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While I haven't been here much these days, you can find me in several other places on the web:
... on KQED talking about rising food costs, and what Michael Pollan and Alice Waters said that bothered me.
... on Serious Eats as the San Francisco writer for their national farmers market series (I will be posting about once a month).
... on Twitter mostly twittering about what I'm eating and cooking.
... on Flickr working hard on my 365 day project (about 100 days to go!)
I have whipped cream in my coffee this morning. An unnecessary indulgence, but it's leftover from dinner that I had here with Stephanie last night. The whipped cream has a touch of Anita's Nocino in it, which really gilds the lily.
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When I was a sophomore in college, I spent a school year in Florence, Italy. Thirty of us from the same university lived and took classes together in an old Medici villa for a eight months. In a move that made a huge change in my culinary upbringing, I did my work study in the kitchen -- working alongside the Italian cooks as I earned money. One of the main cooks, Luanna, took a particular liking to me and my great friend Amy. Tuesdays, Luanna would make macedonia -- an Italian fruit salad topped with whipped cream -- for dessert. And late on Tuesday nights, after all the dishes were done, Luanna would bring Amy and I some whipped cream that she'd ferreted away for us and we would drink it on our espresso.
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"This is an espresso-free establishment" reads the sign at Bovine Bakery, the lovely bakery in Pt. Reyes Station. It's the only bakery where I will order a morning bun, with its nuts and sweetness. Normally baked sweets like that overwhelm me, but I can't resist the perfect balance of the Bovine Bakery morning bun. It had been a year and a half since I'd been to Pt. Reyes. And on a cold, damp day last week I returned. We'd had a quick and lovely lunch at Fish, and then headed out to the national seashore. I pointed the car toward Abbott's Lagoon -- a spot I had been to many many times in my past. Out past the Marin Sun Farms ranch, Abbott's Lagoon holds a special place in my heart, and I was so happy to return.
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There's just no segue for this next item, but if you haven't seen this video clip of Robin Williams on Law and Order: SVU on Tuesday, check it out. Williams is a suspect in a crime involving a fast food restaurant and he uses what I am calling "the locavore defense" as his excuse for never having been at the restaurant.
(video via Serious Eats)
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