London meetups

It’s amazing – and unfortunate – that it doesn’t happen more often that when traveling on business I have the opportunity to meet up with friends and colleagues beyond those directly related to the business at hand.  This week in London to...

Look to the cookie

Peanut butter Nutella cookie.  Why didn’t I think of that? At Jack ‘n’ Jill’s of Beverly Hills in Santa Monica.

Three views from the pier

About a week ago, I went to the Fisherman’s Feast of the Madonna in Boston’s North End and had a glass of wine at Vinoteca Monica.  Today, I’m in Santa Monica, so of course I went down to the famous pier.  Maybe I should have waited for the fog to...

Chinatown: more than the Dim Sum of its parts

Starting to fall behind on SF posts, sorry about that. I asked the concierge at the Hyatt where I could find the best dim sum. She swiftly disparaged all of Chinatown with some references to mystery meat and suggested Yank Sing in the Rincon Center. Dim sum in a food...

Pluot Pie at Chez Panisse

It was Professor N’s birthday on the auspicious 8/8/08 but we were able to score a late reservation at Chez Panisse a the day before joined by his buddy P. We ventured out to Berkeley to Alice Waters shrine to gourmet locavoriousness. We were greeted by the...