This is a whole chilipepper rock fish we ordered from Water 2 Table. Took it out of the cooler bag, slashed a few cuts in each side and threw it in a 450ºF oven for 20 minutes. Winner, winner, whole fish dinner! Is it that easy? Yes. A few more steps required (see below), but…
Cranberry, cannellini and flageolet are the varieties of fresh shell beans you’ll most likely find through October at farmers markets in the Bay Area. Curiously, they never seem to show up in grocery store produce sections, maybe because the pods tend to get soggy a couple days after harvest. We’re also especially fond of the…
SPONSORED If you’re wondering how you can support the farmers, ranchers, fisherman and local artisan producers who have been profoundly impacted by restaurant closures (often their primary source of income) due to Covid-19 restrictions, and now by the recent wildfires fires affecting Northern California, this farmers market box from CUESA is a delicious option. Show…
There’s a big bush of these purple beans in our backyard garden and when it’s bean season that means beans for breakfast, lunch, and dinner (if you grow beans you know where we’re coming from). We ran out of ways to prepare them until our friend Molly Watson, suggested roasting them. Genius! Simple + insanely delicious too! You…
Made with a base of Flora grapes, a cross between sémillon and gewürztraminer developed at the University of California, Davis, in 1938. Also includes infusions made with Matthiasson’s home-grown blood oranges, sour cherries and cardoons. Our tasting notes: We’re sipping it straight up on ice, natch, although Matthiasson’s tasting notes suggest that this vermouth also makes a great…
Made with a base of Flora grapes, a cross between sémillon and gewürztraminer developed at the University of California, Davis, in 1938. Also includes infusions made with Matthiasson’s home-grown blood oranges, sour cherries and cardoons. Our tasting notes: We’re sipping it straight up on ice, natch, although Matthiasson’s tasting notes suggest that this vermouth also makes a great…
Diamonds. Teeny tiny diamonds. That’s the first thing that came to mind when drinking a glass of this Little Frances 2015 Semillion, Luschinger Vineyard. It’s not sparkly, but it’s jewel-like just the same. Every element in the glass seems precisely composed to produce a luxurious texture and sublimely zesty finish. Winemaker Erin Pooley grew up…
FIG & THISTLE MARKET Why We Love It: for the atmosphere. If there ever was a more lovely place to tuck into a glass of wine, we haven’t found it. Fig & Thistle is a bit of an anomaly these days—a cozy wine bar with a homey vibe that somehow, every time, still feels…
