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‘What the fuck should I make for dinner?’
Fucking go here. Found via Robynne Raye Recipe by José Andrés; photo by Sang An Tweet
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Or fucking try this
One more dish. But it’s for tomorrow. You have to soak the beans overnight. Recipe here. Recipe by José Andrés; photo by Patricia Heal Tweet
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Recipe for my type pasta salad
Serving suggestion A few weeks back I got together with a bunch of cool font designers for a Typnic (type picnic) in Golden Gate Park. Of course, I had to bring my type pasta salad. The recipe is...
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Perfect for a Darby: Mad Moroccan Lamb
Here’s the recipe for Jamie Oliver’s Mad Moroccan Lamb, as prepped by Lauren Soutiere of East Village Kitchen. (If you’re a herbivore, you might want to stay away from my blog today. Tomorrow will be...
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Butterbeer!
Butterbeer: A heavy, butterscotch soda. Can be made with alcohol too. Here’s a basic recipe. And here’s some alternates. Photos via fuckyeahemmawatson; Food Network Tweet
View ArticleRice-A-Roni
‘a side dish that gave Kraft Macaroni & Cheese a run for its money in the 1950s’ Pailadzo Captanian and her Armenian rice pilaf became ‘The San Francisco Treat.’ Here’s NPR taking a look at where...
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San Francisco Minestrone
Here’s a little piece of San Francisco that only a local would know about. Riviera ‘Authentic San Francisco’ Minestrone has been around since 1934. The green cans used to show up in drug stores and...
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Rick Field’s Phat Aromatic Pickled Beets
‘Rick’s Picks artisinal pickles – all natural, award winning, hand-packed pickles’ From NYC. Snag a bottle here. And – here’s the recipe (with video). Photo found via Sodium Girl Tweet
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Low-calorie sweet tea
Been making my own Sweet Tea. Traditional Southern style sweet tea, but without sugar. Here’s my recipe . . . mehallo’s low-cal sweet tea ingredients 20 tea bags (I prefer Yorkshire) 4 oz. container...
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Pumpkin guts
Apnea with pumpkin innards. And if you have a pumpkin lying around, here’s the ‘official’ recipe for my absolute favorite pumpkin pie. Tweet
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Coke’s (original) secret formula
‘found in an old formulary book that Coca-Cola inventor, John S. Pemberton, was using shortly before his death’ Was bouncing around online and stumbled upon Coca-Cola’s Secret Formula. Well, Coke’s...
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Holiday Slovak Soup
‘Nasty.’ -Jeanne Mehallo One either likes it or hates it. No compromises. It’s my favorite soup, the recipe was given to my mother when I was a kid. It’s hearty and I’m pretty sure it’s responsible...
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Mehallo’s Holiday Chex Mix
I remember the first time I whipped up a batch of Chex Party Mix. It was a quiet Friday night and we were watching this Love Boat/Charlie’s Angels airline knockoff called Flying High. It was the late...
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Duarte’s artichoke soup
Recently we dropped in one of our favorite places, Duarte’s Tavern in Pescadero, CA. Their incredible Cream of Artichoke Soup is worth the drive – among the other freshly grown offerings on the menu....
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Pantone Chip Cookies
‘Interesting to see which colors went first. PMS 485, PMS 183 and Silver 877 seemed to be the most popular’ Kim Neill’s Pantone color chips in tasty cookie format. Details and recipe here. Found via...
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Steve’s Chow-Chow
Pennsylvania Chow-Chow was a mainstay in my family. My grandfather used to jar his own and about 15 years ago, I went in search of the Official Family Recipe. And it turned out, no one ever wrote it...
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Soul
‘Jimmy Lee is one of America’s great black chefs. A native of Louisiana, he has cooked from Natchez to Mobile, Charleston to New Orleans. Now semiretired, Jimmy Lee lives in California and cooks only...
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Italian beef stew
Hattie Carter’s Great Cooking Ideas is this phone book sized thing that came from a garage sale. Published in 1978 – on really cheap newsprint (just like real phone books) – this thing is quite a gem....
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Californio Cuisine: Beef Jerky Soup
‘Mark Preston discovered early California recipes while cataloging rare books for the UCLA library’ I picked up Mark Preston’s California Mission Cookery at one of the missions lining El Camino Real,...
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Arby’s, sign and BBQ sauce
South San Francisco Arby’s, photographed 1991 I have a soft spot for Arby’s. The food isn’t great. But when I was a kid, there wasn’t an Arby’s nearby – so heading to the South City location, which...
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