StephanieL
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Bucatini with shrimp and homegrown summer squash in a light cream sauce with dill, parsley, and feta.
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21 hours ago, MitchW said:
One of my favorite barbecue restaurants anywhere is (re) opening in San Francisco, at fisherman's Wharf.
Back in the day (let's see, I lived in the Bay Area from 1978 - 1994), when both the 49ers and Giants were playing at the dearly departed Candlestick Park (man, could it get cold in that place!), E & J on 3rd St. was often a stop after a game...warily. I believe that location closed after the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989, and on subsequent trips to San Francisco over the years, we'd always make sure to get to the Berkeley branch, which remains open and I'm sure remains delicious.
The Berkeley location on San Pablo Avenue is called Everetta & Jones, funny enough. No indoor seating, unfortunately.
I work near the Wharf, so I'm very excited to have E&J as a lunch option. A Dominican restaurant is also coming into one of the vacant spaces.
As for Alioto's, I'm a little sorry that I never got to eat there, but Scoma's fills the bill as does another place on Jefferson, Cioppino's (looks touristy but is actually decent).
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N has now set up an elaborate water timing system for while we're on vacation, since it's not going to rain again until October. Hopefully, we won't lose too much.
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18 hours ago, voyager said:
Perfect for the Bay Area’s June Gloom.
It's less gloomy in my part of the East Bay. The plants could use some clouds, frankly.
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RG's Chile Sin Carne, made with Vaqueros. Cornbread on the side.
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6 hours ago, Wilfrid said:
@StephanieL Have you tried Eva Baltasar? I think you would like her.
Meanwhile, Norwegians everywhere. Not just Jon Fosse: Norwegian women writing really unusual, quirky fiction. I read Dorthe Nors' Mirror, Shoulder, Signal a while back (yes, features driving lessons). Recently I worked my way through everything in English by Vigdis Hjorth (except House of Norway which is not in my library). Now Hanne Ørstavik. Love is remarkable, unbearably tense. My library has The Pastor, so that's next. There are at least three more novels translated into English, but I can't keep buying books. Can I?
No, I haven't read her. I'd never even heard of her until now.
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Mona of the Manor, the (definitely) last installment of Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City series. This looks back to 1993 and focuses on Mona, whom Maupin relocated to England in the 1980s and then forgot about, only to mention that she'd died of ovarian cancer sometime between Sure of You and Michael Tolliver Lives. A pleasant story, with a few 2024 sensibilities grafted onto the early 90s.
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Ah, cold borscht on a hot day!
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21 hours ago, relbbaddoof said:
Speaking of mozz dripping with milk (I confess, I never thought of *that* as an essential till this discussion), outside Italy the only place I've had it is in farmers's markets in the US where, yes, it has come in plastic wrapped ovoids, and, yes, it has been milky on opening. The Di Palo's version was not up to that standard.
At Il Buco they had similarly wrapped ovoids. I asked if they were fresh. They said "yes". I asked when they were made. They said, honestly, 2-3 days ago.
Years ago, I went on a food walking tour of East Williamsburg, and one of their stops was Tedone Latticini, where Georgie Tedone DiPalma, the "Mozzarella Lady", had been making mozzarella at her family's store for literally decades. She made some right in front of us, and she advised/warned us that we'd have to eat it that day or it wouldn't be good anymore. She's long since passed away.
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15 hours ago, Wilfrid said:
I was named after a diamond mine. Hopefully not a fake touristy one, but hey it wasn't my choice.
If it's the one in South Africa I'm thinking of, it's definitely real.
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The HBO documentary Pee-wee As Himself. I've never actually watched any of the Pee-wee Herman movies or TV show episodes, so it's been interesting to learn about the history and to see all of the avant-garde arty stuff Paul Reubens was up to in the 70s.
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20 hours ago, bloviatrix said:
Holiday of Shavuot begins tonight. This is the holiday where we eat so much dairy, that you need to lactaid pills even it you're not lactose intolerant.
Here's what I've cooked thus far -
Mom's Sweet Noodle Kugel
Eggplant Parm
Blintz Souffle
Black Bean Chili
Grilled Tuna over sobaSweet Cheese and sour cherry babka
Frozen pistachio and halva cheesecake with tahinaDad made 5 cheesecakes for the synagogue. I think he's sick of cheesecake now.
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I was pleasantly surprised by the lightness of this yeast-based blueberry streusel cake, even though it didn't rise as high as I thought it would.
All the blueberries (2 cups!) came from our garden.
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4 hours ago, bloviatrix said:
Not a city but a region - the American southwest: Bryce, Zion, Arches National Parks.
In that vein: Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Tucson.
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My mother had (and may still have) the Lee Su Jan cookbook! I think she got it after taking a cooking class.
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Tricolor gnocchi with fava beans, ricotta, arugula, and fresh herbs. A trip to a local ice cream shop for dessert.
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The herb pie mentioned in the Dingbat of the Day thread (recipe from Jerusalem), plus RG's Raw Zucchini Salad with Flageolets and Basil. My friends brought a strawberry cake and a big bowl of whipped cream for dessert.
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I'd read about this years ago, but had never seen it. Proof that the silent era could be really nuts:
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We were having 2 friends over for dinner yesterday and I was planning to make a pie using phyllo dough. N said I can work directly from frozen. Turns out there are 2 types of frozen phyllo dough: the kind you can use directly from the freezer (flat) and the kind you need to thaw out for several hours (rolled). Guess which one I'd bought.
N put together a very quick rough puff pastry, which only sort of saved the day.
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Which restaurant?
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I made Italian meringue for the first time last night. The process was a little nerve-wracking, but it came out beautifully.
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And those giant eyeglasses!
Brian Wilson
in Goodbye
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Pete Townsend & Roger Daltrey.