Cooking
For anyone in the restaurant business, you may be interested in Sweet Relief: chefs and restaurant-owners are donating a percentage of dessert sales (lunch and dinner) during January and/or February to CARE.
So far, it's mostly New York restaurants participating. I really hope at least one in the Knoxville area joins in...we have some specail occasions coming up, and I'd love to eat cheesecake for a good cause!
- Perfecting Pastry
Sad ending #1 An utterly average dessert that costs $10. Sad ending #2 A huge dessert that is way more than a single serving. Sad ending #3 When the only thing remotely fresh on the dessert menu is a mint or strawberry garnish on the invariable assortment...
- And One More...
Last one, promise! I always make a dessert for my in-law's on their special days; birthday, anniversaries, etc. I was already making a chocolate cake for Matt, so I wanted something a bit...lighter, for his dad. I searched through some on-line recipes,...
- Go To Jojo
Over the years, I have urged my Bay Area readers to go to Jojo in Oakland. Sometimes I’ve done so overtly, but I have always kept a link to it on the right side of this blog. Melissa and I have many happy memories tied to the restaurant and its...
- Dine For A Change, April 3, 2008
On April 3, have a good meal while donating to a worthy cause. Twenty-five Bay Area restaurants and stores will donate a portion of that day’s till to San Francisco Women Against Rape, an organization that educates about sexual assault and helps...
- Bay Area Chef Blogs
Most of you probably read Shuna's eggbeater, Haddock's Knife's Edge, and Brett's in praise of sardines blogs, but two local chefs have recently started their own online journals. Check out Offal Good, written by Chris Cosentino of Incanto,...
Cooking
Sweet Relief
For anyone in the restaurant business, you may be interested in Sweet Relief: chefs and restaurant-owners are donating a percentage of dessert sales (lunch and dinner) during January and/or February to CARE.
So far, it's mostly New York restaurants participating. I really hope at least one in the Knoxville area joins in...we have some specail occasions coming up, and I'd love to eat cheesecake for a good cause!
- Perfecting Pastry
Sad ending #1 An utterly average dessert that costs $10. Sad ending #2 A huge dessert that is way more than a single serving. Sad ending #3 When the only thing remotely fresh on the dessert menu is a mint or strawberry garnish on the invariable assortment...
- And One More...
Last one, promise! I always make a dessert for my in-law's on their special days; birthday, anniversaries, etc. I was already making a chocolate cake for Matt, so I wanted something a bit...lighter, for his dad. I searched through some on-line recipes,...
- Go To Jojo
Over the years, I have urged my Bay Area readers to go to Jojo in Oakland. Sometimes I’ve done so overtly, but I have always kept a link to it on the right side of this blog. Melissa and I have many happy memories tied to the restaurant and its...
- Dine For A Change, April 3, 2008
On April 3, have a good meal while donating to a worthy cause. Twenty-five Bay Area restaurants and stores will donate a portion of that day’s till to San Francisco Women Against Rape, an organization that educates about sexual assault and helps...
- Bay Area Chef Blogs
Most of you probably read Shuna's eggbeater, Haddock's Knife's Edge, and Brett's in praise of sardines blogs, but two local chefs have recently started their own online journals. Check out Offal Good, written by Chris Cosentino of Incanto,...