Archive for the 'Food' Category

Our Dinner at Ame

Saturday, January 13th, 2007

We celebrated our twelfth wedding anniversary last night with dinner at Ame. It was our first visit and we did it up: we shared a tasting menu, several other dishes, and a flight of wine and sake. That was right as a way to explore the restaurant, but I look forward to […]

A first for me in the kitchen

Saturday, January 7th, 2006

I was a vegetarian* for 16 years, which included the time when I learned to cook. So, I’ve never learned to cook meat and most of the meat I’ve cooked has been on a George Foreman grill. (It’s a supersized waffle iron on an angle, but the results are surprisingly good.)
Since I started […]

A cheese worth making a trip for

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006

When we were recently at the Ferry Building, we picked up some burrata mozzarella at the Cowgirl Creamery shop. Eating it is an amazing experience. It’s soft, it’s sweet, it’s salty. A few tomatoes — even if there are no good tomatoes this time of year — and a good bread, with […]

Sad news

Wednesday, July 27th, 2005

From Inside Scoop:

Sept. 1 will be a sad day for fans of chef Sachio Kojima of Kabuto A&S Sushi (5121 Geary Blvd., near 16th Avenue) in the Richmond District. He has sold the business to Jinsoo Kim and Eric Cho, who own Ariake Japanese Restaurant, just a block away at 5041 Geary Blvd. (at 14th […]