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- Bye, Bye, Holidays — and a Crazy Stuffing Recipe for Next Year
- Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar in Walnut Creek
- Silicone and Garlic: Just Say No
- New Costco Product: Hot Smoked Norwegian Salmon
- TEPCO as Dishware Obsession
- Happy Easter 2011!
- Jazzed-up Matzo Brei for Breakfast
- Open Letter to Costco II
- Merritt Restaurant & Bakery in Oakland—not so good at first try
- Cafe Leila in Berkeley
- Easy Chocolate-covered Strawberries for Valentine’s Day
- Make a cheese souffle at home
- Did a “drive by” at Delhi Dhaba & Chaat in San Pablo (CA)
- Affogato: Quick, wonderful dessert
- Kirkland Fresh White Truffles
Yearly Archives: 2010
Kirkland Fresh White Truffles
Well, not Kirkland, but you get what I’m saying. I was at my Costco (Richmond, Cali) yesterday and they had fresh white truffles for $1,799.99 per pound. No kidding. Really. Not behind any kind of glass or protected by armed … Continue reading
Potato & Cabbage Gratin
An oozing casserole is a great thing to have for din-din on a cold winter’s eve. While a potato gratin may be the perfect form of this, I like to add a little something else to the mix. Awhile ago I adapted Tyler Florence’s “ultimate” recipe to what … Continue reading
Gres des Vosges at my Costco
You normally don’t find 125 gram packages of any food item at Costco. Well, maybe caviar. I was very happy to come across this wonderful little fern frond-topped cheese — essentially a pasteurized milk version of Alsatian Munster — at the Richmond (CA) branch. The … Continue reading
Posted in Markets, Products
Tagged cheese, dairy, french cheese, Gres des Vosges, munster
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Little Crab Casseroles
Here’s an easy recipe for decadent little creamy crab casseroles I developed based on a couple 1950′s dip recipes. They work very well if you are having people over and want to serve a comforting, hot appetizer. Do me a favor, though: buy … Continue reading
Leftovers: Roast ‘taters with Cheese & Short Rib Gravy
Anyone who knows me or reads my blog knows I’m big into leftovers. If I make something or go out to eat I don’t care what’s left, how much or how little, I put it in a container and eat … Continue reading
An Open Letter to Costco
5 December 2010 Costco Wholesale Corporation Attn: Customer Service P. O. Box 34331 Seattle, WA 98124 Re: Lack of Acme Fish Corporation’s smoked whitefish products at your Richmond, California, store Dear Costco: It’s me, your biggest fan. I’m wondering why you, once … Continue reading
Posted in Markets, Products
Tagged acme smoked fish corporation, blue bay, costco, smoked fish, smoked whitefish
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Bánh mì in the ‘hood
This review will also appear in GraceAnn Walden’s newsletter, The Yummy Report, which will soon be available on her new website. Go there to sign up for The Yummy Report! I crave bánh mì on a regular basis, so I’m happy … Continue reading
Posted in Restaurants & Reviews
Tagged banh mi, vietnamese cuisine, vietnamese sandwiches
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Old Old Bay
I knew I needed to replace my Old Bay Seasoning, but I had no idea how old my existing box was! We all recall certain things from our childhood kitchens that were like fixtures – always there in the same form. … Continue reading
Stuffed Peppers with Ground Meat, Farro & Feta in Lemon Sauce
The gist of this post is: farro better than rice in stuffed peppers, in my opinion. My Mom always used rice, lots of tomato product and green bell peppers in her version, which I still love, but I do something different that … Continue reading
Posted in Recipes
Tagged egg-lemon sauce, farro, greek cuisine, ground meat, lemon sauce, meat, red bell peppers, stuffed peppers
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Better Late than Never in Making Masala Chai at Home
You can file this under lame, or lazy, or just plain wasteful. Why I never started making masala chai (Indian spiced tea) at home I’ll never know. I have been telling myself to look into this for years, but just … Continue reading
