before i set out to make this dish, i knew i was going to have to locate a dried avocado leaf if i were to make it according to the recipe. not only did i not find the avocado leaf, i couldn’t come across the guajillo chile or even the crema that was required, either. [...]
it’s rare for san francisco to be sunny, let alone twin peaks. but on saturday, i lucked out when dom, monica, bj and i made the drive to the top of the city:
it was, however, oh so characteristically windy.
on the way back to monica and bj’s neighborhood that evening, i spotted this poster at a [...]
one of the best things about living in the bay area is the multitude of asian grocers boasting an abundant and varied supply of seafood. (i’ve even seen soft-shell crabs and razor clams around!) when i visited recently, they were out of the dungeness that i was looking for, so i bought snow crab claws [...]
nothing says summer more than fresh fruit, preferably in icy, liquid form. pineapples are in season, and paired with the rich flavor of coconuts, these batidas were wonderfully refreshing:
coconut-pineapple batida
i also made crab pots de creme, but it was a little lacking in flavor.
here’s the recipe for the batidas:
1/2 fresh pineapple, peeled, cored and cut [...]
i’ve wanted to go back and revisit my old stomping grounds in the city for a long time. monica’s quick visit to the west coast over the weekend provided the perfect reason to do so, and dom and i met her in the mission district for a vietnamese lunch at sunflower. from there we enjoyed [...]