamed Sole & Apricot Tart
That's an apricot curd tart , made from Chez Panisse Desserts , which isn't technically an Alice Waters cookbook -- it w…
Alice Waters: Vanilla Pots de Creme
I have reservations about Alice Waters' Art of Simple Food . To start with, it mostly recycles recipes that have appeared in …
Alice Waters: A Perfect Angel
Cute, no? Isabel made an angel food cake last night, using Alice Waters' recipe ( Simple Food ). Perfection. I've had so…
Alice Waters: You Bet She's Condescending
Alice Waters can make a lovely salad, but she's not a particularly graceful writer. I keep noticing how she talks down to her…
Alice Waters: Roasted Squid
I knew better, and I did it anyway. For dinner I made Alice Waters' Roasted Squid with Breadcrumbs and Oregano ( Cafe ), wi…
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