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Recent Posts
- 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
Category Archives: Products
Bye, Bye, Holidays — and a Crazy Stuffing Recipe for Next Year
The holidays are over. Although I have several marzipan pigs and some cranberry sparklers hanging around, everything else is a memory. The turkey. The New York strip roast. Many cheeses. The creamed spinach and Yorkshire pudding. God knows how many … Continue reading
New Costco Product: Hot Smoked Norwegian Salmon
Sorry for the lack of posts recently, but I wanted to quickly give you the skinny on a new product I’ve seen at the Richmond, CA Costco my last few visits. This is a chunk of hot smoked, oak roasted … Continue reading
TEPCO as Dishware Obsession
I think I’ve officially rounded the bend when it comes to my current obsession: TEPCOware. I have been incorporating the dishes into my art, as you can see from the marker drawing I attached to this post. By TEPCO I mean The Technical Porcelain … Continue reading
Jazzed-up Matzo Brei for Breakfast
Matzo brei with turkey ham and aged cheddar At this point in time I’m starting to ponder the half-case of Passover matzos I’ll have hanging around after next week. We’ll have had a sea of smoked whitefish salad on them … Continue reading
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
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
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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
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
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Tagged acme smoked fish corporation, blue bay, costco, smoked fish, smoked whitefish
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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
Vik’s Chaat Corner and Market in Berkeley
My husband, Steve, took a day off work recently, so we made an afternoon trip to Vik’s Chaat Corner in Berkeley. I’ve written about this place in the past, but not since they moved to their new, deluxe accommodations further down … Continue reading
