Mmmmmm, fungi. Get away from white button mushrooms (which are fine but boring) and you enter a world of delicious, earthy, flavorful fungi. One of my favorites is morels, also known as morchella, dryland fish, hickory chicikens, merkels and sponge mushrooms. They have an extremely distinctive look; the oblong cone on top of the stem […] Read more…
August 2010 archive
Mini Citrus Tarts
I love doing Wordless Wednesday posts; they’re simple mouth-watering food porn (at least on this site). However, they’re often a big tease and after an overwhelming response from this week’s post, I requested the recipe for the mini citrus tarts shown above. Lisal, a pastry cook who recently relocated to the San Francisco bay area, […] Read more…
Wordless Wednesday: Mini Tarts
Week 34: Celery Root
Celery root is one of those unattractive root vegetables. Remove the dirt, knobby skin and little tubers and you’re left with a hard off-white blob. However, slice or chop it up and you get a tasty veggie that can be eaten raw for a crunchy snack or cooked to be as soft as a baked […] Read more…
Local Treats: Brie & Flat Bread
Eating locally in Northern California is both easy and extremely enjoyable. Recently, I was gifted with a couple of great local products: an award-winning triple cream brie, Mt. Tam, from Cowgirl Creamery and flat bread from Rustic Bakery, both in Marin County. The brie is very creamy, rich, buttery and nutty. The olive oil & […] Read more…