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With their multi-cultural backgrounds—she grew up in Hong Kong and he in a tiny town in Nicaragua—and extensive global street food research in travels from Malaysia to Jamaica, they resist getting stuck in a narrowly defined cultural corner. Their edible creations traverse the map and sometimes fuse elements from their two food heritages—as in marinated, sous vide, duck-tongue tacos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41445\" title='\"tuna belly\"' src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/tuna-belly1.jpg\" alt='\"tuna belly\"' width=\"560\" height=\"457\">\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>something is fishy here (or not)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Fung says with a twinkle, \"We like to trick people's eyes and minds. Sometimes we serve dishes without telling guests what they're eating. 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Inspired by farmers' markets and committed to sourcing ingredients from a 150-mile radius, S+S Gastro Grub supports local food purveyors and artisans such as Berkeley’s \u003ca href=\"http://thelocalbutchershop.com/\">The Local Butcher\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/crispy_pork_belly-63-degree-egg.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41420\" title=\"crispy_pork_belly, 63 degree egg\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/crispy_pork_belly-63-degree-egg.jpg\" alt=\"crispy_pork_belly, 63 degree egg\" width=\"560\" height=\"412\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>63-degree egg, pork belly, creamy grits, jus, kimchee puree\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fung and Mendieta aim for modern interpretations of classic comfort food: think gumbo potpie, with okra and crawfish, mac and cheese with cold smoked pasta with a surprise hickory kick at the end. 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With their multi-cultural backgrounds—she grew up in Hong Kong and he in a tiny town in Nicaragua—and extensive global street food research in travels from Malaysia to Jamaica, they resist getting stuck in a narrowly defined cultural corner. Their edible creations traverse the map and sometimes fuse elements from their two food heritages—as in marinated, sous vide, duck-tongue tacos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41445\" title='\"tuna belly\"' src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/tuna-belly1.jpg\" alt='\"tuna belly\"' width=\"560\" height=\"457\">\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>something is fishy here (or not)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Fung says with a twinkle, \"We like to trick people's eyes and minds. Sometimes we serve dishes without telling guests what they're eating. They think they know but then they're surprised when what they taste doesn't match what they were expecting.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>A good example is their \"tuna belly\" which is actually made from compressed watermelon that has been chilled until it is pliable, then seared with a combination of fish sauce, honey and lime juice. It's savory, no wait it's sweet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/mojito_dessert1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41447\" title=\"mojito_dessert\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/mojito_dessert1.jpg\" alt=\"mojito_dessert\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Mojito mix-up\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>S+S’s home “test kitchen” is stocked with the latest gadgets and materials necessary to perform this culinary legerdemain. 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Inspired by farmers' markets and committed to sourcing ingredients from a 150-mile radius, S+S Gastro Grub supports local food purveyors and artisans such as Berkeley’s \u003ca href=\"http://thelocalbutchershop.com/\">The Local Butcher\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/crispy_pork_belly-63-degree-egg.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41420\" title=\"crispy_pork_belly, 63 degree egg\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/crispy_pork_belly-63-degree-egg.jpg\" alt=\"crispy_pork_belly, 63 degree egg\" width=\"560\" height=\"412\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>63-degree egg, pork belly, creamy grits, jus, kimchee puree\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fung and Mendieta aim for modern interpretations of classic comfort food: think gumbo potpie, with okra and crawfish, mac and cheese with cold smoked pasta with a surprise hickory kick at the end. 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Meanwhile, watch out: that cream puff that looks like it’s filled with coffee ice cream and drizzled with chocolate syrup is actually a savory cheese puff injected with foie gras mousse topped by rivulets of maple balsamic sauce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next event: Friday April 20, 5-8pm, at \u003ca href=\"http://www.lindenbeer.com/\">Linden Street Brewery\u003c/a>, S+S will offer their pickled quail eggs, bone-in pork chop buns, edamame and black bean sliders and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ssgastrogrub.com/\">S+S Gastro Grub\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n(510) 969-9434\u003cbr>\nFacebook: \u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/ssgastrogrub\">ssgastrogrub\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nTwitter:\u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/ssgastrogrub\">@ssgastrogrub\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/orange-custard-single.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/orange-custard-single.jpg\" alt=\"Orange Custard. Photos by Rebecca Joseph, courtesy of 12 Tribes Kosher Foods.\" title=\"Orange Custard. Photos by Rebecca Joseph, courtesy of 12 Tribes Kosher Foods.\" width=\"391\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41385\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Orange Custard. Photo by Rebecca Joseph\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Happy Passover! What are you cooking? Passover, even more than Thanksgiving, is a home and family holiday. Of course, there are restaurants doing Seder-inspired meals; in San Francisco, \u003ca href=\"http://delfinasf.com/restaurant/passover-at-delfina\">Passover at Delfina\u003c/a> brings their Edible Seder Plate, Stoll Family Matzoh Balls, and other Italian-Jewish specialties, all much anticipated by regulars. This year, they'll be serving matzoh made by their former sous-chef, Brad Joffe, who now runs Beauty's Bagels in Oakland, source of the excellent weekend bagels at Wise Sons. (And by the way, pastrami lovers, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2012/02/24/on-the-plate-with-wise-sons-jewish-deli/\">Wise Sons\u003c/a> is closed for Passover; they'll re-open on Sunday, April 15.) \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.fireflyrestaurant.com/Passover.html\">Firefly\u003c/a> has a delish-sounding brisket and root-vegetable tsimmes on this week's menu, along with a spring vegetable plate with matzoh kugel and yellowfoot-mushroom sauce. (And for those who don't mind a little trayf, don't worry, they've still got the shrimp-and-scallop dumplings on the menu.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for many of us, Passover is a time to slow down, reconnect with family and friends over dinners at home, and pay attention to what we're eating. Jewish dietary laws forbid the eating of grains during the 8-day holiday, especially anything yeasted or naturally leavened. So, no bread, no bagels, no pasta, no rice, just matzoh, a flat cracker that must be mixed and baked in less than 18 minutes, to prevent any natural rising of the dough from occurring. So, much kvetching can be heard this week from toast-lovers like myself, and, for those with a sweet tooth, a whole lot of dependance on ground nuts and matzoh meal in lieu of flour, plus whisked egg whites for fluffiness. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Rebecca Joseph, rabbi and owner of \u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/12-Tribes-Food/172613516095330\"> 12 Tribes Food\u003c/a>, a kosher catering and prepared-meals business, looks at the holiday's restrictions with abundance in mind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"What I suggest to people who say that they dread the holiday because they can't eat bread is to think of this as a time to celebrate freedom from habitual food choices or ways of eating that may be less than optimally healthful. Also, when we focus on all the things we \u003cem>can\u003c/em> eat, especially early spring produce, then Passover meals can be really delicious and seasonal.\" \u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Joseph describes her Orange Custard recipe, below, as \"a very easy dessert (no separating eggs or weird ingredients involved) that's a great break from nuts and matzoh meal. It's also \u003cem>parve\u003c/em> (containing neither meat nor dairy), so it's good for people who are lactose intolerant, gluten-free and/or have nut sensitivities.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For those of you, like myself, who have had egg-separating mishaps and fallen-spongecake disasters, this recipe couldn't be simpler. Only three very basic ingredients, no whisking, no folding. A splash of orange-flower water would probably add a lovely perfumey touch. With the money you're not spending on coconut macaroons in a can, get really fresh, gold-yolked eggs from happy, pasture-raised chickens. Joseph dresses her custard up with lightly toasted coconut shards, but you can also get crazy and let your guests dive into David Lebovitz's toffee-licious \u003ca href=\"http://www.davidlebovitz.com/2008/01/chocolatecovere/\">Chocolate-Covered Caramelized Matzoh Crunch\u003c/a> as well. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/orange-custard-multiple.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/orange-custard-multiple.jpg\" alt=\"Orange Custard. Photos by Rebecca Joseph, courtesy of 12 Tribes Kosher Foods.\" title=\"Orange Custard. Photos by Rebecca Joseph, courtesy of 12 Tribes Kosher Foods.\" width=\"352\" height=\"218\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41384\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Orange Custard. Photo by Rebecca Joseph\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Recipe: Orange Custard\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Recipe courtesy of 12 Tribes Food\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Made from just eggs, sugar, and orange juice, this easy dessert takes just a few minutes to put together. Unlike a typical baked custard, it contains no dairy, so it can served as dessert after a meat meal by those following kosher dietary laws. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Prep Time:\u003c/strong> 10 minutes\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Cook Time:\u003c/strong> 30-35 minutes\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Total Time:\u003c/strong> 40-45 minutes\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Yield:\u003c/strong> 6 custards\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ingredients\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n5 large eggs\u003cbr>\n1/3 cup sugar\u003cbr>\n2 cups fresh orange juice\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cstrong>Preparation\u003c/strong>\n\u003cli>Preheat the oven to 325° F. In a small pot, heat orange juice until lukewarm.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>In a medium bowl, beat the eggs with a fork until well blended. Beat in the sugar. To produce a smooth, creamy custard, the mixture should be well combined, but not frothy. Slowly add the orange juice, beating to combine.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Pour 1/2 cup of the custard mixture into each of 6 ramekins. Place the ramekins in a large pan and pour enough boiling water into the pan to come about halfway up the sides of the ramekins.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until just set. Remove the ramekins from the pan of hot water. Cool for 30 minutes, then refrigerate. Serve chilled.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Serves 6.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/chris-wade-sarah600.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/chris-wade-sarah3002.jpg\" alt=\"Chefs Sarah and Chris Wade. Photo: Louis Anthony Photography\" title=\"Chefs Sarah and Chris Wade. Photo: Louis Anthony Photography\" width=\"300\" height=\"451\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-41293\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=sf#y=2012&m=4&calendar=DEFAULT\">The San Francisco Giants\u003c/a> home opener game will be at AT&T Park on Friday, April 13. \u003ca href=\"http://publichousesf.com/\">Public House\u003c/a> is the ballpark’s restaurant and pub with a full bar and over 75 different beers and ales. Just in time for game day, Public House has streamlined its menu and food options. Customers can use a secret door leading from the restaurant into AT&T Park, with a “Grab-n-Go” food and drink station. Chris Wade, 28, is the new Executive Chef for Public House, and is working with \u003ca href=\"http://tracidesjardins.com/\">Chef Traci Des Jardins\u003c/a> and Sous Chef Jorge Lumbreras to update the beer-friendly menu. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before taking the helm at Public House, Wade worked at \u003ca href=\"http://www.prospectsf.com/\">Prospect\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.boulevardrestaurant.com/\">Boulevard\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.postrio.com/\">Postrio\u003c/a> and for the \u003ca href=\"http://www.plumpjack.com/plumpjack/\">Plumpjack Group\u003c/a>. The \u003ca href=\"http://san-francisco.chefs.com/\">California Culinary Academy\u003c/a> grad also worked with \u003ca href=\"http://bostonchefs.com/restaurant/No9Park/chef/patrick-campbell/\">Patrick Campbell\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://barbaralynch.com/\">Barbara Lynch\u003c/a> at \u003ca href=\"http://www.no9park.com/\">No. 9 Park\u003c/a> in Boston; Massachusetts is his home state. After No. 9 Park, he moved to Philadelphia to work for Michael Solomonov at \u003ca href=\"http://www.zahavrestaurant.com/\">Zahav\u003c/a>. It was from Philadelphia that he and his wife Sarah, a pastry chef, decided to return to San Francisco to work at Prospect. The Wades have been married a year and a half and live in the lower Haight. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday, April 9, he will be cooking a special “Welcome Back, San Francisco Giants” $49 three course prix-fixe dinner at \u003ca href=\"http://www.jardiniere.com/\">Jardinière\u003c/a>, which is Des Jardins’ French-influenced Civic Center restaurant. Three artisanal beers selected by Bar Manager Greg Stone are included, and Passover and vegetarian options are available. Wine pairings will be available on request. Reservations can be made at (415) 861-5555. \u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/public-house-exterior1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/public-house-exterior1000-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"King Street View of the Public House Bar\" title=\"King Street View of the Public House Bar\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-41270\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/ChrisWade-Traci1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/ChrisWade-Traci1000-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Chefs Chris Wade and Traci Des Jardins\" title=\"Chefs Chris Wade and Traci Des Jardins\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-41264\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Here is the menu:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zuckerman's Asparagus Salad,\u003cbr>\nMacaroni and Cheese Croutons and Spicy Tomato Vinaigrette\u003cbr>\n••••••••\u003cbr>\nBeer Braised Pork Cheeks,\u003cbr>\nToasted Barley Risotto, Fava Beans and Crispy Onion Strings\u003cbr>\n••••••••\u003cbr>\nOld Rasputin Brownie Sundae,\u003cbr>\nChocolate Covered Potato Chip Ice Cream and Salted Caramel Sauce\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites\u003c/strong> interviewed Chris Wade in person and via telephone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What was it like coming up with new Public House menu items (sliders, sandwiches, pretzels and potato chip crusted mac & cheese) that are game day friendly?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI wanted to make it easier for people to order, so that they could take the food with them to the game. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m trying to make the food my own. That’s kind of hard, but getting there is also fun. I’m making the food a little more technique based. So it’s still frying, but done in a more thoughtful way. (Wade uses leftover potato skins rather than Panko crumbs to make his croquettes, a green way of thinking that gives the fried exterior a pleasant crunch). \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’ll see stuff that I enjoy eating: deviled eggs and mac and cheese. My favorite things to make here are the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2010/06/05/farr-out-bay-area-eats-with-ryan-and-cesalee-farr-of-4505-meats/\">4505 Meats\u003c/a> sliders and the mac and cheese. (Wade’s recipe for Potato Chip Crusted Macaroni and Cheese Bites is featured below). \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/devileggs-700.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/devileggs-700-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Deviled Eggs, Pico de Gallo and Bacon\" title=\"Deviled Eggs, Pico de Gallo and Bacon\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-41266\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/chorizofritters1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/chorizofritters1000-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Chorizo and jalapeno fritters with roasted jalapeno salsa\" title=\"Chorizo and jalapeno fritters with roasted jalapeno salsa\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-41263\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/corndogs1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/corndogs1000-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Mini Corn Dogs\" title=\"Mini Corn Dogs\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-41265\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/pretzelbites1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/pretzelbites1000-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Soft pretzel bites\" title=\"Soft pretzel bites\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-41269\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/nuts1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/nuts1000-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Peanuts\" title=\"Peanuts\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-41268\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/groupshot1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/groupshot1000-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Potato chip crusted mac and cheese square with other bar bites\" title=\"Potato chip crusted mac and cheese square with other bar bites\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-41267\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What will you do with your staff to prepare for the baseball season?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThe Bay Bridge series on April 2 and 4 gave us a chance for “all hands on deck” practice runs. We overstaffed those days so that the crew can see what happens on game day. It’s a good way to produce things in a timely fashion and to get grouped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How did you and your wife Sarah meet?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nWe met at Postrio, when she was working pastry and I was working the savory stations. We’ve worked together for Barbara Lynch, and then in Philly. She’s the pastry chef at Prospect. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Where did you go on your honeymoon?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nWe’re both big beach people, so we went to Kona Village, to a place that had no TVs. We had a relaxing beach trip together. It was later knocked out by the \u003ca href=\"http://www.konavillage.com/\">tsunami\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/05/06/food-secrets-of-prospects-chef-ravi-kapur/\">Ravi Kapur\u003c/a> is one of your mentors. He is one of the reasons you and Sarah returned to San Francisco. What was the move from one coast to the next like?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI was texting and keeping in touch with \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2012/03/01/talking-story-at-ravi-kapurs-pop-up-liholiho-yacht-club/\">Ravi\u003c/a> after working with him at Boulevard. Sarah and I were visiting SF from Philly for our friend's wedding. I met with Ravi and talked to him about Prospect. Sarah and I were toying with coming back here anyway. It turned out that Prospect’s Sous Chef had to get back to New York. To begin working at Prospect right away, I left Philly two days after our honeymoon. Sarah puts up with quite a bit, because I had to rush out here to make it happen. I slept on a friend’s couch for one month while she moved everything out here. We spent our first month as a married couple apart. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What are your favorite spots to shop for food?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/soma/\">Whole Foods\u003c/a>, for seafood.\u003cbr>\nI go to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ferrybuildingmarketplace.com/farmers_market.php\">Ferry Building Farmers’ Market\u003c/a>, too. Baby fava beans are my favorite thing of the year. They’re only here for two weeks out of the year. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What are your favorite off-night spots?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nWe go in phases. Right now, it’s an Asian phase. \u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/halu-san-francisco\">Halu\u003c/a> is good, for all the yakitori and ramen. We live four buildings away from \u003ca href=\"http://www.toronado.com/\">Toronado\u003c/a>, and I like to support it. I’ve been going there for a long time. My favorite day off is to go to \u003ca href=\"http://rosamundesausagegrill.com/haight-street\">Rosamunde\u003c/a>, then Toronado, and then to \u003ca href=\"http://www.amoeba.com/\">Amoeba Records\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We go to \u003ca href=\"http://www.maven-sf.com/\">Maven\u003c/a> a lot for the drinks, since we know the folks there from Prospect. They have a pretty decent selection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What is your favorite meal to have with your family?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMy favorite day of the year is Thanksgiving, because of the food. One year, we did a cassoulet Thanksgiving, with family, which is less traditional food-wise. We’ve had good Thanksgiving meals with restaurant friends, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We try to eat healthy at home, so it’s a lot of salad, grains, fish, and chicken. We do love \u003ca href=\"http://fattedcalf.com/\">Fatted Calf\u003c/a>’s steak, meat, and pork chops. Their porchetta was really good... we ate it in less than five minutes, with veggie sides. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What is your guiltiest food pleasure?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nIce cream. I could eat a quart every day. I love all flavors of ice cream. We serve \u003ca href=\"http://www.humphryslocombe.com/%7C_Flavors_%7C.html\">Humphry Slocombe\u003c/a> at Public House. At home, I get Ben & Jerry’s full fat ice cream. I love soft serve, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What else is new?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nWe’re in the process of getting a chocolate lab (dog). I had Labrador dogs as a kid. Sarah had a golden retriever, but that’s too much for me... all that hair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/groupshot1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/mac-n-cheese-bites560.jpg\" alt=\"Potato Chip Crusted Mac and Cheese Square with other Bar Bites\" title=\"Potato Chip Crusted Mac and Cheese Square with other Bar Bites\" width=\"560\" height=\"418\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41257\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Potato Chip Crusted Macaroni and Cheese Square with other Bar Bites\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Recipe: Potato Chip Crusted Macaroni and Cheese Bites with Tomato Jam\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Makes:\u003c/strong> 30 bites (enough for 10 people as an appetizer)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cheese Sauce\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ingredients:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n2oz butter\u003cbr>\n2oz flour\u003cbr>\n2 cup heavy cream\u003cbr>\n1/2 cup of each cheese grated, white cheddar, provolone, Gruyere, and Monterey Jack\u003cbr>\n1/2 tsp. cayenne\u003cbr>\nSalt and pepper to taste (approx. 1 TBSP salt and 1/2 tsp. pepper)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Instructions:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMake a roux with the butter and flour in a small heavy bottomed saucepan. At the same time bring the cream to a simmer in a medium heavy bottomed saucepan over medium heat. Once the cream is hot, carefully whisk in the roux and allow to cook for 5 minutes to thicken. Add the grated cheeses, cayenne, salt, and pepper, and whisk vigorously to incorporate. Turn the heat down to low and allow cheese to melt to a smooth consistency, whisking regularly to prevent scorching. Once cheese is melted and homogenous, turn off heat but keep sauce warm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Macaroni\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ingredients:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n1 QT raw elbow macaroni\u003cbr>\n1.5 gallons water\u003cbr>\n1 cup salt\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Instructions:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nBring the water and salt to a rolling boil. Add macaroni and cook for 2 minutes less then directed to on the package. Once cooked strain and rinse with cold water to stop the macaroni from cooking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once macaroni is cooked, fold it into the warm cheese sauce and cook together over low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon or heat resistant spatula. When macaroni is tender remove the pan from heat and slowly pour macaroni and cheese mixture into an 8x10 inch sheet tray or baking dish that has been generously sprayed with nonstick spray. Place in the refrigerator to cool overnight. The next day cut around the edge of the pan to help release the block of macaroni and cheese and unmold it onto a cutting board. Portion into 1.5 inch squares and return to the refrigerator until ready to bread.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Breading\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ingredients:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n1 cup panko\u003cbr>\n1 cup crushed potato chips\u003cbr>\n1 cup all purpose flour\u003cbr>\n3 eggs beaten\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Instructions:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nCombine panko and potato chips in a food processor and pulse until chips and panko are roughly the same size. Take portioned macaroni and cheese one at a time and toss lightly in the flour, then dip in the beaten egg mixture, and then toss in the potato chip/panko crust.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once all bites have been breaded cook them in a fryer or Dutch oven filled with rice bran oil set to 350F until crust is golden brown (approx. 4 minutes). Strain onto a paper towel and lightly sprinkle with kosher salt. Serve immediately with your choice of dipping sauce (we use a spicy tomato jam) or as a crouton substitute with a salad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tomato Jam\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ingredients:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n2 cloves garlic\u003cbr>\n1/4 white onion\u003cbr>\n1 TBSP olive oil\u003cbr>\n1 QT crushed tomatoes with juice\u003cbr>\n1/4 tsp. cayenne\u003cbr>\n1 1/2 TBSP Tabasco sauce\u003cbr>\n1/2 TBSP kosher salt\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Instructions:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nSlice the onion and garlic and sweat with the oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Once tender add the chopped tomatoes cayenne and salt and cook over medium heat until the tomato liquid has reduced by 1/4. Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly before blending in a food processor with Tabasco sauce.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zuckerman's Asparagus Salad,\u003cbr>\nMacaroni and Cheese Croutons and Spicy Tomato Vinaigrette\u003cbr>\n••••••••\u003cbr>\nBeer Braised Pork Cheeks,\u003cbr>\nToasted Barley Risotto, Fava Beans and Crispy Onion Strings\u003cbr>\n••••••••\u003cbr>\nOld Rasputin Brownie Sundae,\u003cbr>\nChocolate Covered Potato Chip Ice Cream and Salted Caramel Sauce\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites\u003c/strong> interviewed Chris Wade in person and via telephone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What was it like coming up with new Public House menu items (sliders, sandwiches, pretzels and potato chip crusted mac & cheese) that are game day friendly?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI wanted to make it easier for people to order, so that they could take the food with them to the game. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m trying to make the food my own. That’s kind of hard, but getting there is also fun. I’m making the food a little more technique based. So it’s still frying, but done in a more thoughtful way. (Wade uses leftover potato skins rather than Panko crumbs to make his croquettes, a green way of thinking that gives the fried exterior a pleasant crunch). \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’ll see stuff that I enjoy eating: deviled eggs and mac and cheese. My favorite things to make here are the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2010/06/05/farr-out-bay-area-eats-with-ryan-and-cesalee-farr-of-4505-meats/\">4505 Meats\u003c/a> sliders and the mac and cheese. (Wade’s recipe for Potato Chip Crusted Macaroni and Cheese Bites is featured below). \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/devileggs-700.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/devileggs-700-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Deviled Eggs, Pico de Gallo and Bacon\" title=\"Deviled Eggs, Pico de Gallo and Bacon\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-41266\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/chorizofritters1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/chorizofritters1000-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Chorizo and jalapeno fritters with roasted jalapeno salsa\" title=\"Chorizo and jalapeno fritters with roasted jalapeno salsa\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-41263\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/corndogs1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/corndogs1000-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Mini Corn Dogs\" title=\"Mini Corn Dogs\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-41265\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/pretzelbites1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/pretzelbites1000-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Soft pretzel bites\" title=\"Soft pretzel bites\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-41269\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/nuts1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/nuts1000-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Peanuts\" title=\"Peanuts\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-41268\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/groupshot1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/groupshot1000-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Potato chip crusted mac and cheese square with other bar bites\" title=\"Potato chip crusted mac and cheese square with other bar bites\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-41267\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What will you do with your staff to prepare for the baseball season?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThe Bay Bridge series on April 2 and 4 gave us a chance for “all hands on deck” practice runs. We overstaffed those days so that the crew can see what happens on game day. It’s a good way to produce things in a timely fashion and to get grouped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How did you and your wife Sarah meet?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nWe met at Postrio, when she was working pastry and I was working the savory stations. We’ve worked together for Barbara Lynch, and then in Philly. She’s the pastry chef at Prospect. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Where did you go on your honeymoon?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nWe’re both big beach people, so we went to Kona Village, to a place that had no TVs. We had a relaxing beach trip together. It was later knocked out by the \u003ca href=\"http://www.konavillage.com/\">tsunami\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/05/06/food-secrets-of-prospects-chef-ravi-kapur/\">Ravi Kapur\u003c/a> is one of your mentors. He is one of the reasons you and Sarah returned to San Francisco. What was the move from one coast to the next like?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI was texting and keeping in touch with \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2012/03/01/talking-story-at-ravi-kapurs-pop-up-liholiho-yacht-club/\">Ravi\u003c/a> after working with him at Boulevard. Sarah and I were visiting SF from Philly for our friend's wedding. I met with Ravi and talked to him about Prospect. Sarah and I were toying with coming back here anyway. It turned out that Prospect’s Sous Chef had to get back to New York. To begin working at Prospect right away, I left Philly two days after our honeymoon. Sarah puts up with quite a bit, because I had to rush out here to make it happen. I slept on a friend’s couch for one month while she moved everything out here. We spent our first month as a married couple apart. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What are your favorite spots to shop for food?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/soma/\">Whole Foods\u003c/a>, for seafood.\u003cbr>\nI go to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ferrybuildingmarketplace.com/farmers_market.php\">Ferry Building Farmers’ Market\u003c/a>, too. Baby fava beans are my favorite thing of the year. They’re only here for two weeks out of the year. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What are your favorite off-night spots?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nWe go in phases. Right now, it’s an Asian phase. \u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/halu-san-francisco\">Halu\u003c/a> is good, for all the yakitori and ramen. We live four buildings away from \u003ca href=\"http://www.toronado.com/\">Toronado\u003c/a>, and I like to support it. I’ve been going there for a long time. My favorite day off is to go to \u003ca href=\"http://rosamundesausagegrill.com/haight-street\">Rosamunde\u003c/a>, then Toronado, and then to \u003ca href=\"http://www.amoeba.com/\">Amoeba Records\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We go to \u003ca href=\"http://www.maven-sf.com/\">Maven\u003c/a> a lot for the drinks, since we know the folks there from Prospect. They have a pretty decent selection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What is your favorite meal to have with your family?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMy favorite day of the year is Thanksgiving, because of the food. One year, we did a cassoulet Thanksgiving, with family, which is less traditional food-wise. We’ve had good Thanksgiving meals with restaurant friends, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We try to eat healthy at home, so it’s a lot of salad, grains, fish, and chicken. We do love \u003ca href=\"http://fattedcalf.com/\">Fatted Calf\u003c/a>’s steak, meat, and pork chops. Their porchetta was really good... we ate it in less than five minutes, with veggie sides. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What is your guiltiest food pleasure?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nIce cream. I could eat a quart every day. I love all flavors of ice cream. We serve \u003ca href=\"http://www.humphryslocombe.com/%7C_Flavors_%7C.html\">Humphry Slocombe\u003c/a> at Public House. At home, I get Ben & Jerry’s full fat ice cream. I love soft serve, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What else is new?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nWe’re in the process of getting a chocolate lab (dog). I had Labrador dogs as a kid. Sarah had a golden retriever, but that’s too much for me... all that hair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/groupshot1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/mac-n-cheese-bites560.jpg\" alt=\"Potato Chip Crusted Mac and Cheese Square with other Bar Bites\" title=\"Potato Chip Crusted Mac and Cheese Square with other Bar Bites\" width=\"560\" height=\"418\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41257\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Potato Chip Crusted Macaroni and Cheese Square with other Bar Bites\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Recipe: Potato Chip Crusted Macaroni and Cheese Bites with Tomato Jam\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Makes:\u003c/strong> 30 bites (enough for 10 people as an appetizer)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cheese Sauce\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ingredients:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n2oz butter\u003cbr>\n2oz flour\u003cbr>\n2 cup heavy cream\u003cbr>\n1/2 cup of each cheese grated, white cheddar, provolone, Gruyere, and Monterey Jack\u003cbr>\n1/2 tsp. cayenne\u003cbr>\nSalt and pepper to taste (approx. 1 TBSP salt and 1/2 tsp. pepper)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Instructions:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMake a roux with the butter and flour in a small heavy bottomed saucepan. At the same time bring the cream to a simmer in a medium heavy bottomed saucepan over medium heat. Once the cream is hot, carefully whisk in the roux and allow to cook for 5 minutes to thicken. Add the grated cheeses, cayenne, salt, and pepper, and whisk vigorously to incorporate. Turn the heat down to low and allow cheese to melt to a smooth consistency, whisking regularly to prevent scorching. Once cheese is melted and homogenous, turn off heat but keep sauce warm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Macaroni\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ingredients:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n1 QT raw elbow macaroni\u003cbr>\n1.5 gallons water\u003cbr>\n1 cup salt\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Instructions:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nBring the water and salt to a rolling boil. Add macaroni and cook for 2 minutes less then directed to on the package. Once cooked strain and rinse with cold water to stop the macaroni from cooking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once macaroni is cooked, fold it into the warm cheese sauce and cook together over low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon or heat resistant spatula. When macaroni is tender remove the pan from heat and slowly pour macaroni and cheese mixture into an 8x10 inch sheet tray or baking dish that has been generously sprayed with nonstick spray. Place in the refrigerator to cool overnight. The next day cut around the edge of the pan to help release the block of macaroni and cheese and unmold it onto a cutting board. Portion into 1.5 inch squares and return to the refrigerator until ready to bread.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Breading\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ingredients:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n1 cup panko\u003cbr>\n1 cup crushed potato chips\u003cbr>\n1 cup all purpose flour\u003cbr>\n3 eggs beaten\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Instructions:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nCombine panko and potato chips in a food processor and pulse until chips and panko are roughly the same size. Take portioned macaroni and cheese one at a time and toss lightly in the flour, then dip in the beaten egg mixture, and then toss in the potato chip/panko crust.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once all bites have been breaded cook them in a fryer or Dutch oven filled with rice bran oil set to 350F until crust is golden brown (approx. 4 minutes). Strain onto a paper towel and lightly sprinkle with kosher salt. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/yul-skydiving-560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/yul-skydiving-560.jpg\" alt=\"Host Yul Kwon skydiving in America Revealed. Photo: Courtesy of Lion Television\" title=\"Host Yul Kwon skydiving in America Revealed. Photo: Courtesy of Lion Television\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41158\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Yul Kwon takes to the skies -- a lot -- in the opening episode of America Revealed called \"Food Machine.\"\u003c/strong> Photo: Courtesy of Lion Television\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let's begin, shall we, with the first episode of \u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/america-revealed/\">\u003cem>America Revealed\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, \"Food Machine,\" which sets out to explore the vast, industrial way food is grown, processed, and transported in this country. The four-part series on systems kicks off with its first episode on food on April 11 (subsequent programs tackle energy, transport, and industry).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 56-minute program is hosted by the Bay Area native \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yul_Kwon\">Yul Kwon\u003c/a>, a former Survivor winner, among his eclectic accomplishments. Okay, let's get some of the others out of the way: He's been featured in an issue of \u003cem>People\u003c/em>'s \"Sexiest Man Alive.\" A lawyer by training, a graduate of Stanford and Yale, he helped draft the Homeland Security bill, worked for the Federal Communications Commission, and is a now a \"daredevil television host,\" according to his bio. Oh, and he opened a \u003ca href=\"http://www.diablomag.com/Diablo-Magazine/June-2009/Yul-Kwon-Comes-Home/\">yogurt shop in Walnut Creek\u003c/a>, his childhood hometown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regardless, this reviewer has one question for the good people of programming at PBS: What were you thinking?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The episode plays like propaganda (at first I wondered if it was going to morph into mockumentary-like parody, alas no). Everything is bigger and better in this great United States of America, \u003ca href=\"http://www.liontv.com/London/Home\">Lion Television\u003c/a>, who produced the series, would have viewers believe. (The program is based on an award-winning BBC series \u003cem>Britain from Above\u003c/em>, by the independent production company, which has offices in the U.S. and the UK.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can practically taste the awe at the sheer scale of things in this land from our brothers and sisters across the pond. America Revealed is beamed at you via bright lights, aerial footage, high-definition video, real-time satellite data -- in other words, a bunch of high-tech bells and whistles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then there's Kwon who takes to the skies -- a lot -- to illustrate, well, to illustrate what exactly? Oh, yeah, this is a vast and complex country. And: I am a sexy survivor who skydives. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/P9tNcmcoJkE\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the last century, an American industrial revolution has given rise to the biggest, most productive food machine the world has ever known, the show announces. Look at our marvels of engineering magic that allow 80 percent of the state of California's water to go directly to Central Valley farms -- in an area that was previously a desert -- to produce 50 percent of the entire country's fruits, nuts, and vegetables. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Might there be anything misguided about redirecting all that precious water? Just curious. But there's no time for controversy here, we're simply going to tell you how it is, with a grin, and move on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The episode also explores how the U.S. food system feeds nearly 300 million Americans every day -- an impressive feat for sure -- at a time when less than two percent of the population produces food for the other 98 percent. Well, hello \u003ca href=\"http://grist.org/food/despite-the-headlines-big-ag-subsidies-arent-going-anywhere/\">Big Ag\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>America has put nature to work, the script explains, with a maddening neutrality that made this writer want to run screaming in frustration from the screen. See how the heartland is composed of massive corn farms, where ag pilots spray more than 40 pesticides -- in the bad old days there were only a few! -- on crops eventually destined for supermarket shelves. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Find out about the modern invention known as \u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/harvest/exist/\">genetically modified corn\u003c/a> that fills so many of the products in grocery stores. Could any of this be detrimental to human health or farmland? Just asking. But, no time, we must keep on trucking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cobject width=\"512\" height=\"328\">\u003cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www-tc.pbs.org/s3/pbs.videoportal-prod.cdn/media/swf/PBSPlayer.swf\">\u003cparam name=\"flashvars\" value=\"video=2209078973&player=viral&end=0\">\u003cparam name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\">\u003cparam name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\">\u003cparam name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\">\u003cembed src=\"http://www-tc.pbs.org/s3/pbs.videoportal-prod.cdn/media/swf/PBSPlayer.swf\" flashvars=\"video=2209078973&player=viral&end=0\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" wmode=\"transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"512\" height=\"328\" bgcolor=\"#000000\">\u003c/embed>\u003c/object>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking of corn, discover how clever Americans are feeding corn -- not a natural source of food for cattle -- to animals who get pumped up supernaturally in industrial food lots, where they're also given doses of antibiotics and growth hormones for good measure, just so consumers might enjoy a large steak. At low cost. Should we discuss whether all this is good for the animals, land, or humans? Nah. The food machine just \"gives us what we want.\" Next segment please.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let's talk \"craveability.\" What Americans want, the New York restaurant experts explain on \u003cem>America Revealed\u003c/em>, is big servings of so-called \"celebration foods\" and they want 'em all the time. Case in point the restaurant hit known as the Bloomin' Onion -- soaked in buttermilk and batter and deep fried, this monster on a plate sells like hot cakes at that embarrassment to any self-respecting Aussie known as the \u003ca href=\"http://www.outback.com/companyinfo/\">Outback Steakhouse\u003c/a>. (Walkabout Soup? Alice Springs Chicken Quesadillas? Chocolate Thunder Down Under? Some marketing guru got rich making this stuff up, but I digress.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So much of this episode is just uncritical content presented without any context, which does a disservice to viewers like you, who expect more from PBS documentaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What if some social studies teacher showed this to a bunch of high school kids? They'd get the impression that the American system of food production and distribution is a well-oiled machine. And that's just so far from the truth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To be fair, if viewers stick around to the 40-minute mark, there are a few indications that all might not be golden in The Land of Oz. (Yes, folks, the camera crew visit Kansas and there are even references to Toto in this program.) \u003ca href=\"http://www.ars.usda.gov/News/docs.htm?docid=15572\">Colony collapse disorder\u003c/a> gets some attention. Those super-size-me steak and fried onion feasts are making Americans fat and fatter we learn. Kwon revisits water in California, but only from the perspective of the expense to farmers. Don't get me started on the crop-dusting segment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Towards the end of the hour the show explores the subject of food deserts -- places where people can't find any real food to eat, since they only have corner stores that specialize in liquor, Lottery tickets, and cigarettes. One guess where the camera crew is headed? Detroit it is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Motor City seems to have become the poster child for urban food renewal for visual media. Pans of vacant lots, abandoned buildings, and graffiti graphically illustrate something went horribly wrong in the home of Motown. Cut to images of urban farmers -- many African American -- growing fresh food for their people in a place that had little for a very long time and it's clear that the city is undergoing a transformation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meet the aptly named \u003ca href=\"http://video.pbs.org/video/2209093103/\">Will Gardner\u003c/a>, an enterprising edible entrepreneur, who sells his produce at a Detroit farmers' market, and one of the few bright spots in an episode where a fourth-generation Midwesterner described himself not as a farmer but an \"input-output manager.\" Oh my.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cobject width=\"512\" height=\"328\">\u003cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www-tc.pbs.org/s3/pbs.videoportal-prod.cdn/media/swf/PBSPlayer.swf\">\u003cparam name=\"flashvars\" value=\"video=2209093103&player=viral&end=0\">\u003cparam name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\">\u003cparam name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\">\u003cparam name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\">\u003cembed src=\"http://www-tc.pbs.org/s3/pbs.videoportal-prod.cdn/media/swf/PBSPlayer.swf\" flashvars=\"video=2209093103&player=viral&end=0\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" wmode=\"transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"512\" height=\"328\" bgcolor=\"#000000\">\u003c/embed>\u003c/object>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What else not to like? The overwrought writing and soundtrack, the frenetic images that begin the episode, the host's mug filmed from one too many planes. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consider yourself warned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/06/edith-floyd-tractor.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/06/edith-floyd-tractor.jpg\" alt=\"Edith Floyd of Growing Joy Garden in Detroit. Photo: Greg Roden\" title=\"Edith Floyd of Growing Joy Garden in Detroit. Photo: Greg Roden\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28353\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Edith Floyd of Growing Joy Garden in Detroit. Photo: Greg Roden\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, back to Detroit. The pilot of the series \u003ca href=\"http://www.foodforward.tv/\">\u003cem>Food Forward\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, which showcases urban agriculture across America, reports on what's gone down and what's growing up in the Motor City too. The episode airs April 9.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sight of \u003ca href=\"http://grist.org/urban-agriculture/2011-12-08-new-agtivist-edith-floyd-is-making-an-urban-farm-lot-by-lot/\">Edith Floyd\u003c/a> beaming on her bright orange tractor turning what were trash-strewn lots into thriving community gardens loaded with edibles is heart-warming and hopeful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As are all the stories of urban farmers producing change in their own lives and others, such as \u003ca href=\"http://foodandcommunityfellows.org/fellows\">IATP Food and Community Fellow\u003c/a> Malik Kenyatta Yakini of the \u003ca href=\"http://detroitblackfoodsecurity.org\">Detroit Community Food Security Network\u003c/a>. These people don't pretend they're going to be able to feed an army let alone the entire country. They just want to do their part to get good food into the hands, mouths, and bellies of the people in their local area. You can't help but root for these underdogs in this series premiere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This writer has already covered \u003cem>Food Forward\u003c/em> before -- in an \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/06/01/5-questions-for-food-forwards-greg-roden/\">interview with producer Greg Roden\u003c/a> for a previous \u003cem>Bay Area Bites\u003c/em> post and in a story featuring \u003ca href=\"http://civileats.com/2011/06/06/food-forward-a-sustainable-tv-show-for-all-americans-video/\">writer Stett Holbrook for Civil Eats\u003c/a>. Watch this program. Don't just take this reviewer's word for it. Food writer \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sfweekly.com/foodie/2011/06/food_forward_review.php\">Sean Timberlake\u003c/a> described the pilot as a celebration of the real food heroes around the country. Indeed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This 13-part series needs support, just like the people it profiles, who are trying to bring about change in America's troubled food systems, whether it's a rooftop gardener in Brooklyn, a hydroponic grower in Milwaukee, or a self-described nugget of deliciousness dropping off boxes of freshly picked produce to neighbors in West Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/RnKobtfvUTs\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Details:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.calacademy.org/events/nightlife/?t=1\">Event April 5, 6-10pm: Nightlife at Cal Academy: Spring into Spring NightLife\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nKQED’s \u003cem>America Revealed\u003c/em> & \u003cem>Food Forward\u003c/em> Screenings & Talks by Yul Kwon & Abeni Ramsey/ African Hall \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.foodforward.tv/\">\u003cem>Food Forward: Urban Agriculture Across America\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nPremiere Airdate: April 9 (on \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/tv/programs/index.jsp?pgmid=20610\">KQED 9\u003c/a> Mon, Apr 9, 2012 -- 7:30pm)\u003cbr>\nTwitter: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/Food_Forward\">@Food_Forward\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nFacebook: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/FoodFoward\">Food Forward\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://foodforwardtv.wordpress.com/\">Food Forward Blog\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/food/shows/food-forward/\">Food Forward on PBS Food\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/america-revealed/\">\u003cem>America Revealed\u003c/em>\u003c/a> Episode 1: \u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/america-revealed/episode/1/\">Food Machine\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nPremiere Airdate: April 11 (on \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/tv/programs/index.jsp?pgmid=20603\">KQED 9\u003c/a> Wed, Apr 11, 2012 -- 10pm)\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can practically taste the awe at the sheer scale of things in this land from our brothers and sisters across the pond. America Revealed is beamed at you via bright lights, aerial footage, high-definition video, real-time satellite data -- in other words, a bunch of high-tech bells and whistles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then there's Kwon who takes to the skies -- a lot -- to illustrate, well, to illustrate what exactly? Oh, yeah, this is a vast and complex country. And: I am a sexy survivor who skydives. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/P9tNcmcoJkE\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the last century, an American industrial revolution has given rise to the biggest, most productive food machine the world has ever known, the show announces. Look at our marvels of engineering magic that allow 80 percent of the state of California's water to go directly to Central Valley farms -- in an area that was previously a desert -- to produce 50 percent of the entire country's fruits, nuts, and vegetables. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Might there be anything misguided about redirecting all that precious water? Just curious. But there's no time for controversy here, we're simply going to tell you how it is, with a grin, and move on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The episode also explores how the U.S. food system feeds nearly 300 million Americans every day -- an impressive feat for sure -- at a time when less than two percent of the population produces food for the other 98 percent. Well, hello \u003ca href=\"http://grist.org/food/despite-the-headlines-big-ag-subsidies-arent-going-anywhere/\">Big Ag\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>America has put nature to work, the script explains, with a maddening neutrality that made this writer want to run screaming in frustration from the screen. See how the heartland is composed of massive corn farms, where ag pilots spray more than 40 pesticides -- in the bad old days there were only a few! -- on crops eventually destined for supermarket shelves. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Find out about the modern invention known as \u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/harvest/exist/\">genetically modified corn\u003c/a> that fills so many of the products in grocery stores. Could any of this be detrimental to human health or farmland? Just asking. But, no time, we must keep on trucking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cobject width=\"512\" height=\"328\">\u003cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www-tc.pbs.org/s3/pbs.videoportal-prod.cdn/media/swf/PBSPlayer.swf\">\u003cparam name=\"flashvars\" value=\"video=2209078973&player=viral&end=0\">\u003cparam name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\">\u003cparam name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\">\u003cparam name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\">\u003cembed src=\"http://www-tc.pbs.org/s3/pbs.videoportal-prod.cdn/media/swf/PBSPlayer.swf\" flashvars=\"video=2209078973&player=viral&end=0\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" wmode=\"transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"512\" height=\"328\" bgcolor=\"#000000\">\u003c/embed>\u003c/object>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking of corn, discover how clever Americans are feeding corn -- not a natural source of food for cattle -- to animals who get pumped up supernaturally in industrial food lots, where they're also given doses of antibiotics and growth hormones for good measure, just so consumers might enjoy a large steak. At low cost. Should we discuss whether all this is good for the animals, land, or humans? Nah. The food machine just \"gives us what we want.\" Next segment please.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let's talk \"craveability.\" What Americans want, the New York restaurant experts explain on \u003cem>America Revealed\u003c/em>, is big servings of so-called \"celebration foods\" and they want 'em all the time. Case in point the restaurant hit known as the Bloomin' Onion -- soaked in buttermilk and batter and deep fried, this monster on a plate sells like hot cakes at that embarrassment to any self-respecting Aussie known as the \u003ca href=\"http://www.outback.com/companyinfo/\">Outback Steakhouse\u003c/a>. (Walkabout Soup? Alice Springs Chicken Quesadillas? Chocolate Thunder Down Under? Some marketing guru got rich making this stuff up, but I digress.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So much of this episode is just uncritical content presented without any context, which does a disservice to viewers like you, who expect more from PBS documentaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What if some social studies teacher showed this to a bunch of high school kids? They'd get the impression that the American system of food production and distribution is a well-oiled machine. And that's just so far from the truth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To be fair, if viewers stick around to the 40-minute mark, there are a few indications that all might not be golden in The Land of Oz. (Yes, folks, the camera crew visit Kansas and there are even references to Toto in this program.) \u003ca href=\"http://www.ars.usda.gov/News/docs.htm?docid=15572\">Colony collapse disorder\u003c/a> gets some attention. Those super-size-me steak and fried onion feasts are making Americans fat and fatter we learn. Kwon revisits water in California, but only from the perspective of the expense to farmers. Don't get me started on the crop-dusting segment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Towards the end of the hour the show explores the subject of food deserts -- places where people can't find any real food to eat, since they only have corner stores that specialize in liquor, Lottery tickets, and cigarettes. One guess where the camera crew is headed? Detroit it is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Motor City seems to have become the poster child for urban food renewal for visual media. Pans of vacant lots, abandoned buildings, and graffiti graphically illustrate something went horribly wrong in the home of Motown. Cut to images of urban farmers -- many African American -- growing fresh food for their people in a place that had little for a very long time and it's clear that the city is undergoing a transformation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meet the aptly named \u003ca href=\"http://video.pbs.org/video/2209093103/\">Will Gardner\u003c/a>, an enterprising edible entrepreneur, who sells his produce at a Detroit farmers' market, and one of the few bright spots in an episode where a fourth-generation Midwesterner described himself not as a farmer but an \"input-output manager.\" Oh my.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cobject width=\"512\" height=\"328\">\u003cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www-tc.pbs.org/s3/pbs.videoportal-prod.cdn/media/swf/PBSPlayer.swf\">\u003cparam name=\"flashvars\" value=\"video=2209093103&player=viral&end=0\">\u003cparam name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\">\u003cparam name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\">\u003cparam name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\">\u003cembed src=\"http://www-tc.pbs.org/s3/pbs.videoportal-prod.cdn/media/swf/PBSPlayer.swf\" flashvars=\"video=2209093103&player=viral&end=0\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" wmode=\"transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"512\" height=\"328\" bgcolor=\"#000000\">\u003c/embed>\u003c/object>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What else not to like? The overwrought writing and soundtrack, the frenetic images that begin the episode, the host's mug filmed from one too many planes. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consider yourself warned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/06/edith-floyd-tractor.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/06/edith-floyd-tractor.jpg\" alt=\"Edith Floyd of Growing Joy Garden in Detroit. Photo: Greg Roden\" title=\"Edith Floyd of Growing Joy Garden in Detroit. Photo: Greg Roden\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28353\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Edith Floyd of Growing Joy Garden in Detroit. Photo: Greg Roden\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, back to Detroit. The pilot of the series \u003ca href=\"http://www.foodforward.tv/\">\u003cem>Food Forward\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, which showcases urban agriculture across America, reports on what's gone down and what's growing up in the Motor City too. The episode airs April 9.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sight of \u003ca href=\"http://grist.org/urban-agriculture/2011-12-08-new-agtivist-edith-floyd-is-making-an-urban-farm-lot-by-lot/\">Edith Floyd\u003c/a> beaming on her bright orange tractor turning what were trash-strewn lots into thriving community gardens loaded with edibles is heart-warming and hopeful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As are all the stories of urban farmers producing change in their own lives and others, such as \u003ca href=\"http://foodandcommunityfellows.org/fellows\">IATP Food and Community Fellow\u003c/a> Malik Kenyatta Yakini of the \u003ca href=\"http://detroitblackfoodsecurity.org\">Detroit Community Food Security Network\u003c/a>. These people don't pretend they're going to be able to feed an army let alone the entire country. They just want to do their part to get good food into the hands, mouths, and bellies of the people in their local area. You can't help but root for these underdogs in this series premiere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This writer has already covered \u003cem>Food Forward\u003c/em> before -- in an \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/06/01/5-questions-for-food-forwards-greg-roden/\">interview with producer Greg Roden\u003c/a> for a previous \u003cem>Bay Area Bites\u003c/em> post and in a story featuring \u003ca href=\"http://civileats.com/2011/06/06/food-forward-a-sustainable-tv-show-for-all-americans-video/\">writer Stett Holbrook for Civil Eats\u003c/a>. Watch this program. Don't just take this reviewer's word for it. Food writer \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sfweekly.com/foodie/2011/06/food_forward_review.php\">Sean Timberlake\u003c/a> described the pilot as a celebration of the real food heroes around the country. Indeed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This 13-part series needs support, just like the people it profiles, who are trying to bring about change in America's troubled food systems, whether it's a rooftop gardener in Brooklyn, a hydroponic grower in Milwaukee, or a self-described nugget of deliciousness dropping off boxes of freshly picked produce to neighbors in West Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/RnKobtfvUTs\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Details:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.calacademy.org/events/nightlife/?t=1\">Event April 5, 6-10pm: Nightlife at Cal Academy: Spring into Spring NightLife\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nKQED’s \u003cem>America Revealed\u003c/em> & \u003cem>Food Forward\u003c/em> Screenings & Talks by Yul Kwon & Abeni Ramsey/ African Hall \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.foodforward.tv/\">\u003cem>Food Forward: Urban Agriculture Across America\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nPremiere Airdate: April 9 (on \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/tv/programs/index.jsp?pgmid=20610\">KQED 9\u003c/a> Mon, Apr 9, 2012 -- 7:30pm)\u003cbr>\nTwitter: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/Food_Forward\">@Food_Forward\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nFacebook: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/FoodFoward\">Food Forward\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://foodforwardtv.wordpress.com/\">Food Forward Blog\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/food/shows/food-forward/\">Food Forward on PBS Food\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Graduated from the humble franks of childhood, today's hot dogs offer a degree of sophistication normally reserved for wines, cheeses, and salted caramel Red Vine varietals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_40940\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/full-plate1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/full-plate1000.jpg\" alt=\"Chew's Original De-Dog\" width=\"1000\" height=\"695\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40940\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chew's Original De-Dog \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Mission stalwart \u003ca href=\"http://chewsf.tumblr.com\">Chew\u003c/a> naturally comes first to mind for defrankenfurtication. 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This rainy spring's ingredients include semi-organic fair-trade toasted genmai cha, an imported cloven \"marshmallow\" foam peanut, Swingline free-range staples, unherbed raw paleo-polenta, combed Persian-Siamese blend \u003cem>cheveux de chat\u003c/em>, a spring-inspired inductive jacketed copper coil, partially nontoxic meat-inspired paste resting atop a bed of kaffir lemon leaf, young porchetta entrails casing, and housemade balsamic mustard and curried ketchup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By popular request, Chew has also expanded its undogged offerings to include the \u003cstrong>vegetarian Vee-Dog\u003c/strong>, \u003cstrong>gluten-free Gee-Dog\u003c/strong>, and \u003cstrong>organic Oh-Dog\u003c/strong>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[gallery type=\"slideshow\" link=\"file\" size=\"full\" ids=\"40991,40950,40990\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Chew is no longer the only hot dog undoer in town. The \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/DogGoneDooDah\">DogGoneDooDahDawgz truck\u003c/a>, normally found a few blocks away, offers a strong beanless frank in a more portable package. Proprietor and weekend DJ Keira Von Houten takes a different approach, employing an Acme torpedo roll as her canvas, making for a contained sausage explosion that can be assembled into a conveniently carryable unit, for those who want to ruin the experience. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_40945\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 560px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/mousedogwich560a.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/mousedogwich560a.jpg\" alt=\"DogGoneDooDahDawg\" width=\"560\" height=\"687\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40945\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">DogGoneDooDahDawgz’ DooDah Dawg \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The DooDah Dawg centers on foraged fillers and innovative meatlike substances. 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Staying with his father in the woods east of Eureka, CA, Rabins learned to forage mushrooms and began to drive them down to San Francisco to sell at the back doors of restaurants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Black trumpets, hedgehogs, chanterelles,” Rabins recalls. “\u003ca href=\"http://www.offalgood.com/\">Chris Cosentino\u003c/a> was one of the first guys to buy from me. 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Wild greens, acorns, and seaweed made it onto his short list of items to gather in the woods. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I grew up in Vermont but I wasn't really a woods guy,” says Rabins. “It's cool when I go back now to visit my mom, I see so much more than I saw before. There are ramps everywhere!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Foraging gives you a real awareness of your surroundings. You notice things you'd never seen before.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Rabins started a “CSF” (Community Supported Forage) box program, similar to a \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community-supported_agricultur\">CSA\u003c/a> box you’d get from a farm. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wanted to sell at the farmer's markets but people get freaked out by wild mushrooms,” he said. So then, he started the \u003ca href=\"http://foragesf.com/market/\">underground market\u003c/a>. The event, which ran for eighteen months, was a space for people who are making food at home to be able to sell it. Morphing from a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2010/01/29/underground-farmers-market/\">private house in the Mission\u003c/a>, to which 150 people showed up to a 2,500 person private club held at \u003ca href=\"http://publicsf.com/\">Public Works\u003c/a>, the underground market was eventually shut down by the Health Department. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/food-market560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/food-market560.jpg\" alt=\"Underground Market\" title=\"Underground Market\" width=\"560\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40867\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Hungry patrons wait outside the Underground Market in 2010.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nThree years ago, Rabins started the \u003ca href=\"http://wildkitchen.wordpress.com/\">Wild Kitchen\u003c/a>, a series of wild foraged underground dinners. Each of the eight courses focuses on a couple of wild ingredients that Rabins collects; he cooks with co-chef Thomas Martinez, formerly of \u003ca href=\"http://www.missionbeachcafesf.com/\">Mission Beach Cafe\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.bartartine.com/\">Bar Tartine\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The focus for Rabins and the rest of the \u003ca href=\"http://foragesf.com/\">forageSF\u003c/a> crew now, is shifting toward an “incubator kitchen,” a concept Rabins is developing based off of the model of \u003ca href=\"http://techshop.ws/\">Tech Shop\u003c/a>. For around $100 monthly, members can use industrial design equipment and receive help with their projects. \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Commercial kitchens aren't welcoming to non-professionals,” Rabins explains. “We all have these little apartment kitchens, which are not cohesive to cooking large amounts of food.”\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://foragesf.com/an-incubator-kitchen/fundraising-for-forage-kitchen/\">Forage Kitchen\u003c/a> is intended to be a “hub for food.” The shared-use commercial kitchen will have office space and offer consulting to people who are starting their own food businesses. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you're starting your own food business there is so much bureaucracy and red tape,” says Rabins. “There is so much hassle and you're generally trying to do it all on your own, so it's really disheartening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forage Kitchen will be a space for people to work alongside each other. “People talk a lot about the food community in SF, but more realistically it's a lot of people doing the same stuff on their own in the same city,” Rabins says. A lot of small-business food entrepreneurs, Rabins says, know each other but don’t meet up. Being around others who “are going through the same stuff, and learning the same stuff” will be beneficial to both the small businesspeople and to the larger SF food community as a whole. Beyond Forage Kitchen being for small businesses, though, Rabins sees it as a welcoming space for individuals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though Forage Kitchen is still several months away from opening, Rabins is just starting to fundraise now. He hasn’t begun applying for any licenses yet but there is a space the foragers are eyeballing. “Think 10,000 square feet in SOMA, with space for a rooftop garden and a temperature-controlled room to hang meats and cure prosciutto,” Rabins says. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/utopia560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/utopia560.jpg\" alt=\"utopia\" title=\"utopia\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40869\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Diners will eventually enjoy the fruits of local labor at the Forage Kitchen.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nAnother dream is to have a “home brew room,” where novice brewmeisters can produce beer, and a café in front that will sell the wares made on site. When will this utopian place open? “Hopefully within a year,” Rabins says. “It’s amazing how difficult the city makes these things,” he sighs. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though getting an independent food business off the ground in San Francisco can be filled with trials and tribulations, Rabins has persevered. His methods of success?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I've always kept my business really light,” he explains. “If I was doing something, and it wasn't working, I could easily change course. I have tried to follow my interests the whole way.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"I think the most important thing to be successful is to follow your own passion.”\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>For now, Rabins is getting the word out about the \u003ca href=\"http://foragesf.com/an-incubator-kitchen/fundraising-for-forage-kitchen/\">Forage Kitchen\u003c/a> through forageSF events like Wild-boar scavenger hunts, “Gypsy Jazz pig roasts,” and Basque family-style feasts. 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So then, he started the \u003ca href=\"http://foragesf.com/market/\">underground market\u003c/a>. The event, which ran for eighteen months, was a space for people who are making food at home to be able to sell it. Morphing from a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2010/01/29/underground-farmers-market/\">private house in the Mission\u003c/a>, to which 150 people showed up to a 2,500 person private club held at \u003ca href=\"http://publicsf.com/\">Public Works\u003c/a>, the underground market was eventually shut down by the Health Department. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/food-market560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/food-market560.jpg\" alt=\"Underground Market\" title=\"Underground Market\" width=\"560\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40867\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Hungry patrons wait outside the Underground Market in 2010.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nThree years ago, Rabins started the \u003ca href=\"http://wildkitchen.wordpress.com/\">Wild Kitchen\u003c/a>, a series of wild foraged underground dinners. Each of the eight courses focuses on a couple of wild ingredients that Rabins collects; he cooks with co-chef Thomas Martinez, formerly of \u003ca href=\"http://www.missionbeachcafesf.com/\">Mission Beach Cafe\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.bartartine.com/\">Bar Tartine\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The focus for Rabins and the rest of the \u003ca href=\"http://foragesf.com/\">forageSF\u003c/a> crew now, is shifting toward an “incubator kitchen,” a concept Rabins is developing based off of the model of \u003ca href=\"http://techshop.ws/\">Tech Shop\u003c/a>. For around $100 monthly, members can use industrial design equipment and receive help with their projects. \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Commercial kitchens aren't welcoming to non-professionals,” Rabins explains. “We all have these little apartment kitchens, which are not cohesive to cooking large amounts of food.”\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://foragesf.com/an-incubator-kitchen/fundraising-for-forage-kitchen/\">Forage Kitchen\u003c/a> is intended to be a “hub for food.” The shared-use commercial kitchen will have office space and offer consulting to people who are starting their own food businesses. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you're starting your own food business there is so much bureaucracy and red tape,” says Rabins. “There is so much hassle and you're generally trying to do it all on your own, so it's really disheartening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forage Kitchen will be a space for people to work alongside each other. “People talk a lot about the food community in SF, but more realistically it's a lot of people doing the same stuff on their own in the same city,” Rabins says. A lot of small-business food entrepreneurs, Rabins says, know each other but don’t meet up. Being around others who “are going through the same stuff, and learning the same stuff” will be beneficial to both the small businesspeople and to the larger SF food community as a whole. Beyond Forage Kitchen being for small businesses, though, Rabins sees it as a welcoming space for individuals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though Forage Kitchen is still several months away from opening, Rabins is just starting to fundraise now. He hasn’t begun applying for any licenses yet but there is a space the foragers are eyeballing. “Think 10,000 square feet in SOMA, with space for a rooftop garden and a temperature-controlled room to hang meats and cure prosciutto,” Rabins says. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/utopia560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/utopia560.jpg\" alt=\"utopia\" title=\"utopia\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40869\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Diners will eventually enjoy the fruits of local labor at the Forage Kitchen.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nAnother dream is to have a “home brew room,” where novice brewmeisters can produce beer, and a café in front that will sell the wares made on site. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Zaki-Ayyad-family.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Zaki-Ayyad-family.jpg\" alt=\"Zaki-Ayyad family\" title=\"Zaki-Ayyad family\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40807\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Photo courtesy Zaki Kabob House\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Middle Eastern restaurants dot the Bay Area dining scene, like parsley sprinkled over a plate of hummus. A recent discovery, Albany’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.zakikabobhouse.com/\">Zaki Kabob House\u003c/a>, intrigued me for two reasons: the menu, featuring Palestinian dishes not commonly found at other shawarma-falafel spots, and the compelling story of Zaki’s determined owners, the Ayyad family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sitting on the patio of their modest green building on San Pablo Avenue, I spoke with Fayza, Kameem, Ramzy and Layla about their journey to opening Zaki (which means ‘delicious’ in Arabic) and some of their Palestinian specialties. (\u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_cuisine\">Palestinian cuisine\u003c/a> includes foods prepared and eaten by Palestinians, whether living in the Palestinian Diaspora, West Bank and Gaza, Israel, Jordan, or refugee camps. It traces Persian, Turkish and Greek influences and shares features of other Levantine cuisines, such as Lebanese, Syrian and Jordanian.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fayza, the matriarch and recipe developer, recently returned from an annual trip to her native Jerusalem for inspiration. A gracious hostess, every time I inquired about an unfamiliar dish on the menu, she made sure I got a taste, adding, “Hospitality is part of our culture.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/spheeha.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/spheeha.jpg\" alt=\"spheeha\" title=\"spheeha\" width=\"560\" height=\"432\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40808\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nAs I munched on \u003cem>spheeha\u003c/em> (also spelled sfiha) a mini-pizza with moist turmeric-scented dough topped by lamb, tomato and tahini (veggie version features spinach), Fayza’s husband, Kameem told me that after moving to California 30 years ago, his first job was in a cardboard-tube factory, making $3.50 an hour. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later he owned a liquor store, but Fayza admits she was always uncomfortable with that, since Islam prohibits alcohol -- and it is not served in their restaurant. When Kameem owned and ran the Halal Meat Market in Berkeley, Fayza worked as a butcher, carving up goats and sides of beef. Then medical problems and the economic downturn hit the family hard. They lost everything. “But,” said Kameem, “ you can’t give up. There is always opportunity. When one door closes another opens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The door leading into their dream restaurant did not swing open without a lot of faith and hard work. This spot on the Berkeley-Albany border was a KFC when the family first noticed it, which was then replaced by a string of other eateries that all went belly up. The jinxed spot has been variously, a donut shop, Chinese, Korean and African restaurants. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The day in 2008 that Naiem found a tiny “For Sale” note taped on the door, the abandoned property was dark, damp, littered, and an impromptu, open-air dorm for homeless people. “The place was in such bad shape,” Kameem recounted, “that everyone told me I was a fool to buy it.” But the challenge appealed to Kameem and he and his family toiled everyday for 8 months to clean and remodel it. “We filled dumpsters the size of elephants with trash,” he recalled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/welcome.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/welcome.jpg\" alt=\"welcome\" title=\"welcome\" width=\"560\" height=\"317\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40809\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neighbors first tried to discourage them, saying that given the spot’s history, they would be too afraid to frequent the new cafe. But as the Ayyads installed patterned tile walls that reminded them of home, and made the space cozy and inviting, local residents started rooting for them. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One day when it looked like the remodeling was complete, the neighbors couldn’t wait any longer and lined up at the front door for lunch, even before there was an official opening. Fayza wasn’t quite ready yet and just made them salad, chicken and pot after pot of rice, since she had no idea how much people were going to eat. Slowly, she started adding dishes to the menu, familiar Middle Eastern fare, like hummus, falafel and shawarma, but with Fayza’s special spin. Their standout dish has always been the organic, rotisserie chicken, marinated in olive oil, lemon juice and vinegar and rubbed with Fayza’s secret blend of spices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/maklouba.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/maklouba.jpg\" alt=\"maklouba\" title=\"maklouba\" width=\"560\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40810\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nAll this talk of chicken made me hungry and I asked about Maklouba, one of the daily specials. “This is a Jordanian-Palestinian dish that we eat at home every Friday. It literally means upside-down,” Fayza said as she invited me into the kitchen where she and daughter Layla, who serves as kitchen manager and cook, took a huge pan layered with chicken, vegetables and rice out of the oven and gently turned it over onto a giant platter to offer me a bite of the warm mélange.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fayza, who had a Moroccan father and Palestinian mother, explains that this dish is usually eaten with the hands. Since I just wrote a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2012/02/22/eat-with-your-hands-for-a-sensuous-intimate-mindful-meal/\">post about eating with the hands\u003c/a>, in which I got a lesson in Moroccan right-handed dining, I felt prepared. But Fayza says that common practice in her culture is to wash the hands, but leave them wet (perhaps because this avoids any worry about unclean towels?) \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/mudamus.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/mudamus.jpg\" alt=\"mudamus\" title=\"mudamus\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40811\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The maklouba, like the spheeha and other nightly specials I tasted in the next few days are homey, hearty, unfussy, satisfying dishes. Besides familiar salads of cucumbers and tomatoes (with feta, tahini, or red onions) dressed in olive oil and lemon, a few salad items were new to me: Mudamus, creamy poached fava beans with stewed tomatoes, which Layla informed me is a breakfast staple. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/mashweeya.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/mashweeya.jpg\" alt=\"mashweeya\" title=\"mashweeya\" width=\"560\" height=\"403\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40812\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Mashweeya, a grilled vegetable salad that Layla explained is usually a summer dish, enjoyed by the family standing around the hot grill. The plate of smoky eggplant, tomatoes and garlic with olive oil was so flavorful, that I tasted a hint of summer, even on a rainy March day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Fasoulia-pair.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Fasoulia-pair.jpg\" alt=\"Fasoulia\" title=\"Fasoulia\" width=\"560\" height=\"335\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40813\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nightly specials are a big draw at Zaki, even with the ninety-five percent non-Middle Eastern clientele. Son and business manager, Ramzy, says, \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Many of our customers are well-traveled people who have tasted these foods on trips. We also get fourth or fifth generation Lebanese, for example, or someone who remembers the way their Persian grandma made lentils.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Lamb is a key ingredient in dishes traditionally served on special occasions and at Zaki, the lamb is so tender it falls apart if you but glance at it. In Fasoulia, the Tuesday night special, it is cooked with green beans stewed with garlic and tomato sauce. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/mensaf.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/mensaf.jpg\" alt=\"mensaf\" title=\"mensaf\" width=\"560\" height=\"283\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40814\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Mensaf, the Saturday night special--that always sells out--the lamb comes in a bowl of creamy sauce of yogurt, sautéed onions and lemon juice that one pours over a dome of Jasmine rice and yogurt-soaked bread. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/zaki-falafel.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/zaki-falafel.jpg\" alt=\"zaki falafel\" title=\"zaki falafel\" width=\"560\" height=\"555\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40815\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As she brought me a plate of her zesty, spiced falafel to try, Fayza confided that the headscarf she wears seems to attract cultural projections. When she attended Contra Costa College 20 years ago, she was the only student with such a head covering. \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“They called me Mother Teresa,” she recalled. “And they wanted me to change my name to Liza, and my husband to change his to Dan. Can you imagine us, ‘Liza and Dan?’ But no way, I’m not changing. I stay true to myself,\" she said as she graciously poured me another cup of mint tea.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.zakikabobhouse.com/\">Zaki Kabob House\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nAddress: \u003ca href=\"http://g.co/maps/b7d7d\">Map\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n1101 San Pablo Avenue (at Dartmouth St.) Albany, 94706\u003cbr>\nPhone: (510) 527-5452\u003cbr>\nHours: Sunday-Thursday 11-3, 5-9 Friday & Saturday, 11-3, 5-10 (Saturday night live music)\u003cbr>\nTwitter: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/zakikabobhouse\">@ZakiKabobHouse\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nFacebook: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/zakikabobhouse\">Zaki Delectable Mediterranean Cuisine\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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The jinxed spot has been variously, a donut shop, Chinese, Korean and African restaurants. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The day in 2008 that Naiem found a tiny “For Sale” note taped on the door, the abandoned property was dark, damp, littered, and an impromptu, open-air dorm for homeless people. “The place was in such bad shape,” Kameem recounted, “that everyone told me I was a fool to buy it.” But the challenge appealed to Kameem and he and his family toiled everyday for 8 months to clean and remodel it. “We filled dumpsters the size of elephants with trash,” he recalled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/welcome.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/welcome.jpg\" alt=\"welcome\" title=\"welcome\" width=\"560\" height=\"317\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40809\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neighbors first tried to discourage them, saying that given the spot’s history, they would be too afraid to frequent the new cafe. But as the Ayyads installed patterned tile walls that reminded them of home, and made the space cozy and inviting, local residents started rooting for them. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One day when it looked like the remodeling was complete, the neighbors couldn’t wait any longer and lined up at the front door for lunch, even before there was an official opening. Fayza wasn’t quite ready yet and just made them salad, chicken and pot after pot of rice, since she had no idea how much people were going to eat. Slowly, she started adding dishes to the menu, familiar Middle Eastern fare, like hummus, falafel and shawarma, but with Fayza’s special spin. Their standout dish has always been the organic, rotisserie chicken, marinated in olive oil, lemon juice and vinegar and rubbed with Fayza’s secret blend of spices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/maklouba.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/maklouba.jpg\" alt=\"maklouba\" title=\"maklouba\" width=\"560\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40810\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nAll this talk of chicken made me hungry and I asked about Maklouba, one of the daily specials. “This is a Jordanian-Palestinian dish that we eat at home every Friday. It literally means upside-down,” Fayza said as she invited me into the kitchen where she and daughter Layla, who serves as kitchen manager and cook, took a huge pan layered with chicken, vegetables and rice out of the oven and gently turned it over onto a giant platter to offer me a bite of the warm mélange.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fayza, who had a Moroccan father and Palestinian mother, explains that this dish is usually eaten with the hands. Since I just wrote a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2012/02/22/eat-with-your-hands-for-a-sensuous-intimate-mindful-meal/\">post about eating with the hands\u003c/a>, in which I got a lesson in Moroccan right-handed dining, I felt prepared. But Fayza says that common practice in her culture is to wash the hands, but leave them wet (perhaps because this avoids any worry about unclean towels?) \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/mudamus.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/mudamus.jpg\" alt=\"mudamus\" title=\"mudamus\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40811\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The maklouba, like the spheeha and other nightly specials I tasted in the next few days are homey, hearty, unfussy, satisfying dishes. Besides familiar salads of cucumbers and tomatoes (with feta, tahini, or red onions) dressed in olive oil and lemon, a few salad items were new to me: Mudamus, creamy poached fava beans with stewed tomatoes, which Layla informed me is a breakfast staple. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/mashweeya.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/mashweeya.jpg\" alt=\"mashweeya\" title=\"mashweeya\" width=\"560\" height=\"403\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40812\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Mashweeya, a grilled vegetable salad that Layla explained is usually a summer dish, enjoyed by the family standing around the hot grill. The plate of smoky eggplant, tomatoes and garlic with olive oil was so flavorful, that I tasted a hint of summer, even on a rainy March day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Fasoulia-pair.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Fasoulia-pair.jpg\" alt=\"Fasoulia\" title=\"Fasoulia\" width=\"560\" height=\"335\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40813\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nightly specials are a big draw at Zaki, even with the ninety-five percent non-Middle Eastern clientele. Son and business manager, Ramzy, says, \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Many of our customers are well-traveled people who have tasted these foods on trips. We also get fourth or fifth generation Lebanese, for example, or someone who remembers the way their Persian grandma made lentils.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Lamb is a key ingredient in dishes traditionally served on special occasions and at Zaki, the lamb is so tender it falls apart if you but glance at it. In Fasoulia, the Tuesday night special, it is cooked with green beans stewed with garlic and tomato sauce. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/mensaf.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/mensaf.jpg\" alt=\"mensaf\" title=\"mensaf\" width=\"560\" height=\"283\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40814\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Mensaf, the Saturday night special--that always sells out--the lamb comes in a bowl of creamy sauce of yogurt, sautéed onions and lemon juice that one pours over a dome of Jasmine rice and yogurt-soaked bread. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/zaki-falafel.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/zaki-falafel.jpg\" alt=\"zaki falafel\" title=\"zaki falafel\" width=\"560\" height=\"555\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40815\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As she brought me a plate of her zesty, spiced falafel to try, Fayza confided that the headscarf she wears seems to attract cultural projections. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Carlo-Espinas400.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40588\" title=\"Carlo Espinas. Photo: Liza Gershman\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Carlo-Espinas400.jpg\" alt=\"Carlo Espinas. Photo: Liza Gershman\" width=\"400\" height=\"601\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Carlo Espinas. Photo: Liza Gershman\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.comstocksaloon.com/\">Comstock Saloon\u003c/a> opened in North Beach in 2009. Saloon Keepers \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2012/02/28/qa-with-comstock-saloon-keeper-jonny-raglin-2/\">Jonny Raglin\u003c/a> and Jeff Hollinger crafted the bar program, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.comstocksaloon.com/menu.php\">the menu\u003c/a> from chef Carlo Espinas is classic Gold Coast San Francisco. His menu favorites are braised beef shank & bone marrow pot-pie and potted pork with country ham, mustard and warm bread (not currently featured on the menu). Espinas serves up a “Free Lunch” on Friday, for any customer who buys two adult beverages. This writer sampled the Scotch Egg Salad on a recent visit, and the chef’s recipe is cited below. The saloon’s design, menu and staff uniform all reflect an earlier era, and the building’s history can be dated to 1907.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Espinas is from Fremont and started working in the food industry as a teenager. He worked at Café Tallulah (now shuttered) and at \u003ca href=\"http://www.noahs.com/\">Noah’s Bagels\u003c/a>. Initially interested in journalism, he worked as a freelance writer while living in New York after graduating from American University. He decided restaurant work had major appeal and returned to the Bay Area and enrolled at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.chefs.edu/San-Francisco\">California Culinary Academy\u003c/a>, while working at \u003ca href=\"http://incanto.biz/\">Incanto\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.acoterestaurant.com/\">À Côté\u003c/a>. Around this time, he did poultry prep and frying for the much celebrated fried chicken sandwich at \u003ca href=\"http://www.bakesalebetty.com/\">Bakesale Betty\u003c/a>. Espinas worked as the opening chef for \u003ca href=\"http://www.piccinocafe.com/\">Piccino\u003c/a> and later went on to work at \u003ca href=\"http://www.caminorestaurant.com/\">Camino Restaurant\u003c/a> in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Espinas said that he still visits Russell Moore at Camino and that he learned to properly use fire from Moore. With this method, “it’s a boldness to treat the ingredients the way that you want rather than the way everyone else does.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The young chef lives in the Mission and is single. He enjoys cooking for friends and playing “an intense game” of table tennis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How is your cooking style unfolding at Comstock?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI’m not the same stereotypical male chef and like simple or country cooking. That means I am not as enamored with modern techniques and take different clues from different cultures. You get something fresh without being overwrought. With our cocktails, there are at most three to five ingredients. So we go with simple food combinations that are not complicated. Our pig and a biscuit dish is inspired by a visit to a \u003ca href=\"http://www.popeyes.com/\">Popeye’s\u003c/a> Louisiana Chicken at the airport in North Carolina.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m used to working with a changing menu but I’m so tired of the pepper jelly here [Editor’s Note: the pepper jelly and crackers remain a popular staple item]. We have an extra menu to show some creativity and lightness, while being in tune with the seasons. People trust us and our regular customers stay happy with the food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What are your favorite spots to shop for food?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nTo be honest, I don't do a lot of shopping for myself. When I do cook, I have a specific dish and an ingredient list. It’ll be a one-pot kind of thing, a soup or stew.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I like to go \u003ca href=\"http://www.rainbow.coop/\">Rainbow\u003c/a> a lot, and the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ferrybuildingmarketplace.com/farmers_market.php\">Ferry Building Farmers' Market\u003c/a> during the week. I avoid going to the market there on Saturdays. If I’m not out of the house by nine, forget about heading there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What are your favorite off-night spots?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI’m friends with the crew at \u003ca href=\"http://farmtablesf.com/\">farm:table\u003c/a>. I’ll drive there on my way to work. It’s fun to see a lot of the same characters when I stop in there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I go to \u003ca href=\"http://www.commonwealthsf.com/\">Commonwealth\u003c/a> on my way home. If I see a spot at the bar, I’ll sneak in and sit there. It’s a place that embodies the best of both worlds, and you have the very fine dining that’s also comfortable. Their squid dish is good.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What is your favorite meal to have with your family?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nIn my family, eating crab together is a big one. For Thanksgiving, we always have crab and turkey. For Christmas, we do roast beef.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What is your guiltiest food pleasure?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI have a lot of those. Smoked salmon was one of the first things I was obsessed with as a kid. When I enjoy, say, a tuna melt, that meal is all I can think of for the entire week. I live right around the corner from \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmrpickles.com/\">Mr. Pickle’s\u003c/a>, and I enjoy their traditional pastrami sandwich from the counter. It’s called the Diana, and is number five on the menu. I love smoked meats and smoked fish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Where do you think we are with food in the Bay Area?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nComfort food had a good run and then we saw cool stuff coming out of the food trucks. Places like \u003ca href=\"http://www.benusf.com/\">Benu\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.saisonsf.com/\">Saison\u003c/a> are doing interesting food. SF rules the middle ground for food and that continues to develop. When I travel to other cities, there can be dead zones for food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Any news you can share?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nIt’s hard to get away from work but I love to travel around the U.S. I plan on visiting Nashville, where my friend from Bakesale Betty’s owns a spot called \u003ca href=\"http://www.dozen-nashville.com/\">Dozen\u003c/a>, which is a sweet shop. I’d like to also go to Austin. I recently went to New Orleans and had a lot of baked oysters. New Orleans is similar to San Francisco because it’s a cocktail town, which means you can’t really find a great salad. After three days, I need to take a break from that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s in your future?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI really like starting things, and have a personality suited towards that. I’m always looking for new projects. It’s important to see things and really execute, but I’m restless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/scotch-egg560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40586\" title=\"Scotch Egg\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/scotch-egg560.jpg\" alt=\"Scotch Egg\" width=\"560\" height=\"418\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Recipe: Scotch Egg\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Carlo Espinas, Comstock Saloon\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ingredients:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n1/2 lb bulk sausage\u003cbr>\n4 medium boiled eggs, peeled –so we simmer the eggs for 10 minutes and then cool in an ice bath\u003cbr>\n2 eggs – for egg wash\u003cbr>\nApprox. 2 cups Flour for dredging\u003cbr>\nApprox. 4 cups Breadcrumbs - I prefer coarse breadcrumbs, like panko, for texture.\u003cbr>\n2 quarts fryer oil – we use rice bran or canola typically\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Instructions:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n1. We use about 2 oz of sausage per egg. If you don’t have a scale handy, you can just divide the sausage into 4 portions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>2. When the eggs are cooled and peeled, pack the sausage around each egg. When done, put the covered eggs into the refrigerator to cool and firm up. About an hour or so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>3. Set up your fryer, whether it’s a fry daddy or a stove top set up. We’re aiming for 325 degrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>4. Set up your dredging line: have your flour ready in one container. The egg wash in a bowl next to that. The breadcrumbs in a container on the right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>5. When everything is set, take one egg and roll it in the flour, then evenly coat it in egg wash and then lastly roll it in the breadcrumbs. After all the eggs are done, you are ready to fry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>6. Fry the eggs for about 10-12 minutes, until the outside has a nice crispy brown texture and the sausage is cooked through. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Carlo-Espinas400.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40588\" title=\"Carlo Espinas. Photo: Liza Gershman\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Carlo-Espinas400.jpg\" alt=\"Carlo Espinas. Photo: Liza Gershman\" width=\"400\" height=\"601\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Carlo Espinas. Photo: Liza Gershman\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.comstocksaloon.com/\">Comstock Saloon\u003c/a> opened in North Beach in 2009. Saloon Keepers \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2012/02/28/qa-with-comstock-saloon-keeper-jonny-raglin-2/\">Jonny Raglin\u003c/a> and Jeff Hollinger crafted the bar program, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.comstocksaloon.com/menu.php\">the menu\u003c/a> from chef Carlo Espinas is classic Gold Coast San Francisco. His menu favorites are braised beef shank & bone marrow pot-pie and potted pork with country ham, mustard and warm bread (not currently featured on the menu). Espinas serves up a “Free Lunch” on Friday, for any customer who buys two adult beverages. This writer sampled the Scotch Egg Salad on a recent visit, and the chef’s recipe is cited below. The saloon’s design, menu and staff uniform all reflect an earlier era, and the building’s history can be dated to 1907.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Espinas is from Fremont and started working in the food industry as a teenager. He worked at Café Tallulah (now shuttered) and at \u003ca href=\"http://www.noahs.com/\">Noah’s Bagels\u003c/a>. Initially interested in journalism, he worked as a freelance writer while living in New York after graduating from American University. He decided restaurant work had major appeal and returned to the Bay Area and enrolled at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.chefs.edu/San-Francisco\">California Culinary Academy\u003c/a>, while working at \u003ca href=\"http://incanto.biz/\">Incanto\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.acoterestaurant.com/\">À Côté\u003c/a>. Around this time, he did poultry prep and frying for the much celebrated fried chicken sandwich at \u003ca href=\"http://www.bakesalebetty.com/\">Bakesale Betty\u003c/a>. Espinas worked as the opening chef for \u003ca href=\"http://www.piccinocafe.com/\">Piccino\u003c/a> and later went on to work at \u003ca href=\"http://www.caminorestaurant.com/\">Camino Restaurant\u003c/a> in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Espinas said that he still visits Russell Moore at Camino and that he learned to properly use fire from Moore. With this method, “it’s a boldness to treat the ingredients the way that you want rather than the way everyone else does.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The young chef lives in the Mission and is single. He enjoys cooking for friends and playing “an intense game” of table tennis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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People trust us and our regular customers stay happy with the food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What are your favorite spots to shop for food?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nTo be honest, I don't do a lot of shopping for myself. When I do cook, I have a specific dish and an ingredient list. It’ll be a one-pot kind of thing, a soup or stew.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I like to go \u003ca href=\"http://www.rainbow.coop/\">Rainbow\u003c/a> a lot, and the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ferrybuildingmarketplace.com/farmers_market.php\">Ferry Building Farmers' Market\u003c/a> during the week. I avoid going to the market there on Saturdays. If I’m not out of the house by nine, forget about heading there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What are your favorite off-night spots?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI’m friends with the crew at \u003ca href=\"http://farmtablesf.com/\">farm:table\u003c/a>. I’ll drive there on my way to work. It’s fun to see a lot of the same characters when I stop in there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I go to \u003ca href=\"http://www.commonwealthsf.com/\">Commonwealth\u003c/a> on my way home. If I see a spot at the bar, I’ll sneak in and sit there. It’s a place that embodies the best of both worlds, and you have the very fine dining that’s also comfortable. Their squid dish is good.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What is your favorite meal to have with your family?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nIn my family, eating crab together is a big one. For Thanksgiving, we always have crab and turkey. For Christmas, we do roast beef.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What is your guiltiest food pleasure?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI have a lot of those. Smoked salmon was one of the first things I was obsessed with as a kid. When I enjoy, say, a tuna melt, that meal is all I can think of for the entire week. I live right around the corner from \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmrpickles.com/\">Mr. Pickle’s\u003c/a>, and I enjoy their traditional pastrami sandwich from the counter. It’s called the Diana, and is number five on the menu. I love smoked meats and smoked fish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Where do you think we are with food in the Bay Area?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nComfort food had a good run and then we saw cool stuff coming out of the food trucks. Places like \u003ca href=\"http://www.benusf.com/\">Benu\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.saisonsf.com/\">Saison\u003c/a> are doing interesting food. SF rules the middle ground for food and that continues to develop. When I travel to other cities, there can be dead zones for food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Any news you can share?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nIt’s hard to get away from work but I love to travel around the U.S. I plan on visiting Nashville, where my friend from Bakesale Betty’s owns a spot called \u003ca href=\"http://www.dozen-nashville.com/\">Dozen\u003c/a>, which is a sweet shop. I’d like to also go to Austin. I recently went to New Orleans and had a lot of baked oysters. New Orleans is similar to San Francisco because it’s a cocktail town, which means you can’t really find a great salad. After three days, I need to take a break from that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s in your future?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI really like starting things, and have a personality suited towards that. I’m always looking for new projects. It’s important to see things and really execute, but I’m restless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/scotch-egg560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40586\" title=\"Scotch Egg\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/scotch-egg560.jpg\" alt=\"Scotch Egg\" width=\"560\" height=\"418\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Recipe: Scotch Egg\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Carlo Espinas, Comstock Saloon\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ingredients:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n1/2 lb bulk sausage\u003cbr>\n4 medium boiled eggs, peeled –so we simmer the eggs for 10 minutes and then cool in an ice bath\u003cbr>\n2 eggs – for egg wash\u003cbr>\nApprox. 2 cups Flour for dredging\u003cbr>\nApprox. 4 cups Breadcrumbs - I prefer coarse breadcrumbs, like panko, for texture.\u003cbr>\n2 quarts fryer oil – we use rice bran or canola typically\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Instructions:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n1. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Dominique-Crenn-final.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Dominique-Crenn-final.jpg\" alt=\"Dominique Crenn. Photo: Molly DeCoudreaux\" title=\"Dominique Crenn. Photo: Molly DeCoudreaux\" width=\"538\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40665\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Dominique Crenn. Photo: Molly DeCoudreaux\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chef Dominique Crenn is just back from a trip to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.omnivore.fr/\">Omnivore Food Festival\u003c/a> in Paris, where she was one of the few Michelin-starred female chefs asked to participate. She is full of inspiration and ideas, and launching a \u003ca href=\"http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/233508\">special dialogue dinner\u003c/a> for two nights this month at her \u003ca href=\"http://www.ateliercrenn.com/\">Atelier Crenn\u003c/a> restaurant on March 28 and March 29. This dialogue dinner series kicks-off with a two-night “conversation” between Chef Crenn and Miles Watson of \u003ca href=\"http://pure-berlin.com/miles.php\">Pure Berlin\u003c/a>. Crenn and Watson will take turns composing courses (five from each side) and will collaborate on the final eleventh course. Like Atelier Crenn’s “fiercely modern” French cookery, Pure Berlin is a restaurant and culinary design studio with firm German roots, but fresh gastronomic sensibilities. Tickets are $300, including coursed wine pairings (reduced price of $200 for non-drinking guests); no vegetarian option available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003ca href=\"http://pure-berlin.com/miles.php\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/PURE-BERLIN-new400.jpg\" alt=\"pure Berlin image courtesy of Atelier Crenn\" title=\"pure Berlin image courtesy of Atelier Crenn\" width=\"400\" height=\"517\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40670\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Pure Berlin image courtesy of Atelier Crenn\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crenn is a native of France and received Michelin stars at Luce in 2010 and 2011. Esquire awarded her Chef of the Year in 2008 and she won Iron Chef America in 2010. Before opening her own restaurant, Crenn worked at \u003ca href=\"http://www.lucewinerestaurant.com/\">Luce\u003c/a>, and in Jakarta and Los Angeles. She was a protégé of \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah_Tower\">Jeremiah Tower\u003c/a> at the vaunted Stars Restaurant in San Francisco early in her career. Crenn lives in the Duboce Park neighborhood and spoke with Bay Area Bites via phone. She was on her way to eat at \u003ca href=\"http://heirloom-sf.com/\">Heirloom Café\u003c/a> for the first time, after finding the wait line at \u003ca href=\"http://www.missionchinesefood.com/\">Mission Chinese Food\u003c/a> to be too long.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Why do a dialogue dinner with another chef?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMany times with chefs, it can be all about the ego (laughs). I want to get away from there. I’m starting this dialogue because I want to collaborate with other chefs. I love what we’re doing as chefs, and go online to learn from my peers at \u003ca href=\"http://chefs-talk.com/\">Chef’s Talk\u003c/a>. With Miles, he’s trying to show people that there’s really something good about German food beyond heavy stuff, like sauerkraut and sausage. It’s his heritage, and he can use a modernist’s touch to the courses. I gave him the freedom to express himself and be what he is. There’s a story on the plate and the menu’s also going to be the story. I want it to be like this: “Tell me who you are, and where you’ve been.” We both cook with local produce but I’ll email him so that he knows what we have in season here. So far, we’ve been in touch via email and I first met him online at Chef’s Talk. I was supposed to meet him at the Omnivore Festival but it didn’t work out. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m also talking to John Fraser of \u003ca href=\"http://dovetailnyc.com/\">Dovetail\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.tipplingclub.com/\">Tippling Club\u003c/a>’s Ryan Clift and In De Wulf’s \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/Kobewulf\">Kobe Desramaults\u003c/a>. Right now, I am tentatively scheduled to do a dialogue dinner in June with Carlo Miriarchi of \u003ca href=\"http://www.robertaspizza.com/\">Roberta's Pizza\u003c/a> in New York.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s going on with your book?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI know \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Myint\">Anthony Myint\u003c/a> and he comes to the restaurant quite often. His wife \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAcS52QgIuQ\">Karen Leibowitz\u003c/a> and I are writing a book together. I’m excited. It’s going to be called Dialogue, and show the recipes and the people in my life. I’m here to celebrate the people in my life and the world that surrounds me and inspires me. The current idea is to go with a lot of pictures, writing, recipes, and drawings. It’ll be about a dialogue that is global and international.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I thought about the book a long time ago and was talking to my business partner about it before we opened Atelier Crenn. It’s important for me to be able to reach out to the culinary world, and not just San Francisco and New York. It’s important to understand what’s going on in the world and know that cooking has changed. What we put on the plate involves the produce, people, animals and soil around us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Foie-Gras-Log1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Foie-Gras-Log560.jpg\" alt=\"Foie Gras Log\" title=\"Foie Gras Log\" width=\"560\" height=\"374\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40679\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Foie gras “Log.” All Photos courtesy of Atelier Crenn\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ctable>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>\n\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Ocean-and-Land1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Ocean-and-Land1000-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Ocean and Land - Wagyu Beef and Smoked Sturgeon. Photo: Atelier Crenn\" title=\"Ocean and Land - Wagyu Beef and Smoked Sturgeon. Photo: Atelier Crenn\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-40663\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Dominique-Crenn-1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Dominique-Crenn-1000-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Chef Dominique Crenn prepares vegetables in the Atelier Crenn kitchen. Photo: Atelier Crenn\" title=\"Chef Dominique Crenn prepares vegetables in the Atelier Crenn kitchen. Photo: Atelier Crenn\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-40661\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Atelier-Crenn-1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Atelier-Crenn-1000-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Chef Dominique Crenn plating ingredients with tweezers. Photo: Atelier Crenn\" title=\"Chef Dominique Crenn plating ingredients with tweezers. Photo: Atelier Crenn\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-40660\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003c/table>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What was it like meeting your culinary hero, \u003ca href=\"http://www.guysavoy.com/en/\">Guy Savoy\u003c/a> ?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nA friend told him to come eat at Atelier Crenn his first time in San Francisco, and he did. I cooked for him and his girlfriend. He told me to come to his restaurant in Paris, I did and he cooked 14 courses. He treated me like I was a queen. It was so crazy. At this point I don’t care what critics say -- I cooked for Guy Savoy. I just want to cook for my customers and no one else. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What are your favorite food spots?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.commonwealthsf.com/\">Commonwealth\u003c/a>, where I sit at the bar and hang out. It’s just amazing. I love the flavors and really like the chef, Jason Fox.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My friend opened \u003ca href=\"http://www.sushirrito.com/\">Sushirrito\u003c/a>. There’s a special roll I order there. I don’t want to say it’s crack in my mouth because I’ve never had crack. But it’s pretty intense and just delicious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When I went to \u003ca href=\"http://coirestaurant.com/\">Coi\u003c/a>, I was blown away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.foreigncinema.com/\">Foreign Cinema\u003c/a> is another favorite. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I love siphon-style coffee, from Japan. I like to do meetings and see friends at \u003ca href=\"http://fourbarrelcoffee.com/\">Four Barrel\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What do you do when you’re not working?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nWe go to Marin a lot, because, my partner’s family is in Kentfield. They have a very beautiful house that’s almost French-style. There’s a wonderful hiking trail nearby. Near Mill Valley, there’s also a big great place to go foraging. We have three dogs that I take with me: Sophie the boxer, Frankie the crazy Chihuahua and Maximus, a lovely tiny dog. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This recipe, WALK IN THE FOREST is a menu staple at Atelier Crenn and changes seasonally. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/forest1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/forest560.jpg\" alt=\"Recipe: Walk in the Forest. Chef Dominique Crenn. Photo: Atelier Crenn\" title=\"Recipe: Walk in the Forest. Chef Dominique Crenn. Photo: Atelier Crenn\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40654\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Chef Dominique Crenn's Recipe: Walk in the Forest. Photo: Atelier Crenn\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Recipe: WALK IN THE FOREST\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pine Meringue\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n200g sugar\u003cbr>\n50g water\u003cbr>\n125 g egg whites\u003cbr>\nPine extract\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pumpernickel Soil\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n5 pieces pumpernickel bread\u003cbr>\n1 g salt\u003cbr>\n \u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Hazelnut Praline\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n200 g blanched filberts\u003cbr>\n300 g blended oil\u003cbr>\n \u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Sorrel Oil\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n4 bu sorrel\u003cbr>\n150 g blended oil\u003cbr>\n \u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Foraged Mushrooms\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nclean wild mushrooms\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mushroom Paper\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n100 g mushroom puree\u003cbr>\n50 g isomalt\u003cbr>\n \u003cbr>\nIn a pot combine sugar and water until it reaches 121 degrees Celsius. At the same time in a KitchenAid mixer whip egg whites until medium peak. Combine syrup with the egg whites slowly, then mix at full speed until a stiff peak is formed. While mixer is going add in 7-10 drops of pine extract for flavor.\u003cbr>\n \u003cbr>\nToast pumpernickel until completely dried out. In a Robot Coupe, grind bread and salt to make a soil.\u003cbr>\n \u003cbr>\nBlanch hazelnuts in oil for about 15 minutes. Spin entire contents of the pot in a Vitamix until very smooth, season with salt. Should be the consistency of a very loose peanut butter.\u003cbr>\n \u003cbr>\nIn a Vitamix combine sorrel and oil, then strain through a coffee filter and fine sieve for 24 hours.\u003cbr>\n \u003cbr>\nSave the bits and pieces from cleaning and trimming your wild mushrooms. Put them in a pot with a little olive oil, thyme, garlic, and shallot. Deglaze with sherry vinegar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once mushrooms are cooked, puree in a Vitamix and and season with salt. Use this for garnish on the plate and mushroom paper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Combine isomalt and puree and bring to a boil. Spread thinly on a sheet of acetate and dehydrate for 8 hours.\u003cbr>\n \u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Chickpea Paper\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n100 g chickpea puree\u003cbr>\n50 g isomalt\u003cbr>\n \u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Dehydrated Mushrooms\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n50 g isomalt\u003cbr>\n100 g water\u003cbr>\n24 ea thinly sliced wild mushrooms\u003cbr>\n \u003cbr>\nBoil dried chickpeas until soft, then puree and season with salt. Combine with isomalt and bring to a boil. Spread a thin layer on acetate and dehydrate for 8 hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bring isomalt and water to a boil. Dip mushrooms in solution and set on acetate. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Dominique-Crenn-final.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Dominique-Crenn-final.jpg\" alt=\"Dominique Crenn. Photo: Molly DeCoudreaux\" title=\"Dominique Crenn. Photo: Molly DeCoudreaux\" width=\"538\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40665\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Dominique Crenn. Photo: Molly DeCoudreaux\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chef Dominique Crenn is just back from a trip to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.omnivore.fr/\">Omnivore Food Festival\u003c/a> in Paris, where she was one of the few Michelin-starred female chefs asked to participate. She is full of inspiration and ideas, and launching a \u003ca href=\"http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/233508\">special dialogue dinner\u003c/a> for two nights this month at her \u003ca href=\"http://www.ateliercrenn.com/\">Atelier Crenn\u003c/a> restaurant on March 28 and March 29. This dialogue dinner series kicks-off with a two-night “conversation” between Chef Crenn and Miles Watson of \u003ca href=\"http://pure-berlin.com/miles.php\">Pure Berlin\u003c/a>. Crenn and Watson will take turns composing courses (five from each side) and will collaborate on the final eleventh course. Like Atelier Crenn’s “fiercely modern” French cookery, Pure Berlin is a restaurant and culinary design studio with firm German roots, but fresh gastronomic sensibilities. Tickets are $300, including coursed wine pairings (reduced price of $200 for non-drinking guests); no vegetarian option available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003ca href=\"http://pure-berlin.com/miles.php\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/PURE-BERLIN-new400.jpg\" alt=\"pure Berlin image courtesy of Atelier Crenn\" title=\"pure Berlin image courtesy of Atelier Crenn\" width=\"400\" height=\"517\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40670\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Pure Berlin image courtesy of Atelier Crenn\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crenn is a native of France and received Michelin stars at Luce in 2010 and 2011. Esquire awarded her Chef of the Year in 2008 and she won Iron Chef America in 2010. Before opening her own restaurant, Crenn worked at \u003ca href=\"http://www.lucewinerestaurant.com/\">Luce\u003c/a>, and in Jakarta and Los Angeles. She was a protégé of \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah_Tower\">Jeremiah Tower\u003c/a> at the vaunted Stars Restaurant in San Francisco early in her career. Crenn lives in the Duboce Park neighborhood and spoke with Bay Area Bites via phone. She was on her way to eat at \u003ca href=\"http://heirloom-sf.com/\">Heirloom Café\u003c/a> for the first time, after finding the wait line at \u003ca href=\"http://www.missionchinesefood.com/\">Mission Chinese Food\u003c/a> to be too long.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Why do a dialogue dinner with another chef?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMany times with chefs, it can be all about the ego (laughs). I want to get away from there. I’m starting this dialogue because I want to collaborate with other chefs. I love what we’re doing as chefs, and go online to learn from my peers at \u003ca href=\"http://chefs-talk.com/\">Chef’s Talk\u003c/a>. With Miles, he’s trying to show people that there’s really something good about German food beyond heavy stuff, like sauerkraut and sausage. It’s his heritage, and he can use a modernist’s touch to the courses. I gave him the freedom to express himself and be what he is. There’s a story on the plate and the menu’s also going to be the story. I want it to be like this: “Tell me who you are, and where you’ve been.” We both cook with local produce but I’ll email him so that he knows what we have in season here. So far, we’ve been in touch via email and I first met him online at Chef’s Talk. I was supposed to meet him at the Omnivore Festival but it didn’t work out. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m also talking to John Fraser of \u003ca href=\"http://dovetailnyc.com/\">Dovetail\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.tipplingclub.com/\">Tippling Club\u003c/a>’s Ryan Clift and In De Wulf’s \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/Kobewulf\">Kobe Desramaults\u003c/a>. Right now, I am tentatively scheduled to do a dialogue dinner in June with Carlo Miriarchi of \u003ca href=\"http://www.robertaspizza.com/\">Roberta's Pizza\u003c/a> in New York.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s going on with your book?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI know \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Myint\">Anthony Myint\u003c/a> and he comes to the restaurant quite often. His wife \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAcS52QgIuQ\">Karen Leibowitz\u003c/a> and I are writing a book together. I’m excited. It’s going to be called Dialogue, and show the recipes and the people in my life. I’m here to celebrate the people in my life and the world that surrounds me and inspires me. The current idea is to go with a lot of pictures, writing, recipes, and drawings. It’ll be about a dialogue that is global and international.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I thought about the book a long time ago and was talking to my business partner about it before we opened Atelier Crenn. It’s important for me to be able to reach out to the culinary world, and not just San Francisco and New York. It’s important to understand what’s going on in the world and know that cooking has changed. What we put on the plate involves the produce, people, animals and soil around us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Foie-Gras-Log1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Foie-Gras-Log560.jpg\" alt=\"Foie Gras Log\" title=\"Foie Gras Log\" width=\"560\" height=\"374\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40679\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Foie gras “Log.” All Photos courtesy of Atelier Crenn\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ctable>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>\n\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Ocean-and-Land1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Ocean-and-Land1000-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Ocean and Land - Wagyu Beef and Smoked Sturgeon. Photo: Atelier Crenn\" title=\"Ocean and Land - Wagyu Beef and Smoked Sturgeon. Photo: Atelier Crenn\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-40663\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Dominique-Crenn-1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Dominique-Crenn-1000-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Chef Dominique Crenn prepares vegetables in the Atelier Crenn kitchen. Photo: Atelier Crenn\" title=\"Chef Dominique Crenn prepares vegetables in the Atelier Crenn kitchen. Photo: Atelier Crenn\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-40661\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Atelier-Crenn-1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Atelier-Crenn-1000-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Chef Dominique Crenn plating ingredients with tweezers. 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I love the flavors and really like the chef, Jason Fox.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My friend opened \u003ca href=\"http://www.sushirrito.com/\">Sushirrito\u003c/a>. There’s a special roll I order there. I don’t want to say it’s crack in my mouth because I’ve never had crack. But it’s pretty intense and just delicious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When I went to \u003ca href=\"http://coirestaurant.com/\">Coi\u003c/a>, I was blown away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.foreigncinema.com/\">Foreign Cinema\u003c/a> is another favorite. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I love siphon-style coffee, from Japan. I like to do meetings and see friends at \u003ca href=\"http://fourbarrelcoffee.com/\">Four Barrel\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What do you do when you’re not working?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nWe go to Marin a lot, because, my partner’s family is in Kentfield. They have a very beautiful house that’s almost French-style. There’s a wonderful hiking trail nearby. 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He is 47 and has traveled to 27 countries and 147 cities, and worked as a guest chef at the \u003ca href=\"http://taipei.grand.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/news-details.jsp;jsessionid=DFC561786568F96538ECCA4200760DDA.atg02-prd-atg3?newsId=40920667\">Asia Grand Hyatt\u003c/a> hotels in Taipei, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=172\">Sheraton in Thailand\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.parklane.com.hk/\">Park Lane\u003c/a> in Hong Kong. Ormsby is single, has lived in San Francisco for eighteen years, and has spent the last four years calling the Castro District home.\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s new at \u003ca href=\"http://www.bluestembrasserie.com/\">Bluestem\u003c/a>? What was it like having MC Hammer eat there recently?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nBluestem opened in 2011. We’re looking for an Executive Chef and I will continue consulting here. I wasn’t here when he came in. \u003ca href=\"http://www.tablehopper.com/starlet/it-was-hammer-time-at-bluestem/\">Hammer\u003c/a> stayed for awhile and enjoyed my Cookie Jar dessert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/ormsby-cookiejar-500.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40477\" title=\"Cookie Jar dessert\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/ormsby-cookiejar-500.jpg\" alt=\"Cookie Jar dessert\" width=\"500\" height=\"373\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>The Cookie Jar dessert at Bluestem.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You offer services like greening and organizing a home kitchen, as well as juicing programs for private clients. How did you get into juicing?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI was doing some fasting and juicing for myself, using a \u003ca href=\"http://www.vitamix.com/\">Vitamix\u003c/a>, for two or three days a month. All the green juices I make are low in sugar. I do veggie smoothies to get that feeling of being a bit more full.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How would you describe your cooking style?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nIt’s elegant comfort food done with enough of a twist, so that it’s elevated.\u003c/p>\n\u003ctable>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>\n\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Bananas-Ormsby1000.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-40486\" title=\"banana cheesecake\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Bananas-Ormsby1000-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"banana cheesecake\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Ormsby-Pate1000.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-40488\" title=\"Pate platter with pickled items, mustard, caper berries and cornichons\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Ormsby-Pate1000-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Pate platter with pickled items, mustard, caper berries and cornichons\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Ormsby-Steak1000.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-40489\" title=\"Grilled Bavette steak with Kennebec fries and Cafe de Paris butter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Ormsby-Steak1000-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Grilled Bavette steak with Kennebec fries and Cafe de Paris butter\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/haw-Ormsby1000.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-40487\" title=\"Honolulu Hangover, chocolate layer cake with toasted coconut and marshmallow meringue\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/haw-Ormsby1000-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Honolulu Hangover, chocolate layer cake with toasted coconut and marshmallow meringue\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003c/table>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What are your favorite spots to shop for food?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI like to go to \u003ca href=\"http://biritemarket.com/\">Bi-Rite\u003c/a> for fruit, vegetables and meats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.rainbow.coop/\">Rainbow Grocery\u003c/a> has great health food stuff and I always love their discounts on things. They have the biggest selection of supplements and grains and introduce me to new things that I can’t find somewhere else. It’s great that they always have boxes. I use a motorcycle for transportation, and can put the Rainbow box on the back of my silver Suzuki 650.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What are your favorite dining spots?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.chezpanisse.com/intro.php\">Chez Panisse\u003c/a> is always good. I just visited \u003ca href=\"http://statebirdsf.com/\">State Bird Provisions\u003c/a>. I try to go to all the new places and keep track of what’s going on. With the local food scene, there are so many new restaurants; you’re looking at least 25-40 spots opening every year. I try to finish my list but there’s only so much time to visit the new places and keep up with my favorites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At \u003ca href=\"http://laciccia.com/\">La Ciccia\u003c/a>, I adore anything and everything on their menu from sardines to calamari. I always get a plate of their salumi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.saisonsf.com/\">Saison\u003c/a> has the cleanest food. You can eat there and never get fat because it’s so vegetable-centric.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://coirestaurant.com/\">Coi\u003c/a> is a favorite place to blow lots of money and have a good time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What is your favorite meal to have with your family?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMy family moved to a farm on Washington State. The last time I visited, we killed a lamb. I broke the whole thing down and saved the heart, liver and kidneys. I mailed them to Chris Cosentino at \u003ca href=\"http://incanto.biz/\">Incanto\u003c/a> and he cooked them up for me. I had to eat both kidneys and the whole heart. It’s great to visit my folks, because they get fresh eggs from chickens and I can go foraging on their property for herbs. [Ormsby admits he forages in the Bay Area but keeps his spots top secret.]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What is your guiltiest food pleasure?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nIce cream probably. Here at work, I eat and sample our vanilla, chocolate and espresso flavors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://biritecreamery.com/\">Bi-Rite\u003c/a> is a good ice cream spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You have been friends with the rock band the \u003ca href=\"http://www.the-scorpions.com/english/history.asp\">Scorpions\u003c/a> and bring them sweet treats. How did that happen?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nWe met a gazillion years ago, in 1982. They’re friends of my pen pal in England. She took me backstage to meet them and I developed a friendship with them from there. I have a Devil’s Food Cake that I’ll take to them, with chocolate ganache frosting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/scorpians-drawing560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40471\" title=\"drawing - Ormsby is a big Scorpians fan\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/scorpians-drawing560.jpg\" alt=\"drawing - Ormsby is a big Scorpians fan\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>James Ormsby with Rudolf Schenker of the Scorpians. Drawing courtesy of James Ormsby\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who is your culinary mentor and where do you go for inspiration?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.coyotecafe.com/\">Mark Miller\u003c/a> is someone I spend a lot of time with. When he’s in town, we eat and talk about food. Right now, he’s doing tequila production in New Mexico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blog.ideasinfood.com/\">Ideas in Food\u003c/a> is the main website I visit regularly. I’ve been friends with Alex Talbot, who runs it, for five years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What do you have planned for 2012?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nA friend of mine and I might do a cookbook for \u003ca href=\"http://www.chroniclebooks.com/\">Chronicle Books\u003c/a> on whimsical desserts and small plates. His name is \u003ca href=\"http://robertbirnbachportraits.com/\">Robert Birnbach\u003c/a>, and he’s a professional photographer. I’ll do the food and recipes. It will be a fun take. We need to do the book proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For travel, I’m going to New York and Los Angeles, and to see my family in Washington.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>****************************\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Recipe: Caramelized Butterscotch Tapioca Pudding\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThe Butterscotch Tapioca Pudding is one of the most popular desserts at Bluestem and is one of James' personal favorites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tapioca Mix\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Ingredients\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n3/4 Cup small pearl Tapioca\u003cbr>\n1 Cup Milk\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cem>Direction\u003c/em>\n\u003cli>Combine all ingredients in a non-reactive bowl (glass or ceramic)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Soak over night, and up to 3 days\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Butterscotch Tapioca Pudding\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Ingredients\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n2 1/2 Cup Milk\u003cbr>\n1 Cup Cream\u003cbr>\n1 1/2 Cup Butterscotch Caramel Sauce (see recipe below)\u003cbr>\n1 teaspoon Salt\u003cbr>\n1 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Bean paste\u003cbr>\n6 Egg Yolks\u003cbr>\nBrown Sugar (to taste)\u003cbr>\nSalt (to taste)\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cem>Directions\u003c/em>\n\u003cli>In a large pot add Tapioca Mix, Milk, Cream, Butterscotch Caramel, Salt, and Vanilla.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bring to a simmer stirring constantly and cook until tapioca is cooked through and has thickened -- about 20 minutes.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Temper the egg yolks -- In a separate bowl -- Using about 1/2 a cup of the hot tapioca pudding mixture, whisk together 6 yolks into the 1/2 cup.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Add the tempered mixture to the rest of the Tapioca Pudding Mix in the simmering pot\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>If sweeter taste is desired add small amounts of brown sugar until desired sweetness is achieved.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Continue to simmer to make sure egg is well cooked -- about 5 more minutes. DO NOT BOIL!!\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Pour mixture into a shallow bowl and set in an ice bath to cool.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Once cooled, hold in refrigerator until ready to use.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Before filling bowls -- whip in some of the Butterscotch Caramel Sauce (see recipe below).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Fill appropriate sized serving bowls and smooth top.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Cover and refrigerate again until ready to serve.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>These will keep for a few days.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Just before serving -- generously cover the top with sugar and brulee with a torch -- achieving that burnt golden color.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Butterscotch Caramel Sauce\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Ingredients\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n1/2 Cup Unsalted Butter\u003cbr>\n2 Cups packed Dark Brown Sugar\u003cbr>\n1 1/2 Cups Heavy Whipping Cream (not Ultra-Pasteurized)\u003cbr>\n2 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract\u003cbr>\n2 teaspoon Kosher Salt\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cem>Directions\u003c/em>\n\u003cli>Before you begin, make sure you have everything ready to go -- the cream and the brown sugar next to the pan, measured and waiting. Making butterscotch is a fast process that cannot wait for hunting around for ingredients.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>In a heavy bottomed stainless steel 2 quart saucepan, melt butter over low to medium heat. Just before butter is melted, add all dark brown sugar and stir with wooden spoon until sugar is uniformly wet.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Stir frequently until mixture goes from looking grainy to molten lava. Make sure to get into the corners of your pot, and watch closely to notice how the mixture changes. It will take about 3 to 5 minutes\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Right before you add the cream, the caramelizing brown sugar will begin to look and feel more like liquid and less like thick wet sand.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Add all the cream at once. Lower heat a little and whisk cream into mixture. When liquid is uniform, turn heat back to medium and whisk every few minutes for a total of 10 minutes.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>After liquid has been boiling on the stove for 10 minutes, turn heat off and let rest for a minute or two before transferring into a heatproof storage vessel. (Stainless steel or glass bowl.) Cool to room temperature.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>When butterscotch liquid is room temperature, take a small taste. It’s important to know what cooked brown sugar and butter tastes like, and what happens when transforming that flat sweetness into real butterscotch flavor. Whisk in half the salt and vanilla extract. Taste again. Add more salt and vanilla extract until the taste of real butterscotch is achieved.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\n",
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Many of the restaurants he has worked for have garnered Top 100 mentions and notable write-ups by the San Francisco Chronicle. He is currently \u003ca href=\"http://chefjamesormsby.com/\">the Chef\u003c/a> at \u003ca href=\"http://www.bluestembrasserie.com/index.html\">Bluestem Brasserie\u003c/a>, and has cooked at \u003ca href=\"http://www.aubergedusoleil.com/\">Auberge de Soleil\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.aqua-sf.com/aqua/\">Aqua\u003c/a>, Red Herring (owned by the Real Restaurant Group), the \u003ca href=\"http://www.larkcreek.com/larkcreek_inn/lci_private.html\">Lark Creek Inn\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.brunossf.com/\">Bruno’s\u003c/a>, and for various properties with the \u003ca href=\"http://www.plumpjack.com/plumpjack/\">PlumpJack Group\u003c/a>. He was named a \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1997/03/26/FD30963.DTL\">Rising Star Chef\u003c/a> by the San Francisco Chronicle in 1996 and his first restaurant job was working as a dishwasher at a coffee shop in his home town, Pleasant Hill. Ormsby has also worked as a restaurant consultant and private chef. He is 47 and has traveled to 27 countries and 147 cities, and worked as a guest chef at the \u003ca href=\"http://taipei.grand.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/news-details.jsp;jsessionid=DFC561786568F96538ECCA4200760DDA.atg02-prd-atg3?newsId=40920667\">Asia Grand Hyatt\u003c/a> hotels in Taipei, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=172\">Sheraton in Thailand\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.parklane.com.hk/\">Park Lane\u003c/a> in Hong Kong. Ormsby is single, has lived in San Francisco for eighteen years, and has spent the last four years calling the Castro District home.\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s new at \u003ca href=\"http://www.bluestembrasserie.com/\">Bluestem\u003c/a>? What was it like having MC Hammer eat there recently?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nBluestem opened in 2011. We’re looking for an Executive Chef and I will continue consulting here. I wasn’t here when he came in. \u003ca href=\"http://www.tablehopper.com/starlet/it-was-hammer-time-at-bluestem/\">Hammer\u003c/a> stayed for awhile and enjoyed my Cookie Jar dessert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/ormsby-cookiejar-500.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40477\" title=\"Cookie Jar dessert\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/ormsby-cookiejar-500.jpg\" alt=\"Cookie Jar dessert\" width=\"500\" height=\"373\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>The Cookie Jar dessert at Bluestem.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You offer services like greening and organizing a home kitchen, as well as juicing programs for private clients. How did you get into juicing?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI was doing some fasting and juicing for myself, using a \u003ca href=\"http://www.vitamix.com/\">Vitamix\u003c/a>, for two or three days a month. All the green juices I make are low in sugar. I do veggie smoothies to get that feeling of being a bit more full.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How would you describe your cooking style?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nIt’s elegant comfort food done with enough of a twist, so that it’s elevated.\u003c/p>\n\u003ctable>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>\n\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Bananas-Ormsby1000.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-40486\" title=\"banana cheesecake\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Bananas-Ormsby1000-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"banana cheesecake\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Ormsby-Pate1000.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-40488\" title=\"Pate platter with pickled items, mustard, caper berries and cornichons\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Ormsby-Pate1000-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Pate platter with pickled items, mustard, caper berries and cornichons\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Ormsby-Steak1000.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-40489\" title=\"Grilled Bavette steak with Kennebec fries and Cafe de Paris butter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Ormsby-Steak1000-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Grilled Bavette steak with Kennebec fries and Cafe de Paris butter\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/haw-Ormsby1000.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-40487\" title=\"Honolulu Hangover, chocolate layer cake with toasted coconut and marshmallow meringue\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/haw-Ormsby1000-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Honolulu Hangover, chocolate layer cake with toasted coconut and marshmallow meringue\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003c/table>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What are your favorite spots to shop for food?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI like to go to \u003ca href=\"http://biritemarket.com/\">Bi-Rite\u003c/a> for fruit, vegetables and meats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.rainbow.coop/\">Rainbow Grocery\u003c/a> has great health food stuff and I always love their discounts on things. They have the biggest selection of supplements and grains and introduce me to new things that I can’t find somewhere else. It’s great that they always have boxes. I use a motorcycle for transportation, and can put the Rainbow box on the back of my silver Suzuki 650.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What are your favorite dining spots?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.chezpanisse.com/intro.php\">Chez Panisse\u003c/a> is always good. I just visited \u003ca href=\"http://statebirdsf.com/\">State Bird Provisions\u003c/a>. I try to go to all the new places and keep track of what’s going on. With the local food scene, there are so many new restaurants; you’re looking at least 25-40 spots opening every year. I try to finish my list but there’s only so much time to visit the new places and keep up with my favorites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At \u003ca href=\"http://laciccia.com/\">La Ciccia\u003c/a>, I adore anything and everything on their menu from sardines to calamari. I always get a plate of their salumi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.saisonsf.com/\">Saison\u003c/a> has the cleanest food. You can eat there and never get fat because it’s so vegetable-centric.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://coirestaurant.com/\">Coi\u003c/a> is a favorite place to blow lots of money and have a good time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What is your favorite meal to have with your family?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMy family moved to a farm on Washington State. The last time I visited, we killed a lamb. I broke the whole thing down and saved the heart, liver and kidneys. I mailed them to Chris Cosentino at \u003ca href=\"http://incanto.biz/\">Incanto\u003c/a> and he cooked them up for me. I had to eat both kidneys and the whole heart. It’s great to visit my folks, because they get fresh eggs from chickens and I can go foraging on their property for herbs. [Ormsby admits he forages in the Bay Area but keeps his spots top secret.]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What is your guiltiest food pleasure?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nIce cream probably. Here at work, I eat and sample our vanilla, chocolate and espresso flavors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://biritecreamery.com/\">Bi-Rite\u003c/a> is a good ice cream spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You have been friends with the rock band the \u003ca href=\"http://www.the-scorpions.com/english/history.asp\">Scorpions\u003c/a> and bring them sweet treats. How did that happen?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nWe met a gazillion years ago, in 1982. They’re friends of my pen pal in England. She took me backstage to meet them and I developed a friendship with them from there. I have a Devil’s Food Cake that I’ll take to them, with chocolate ganache frosting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/scorpians-drawing560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40471\" title=\"drawing - Ormsby is a big Scorpians fan\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/scorpians-drawing560.jpg\" alt=\"drawing - Ormsby is a big Scorpians fan\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>James Ormsby with Rudolf Schenker of the Scorpians. Drawing courtesy of James Ormsby\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who is your culinary mentor and where do you go for inspiration?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.coyotecafe.com/\">Mark Miller\u003c/a> is someone I spend a lot of time with. When he’s in town, we eat and talk about food. Right now, he’s doing tequila production in New Mexico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blog.ideasinfood.com/\">Ideas in Food\u003c/a> is the main website I visit regularly. I’ve been friends with Alex Talbot, who runs it, for five years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What do you have planned for 2012?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nA friend of mine and I might do a cookbook for \u003ca href=\"http://www.chroniclebooks.com/\">Chronicle Books\u003c/a> on whimsical desserts and small plates. His name is \u003ca href=\"http://robertbirnbachportraits.com/\">Robert Birnbach\u003c/a>, and he’s a professional photographer. I’ll do the food and recipes. It will be a fun take. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/1baserri560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/1baserri560.jpg\" alt=\"Marcia Barinaga with Baserri\" title=\"Marcia Barinaga with Baserri\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40023\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Marcia Barinaga with her Basque-style sheep's milk cheese, Baserri.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a steep hill above Marshall, CA a gorgeous rolling sheep ranch sits on 800 acres of land. Its owner Marcia \u003ca href=\"http://barinagaranch.com/\">Barinaga\u003c/a>, a third-generation American Basque, bought it with her husband when she decided to “take a break” from her career as a science journalist and retire on the land they had grown to love since purchasing a shore house in Marshall in 1993. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/2ewes560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/2ewes560.jpg\" alt=\"Ewes on the ranch\" title=\"Ewes on the ranch\" width=\"560\" height=\"547\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40026\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Pregnant ewes resting at Barinaga Ranch. Photo: Liza Shaw\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Barinaga’s original intention was to retire, she is not a woman who sits still easily. The compact, well-spoken cheesemaker with a doctorate in molecular biology was not sure what she wanted to do with the land. But her Basque roots run deep and slowly the idea of making sheep’s milk cheese took hold of her. “When we bought the ranch I had never even touched a sheep and there were no buildings here,” she laughs. But Barinaga is a quick learner and within a few years she had traveled to Basque country to learn shepherding and cheesemaking from her distant relatives; built a milking parlor and a small creamery; and by 2008 began producing two types of distinctly Basque cheeses. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent tour of Barinaga Ranch and creamery, Marcia was asked by a visitor, \"What kind of cheese did they have in your father's Idaho sheep camp?\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She laughed and responded, \"Big blocks of orange American cheese. They never thought to make cheese with their sheep's milk!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barinaga’s grandparents arrived from \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markina-Xemein\">Markina\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.chinci.com/travel/pax/e/3130017/Angiozar/ES/Spain/0/\">Angoziar\u003c/a> in the Basque country to Mountain Home, Idaho in the early 1900s. Her father grew up on a ranch with 5,000 sheep where the main products were lamb and wool. At that time cheesemaking from a herd of ranch sheep was unheard of in Idaho though it was a common practice in the Basque country. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barinaga’s father eventually left the ranch to become a mechanical engineer in upstate New York where Marcia was raised. “He was unique because he worked for General Electric and he spoke fluent Basque,” she explained. “My father traveled on business to Bilbao for his entire working life, and business trips to Europe in the 1960s lasted at least a month. He got to know all of his Basque family,” unlike his siblings that still worked on the Idaho ranch and were only able to travel to the Basque country once in their lifetime. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/sheep-collateral560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/sheep-collateral560.jpg\" alt=\"Baserri label\" title=\"Baserri label\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40028\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Barinaga shows the label for her Baserri cheese.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barinaga herself traveled to the Basque country for the first time at age 12, and has since returned five times. “My family there doesn’t speak English, and I don't speak Basque, so we communicate in Spanish--which they speak well, and I speak poorly,\" she says. \"There's a limit to the degree we know each other, but there's love and a great affection.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And so it was these shepherding cousins that Barinaga turned to when she decided to try her hand at cheesemaking. Shepherding is synonymous with cheesemaking in the Basque country--it would be unheard of to have sheep there and not make cheese from their milk. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she contacted a cousin to ask for advice on how to begin her new career path, Barinaga says, “He wrote me this email in Spanish, saying:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>‘I am so happy you have chosen the life of the baserri. It is not a wealthy life, but it is a rich life.’\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Baserri, in Basque, means both “farmhouse” and can refer to the 'farming life.' Barinaga named her first cheese, a pressed, raw-milk cheese “Baserri.” It’s made in the same manner that \u003ca href=\"http://www.artisanalcheese.com/cheeses/Idiazabal\">Idiazabal\u003c/a>, the traditional Basque cheese that has its own \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denominaci%C3%B3n_de_Origen\">DOC\u003c/a> (Denomination de Origen, like a wine appellation) is made on both sides of the Pyrenees. On the French side, it's called \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossau-Iraty\">Ossau-Iraty\u003c/a>. A newer addition to the Barinaga cheese lineup is the “Txiki,” (meaning “small”) a miniature version of the Baserri. Both cheeses have a pleasantly nutty taste, a firm texture, and lend themselves well to being eaten on their own in triangles with an accompaniment of figs or chutney, or to being melted into a decadent sandwich.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/8baserri-txiki560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/8baserri-txiki560.jpg\" alt=\"Both Barinaga Cheeses\" title=\"Both Barinaga Cheeses\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40030\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Both of Barinaga's sheep's milk cheeses.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barinaga also learned aspects of cheesemaking on the French side of the Pyrenees from Luxi and Arno Oxandabarats who taught renowned Vermont cheesemakers Cindy and David Major the tricks to making their acclaimed \u003ca href=\"http://www.vermontshepherd.com/\">Vermont Shepherd Cheese\u003c/a>. Also in Vermont, Barinaga did an internship of sorts at \u003ca href=\"http://www.eatwellguide.org/listing/detail/25743\">Hope Farm Sheep Cheese\u003c/a>. “I went for a week to learn how to milk sheep,” she explains, “and I learned so much there. So many of my key ideas came from the wonderful generosity and creativity of Harvey and Barb Levin,” she attributes. Among them, a one-of-a-kind cheese press that Harvey Levin designed for her, slanted at a slight angle to provide optimum pressure on the rounds of curds, so that the whey drains evenly from the forms. \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“I’m trying to use my PhD in as many ways as I can before I die,” she says of her scientific approach to making cheese.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/6cheese-press400.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/6cheese-press400.jpg\" alt=\"Cheese Press\" title=\"Cheese Press\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40037\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>The scientifically-designed cheese press.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/3creamery-container560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/3creamery-container560.jpg\" alt=\"The Creamery\" title=\"The Creamery\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40033\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Barinaga Ranch's Creamery\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/4creamery-inside560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/4creamery-inside560.jpg\" alt=\"Creamery interior\" title=\"Creamery interior\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40034\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>The creamery's interior\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/5drying-rags560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/5drying-rags560.jpg\" alt=\"Window Rags\" title=\"Window Rags\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40035\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Everything is squeaky clean in the creamery.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barinaga Ranch’s creamery is made of several shipping containers, a cool modern use of space. It’s clear that Barinaga has great love and respect for her animals. All of the sheep featured on the marketing collateral are actually from her flock. She recognizes and has given many of the 86 ewes names and ensures they are humanely slaughtered once their lambing days are over. Locally made sausage is available for purchase when you tour Barinaga Ranch and you can expect to see Barinaga Ranch charceuterie on a few select San Francisco restaurant menus in the coming year. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/9sausages560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/9sausages560.jpg\" alt=\"Fresh Sausage\" title=\"Fresh Sausage\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40036\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Freshly-made Barinaga Ranch sausage.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“I’ll never send my ewes off to a slaughterhouse to be made into dog food,” she avers. “They have served me faithfully and they deserve better than that.”\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Barinaga Ranch cheeses are made from April through early October when the ewes are in their prime milking season, though Saturday tours of the ranch and the creamery are available year-round. On a tour, which can accommodate up to 15 people, visitors can meet the ewes, view a milking session, and perhaps even pet a lamb. \u003ca href=\"http://barinagaranch.com/app/tours\">Tours\u003c/a> are $20 per person, and include a tasting of both Barinaga Ranch cheeses. Should a visitor choose to purchase a wheel of cheese, the price of the tour will be deducted from the price of the cheese. The cheese is available to the consumer once it has aged at least 60 days. From June through December, the 'young' cheese is available, aged 2-3 months. From October through March or April, Barinaga's 'extra-aged' cheese is available, aged 6-9 months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for her future plans? Barinaga says, “I would like to rest a little more...but a sheep dairy is certainly not a retirement occupation!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/10group-tour560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/10group-tour560.jpg\" alt=\"Tour Group\" title=\"Tour Group\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40040\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>SF chefs, sommeliers, wine importers, and cheesemongers at a tour of Barinaga Ranch.\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://barinagaranch.com/\">Barinaga Ranch\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nAddress: \u003ca href=\"http://g.co/maps/3x5hj\">Map\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n9059 Marshall Petaluma Road, Marshall, CA 94940\u003cbr>\nPhone: 415-663-8638\u003cbr>\nFacebook: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Barinaga-Ranch/214103988646213?ref=ts&sk=wall\">Barinaga Ranch\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/1baserri560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/1baserri560.jpg\" alt=\"Marcia Barinaga with Baserri\" title=\"Marcia Barinaga with Baserri\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40023\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Marcia Barinaga with her Basque-style sheep's milk cheese, Baserri.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a steep hill above Marshall, CA a gorgeous rolling sheep ranch sits on 800 acres of land. Its owner Marcia \u003ca href=\"http://barinagaranch.com/\">Barinaga\u003c/a>, a third-generation American Basque, bought it with her husband when she decided to “take a break” from her career as a science journalist and retire on the land they had grown to love since purchasing a shore house in Marshall in 1993. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/2ewes560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/2ewes560.jpg\" alt=\"Ewes on the ranch\" title=\"Ewes on the ranch\" width=\"560\" height=\"547\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40026\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Pregnant ewes resting at Barinaga Ranch. Photo: Liza Shaw\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Barinaga’s original intention was to retire, she is not a woman who sits still easily. The compact, well-spoken cheesemaker with a doctorate in molecular biology was not sure what she wanted to do with the land. But her Basque roots run deep and slowly the idea of making sheep’s milk cheese took hold of her. “When we bought the ranch I had never even touched a sheep and there were no buildings here,” she laughs. But Barinaga is a quick learner and within a few years she had traveled to Basque country to learn shepherding and cheesemaking from her distant relatives; built a milking parlor and a small creamery; and by 2008 began producing two types of distinctly Basque cheeses. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent tour of Barinaga Ranch and creamery, Marcia was asked by a visitor, \"What kind of cheese did they have in your father's Idaho sheep camp?\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She laughed and responded, \"Big blocks of orange American cheese. They never thought to make cheese with their sheep's milk!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barinaga’s grandparents arrived from \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markina-Xemein\">Markina\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.chinci.com/travel/pax/e/3130017/Angiozar/ES/Spain/0/\">Angoziar\u003c/a> in the Basque country to Mountain Home, Idaho in the early 1900s. Her father grew up on a ranch with 5,000 sheep where the main products were lamb and wool. At that time cheesemaking from a herd of ranch sheep was unheard of in Idaho though it was a common practice in the Basque country. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barinaga’s father eventually left the ranch to become a mechanical engineer in upstate New York where Marcia was raised. “He was unique because he worked for General Electric and he spoke fluent Basque,” she explained. “My father traveled on business to Bilbao for his entire working life, and business trips to Europe in the 1960s lasted at least a month. He got to know all of his Basque family,” unlike his siblings that still worked on the Idaho ranch and were only able to travel to the Basque country once in their lifetime. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/sheep-collateral560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/sheep-collateral560.jpg\" alt=\"Baserri label\" title=\"Baserri label\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40028\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Barinaga shows the label for her Baserri cheese.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barinaga herself traveled to the Basque country for the first time at age 12, and has since returned five times. “My family there doesn’t speak English, and I don't speak Basque, so we communicate in Spanish--which they speak well, and I speak poorly,\" she says. \"There's a limit to the degree we know each other, but there's love and a great affection.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And so it was these shepherding cousins that Barinaga turned to when she decided to try her hand at cheesemaking. Shepherding is synonymous with cheesemaking in the Basque country--it would be unheard of to have sheep there and not make cheese from their milk. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she contacted a cousin to ask for advice on how to begin her new career path, Barinaga says, “He wrote me this email in Spanish, saying:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>‘I am so happy you have chosen the life of the baserri. It is not a wealthy life, but it is a rich life.’\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Baserri, in Basque, means both “farmhouse” and can refer to the 'farming life.' Barinaga named her first cheese, a pressed, raw-milk cheese “Baserri.” It’s made in the same manner that \u003ca href=\"http://www.artisanalcheese.com/cheeses/Idiazabal\">Idiazabal\u003c/a>, the traditional Basque cheese that has its own \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denominaci%C3%B3n_de_Origen\">DOC\u003c/a> (Denomination de Origen, like a wine appellation) is made on both sides of the Pyrenees. On the French side, it's called \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossau-Iraty\">Ossau-Iraty\u003c/a>. A newer addition to the Barinaga cheese lineup is the “Txiki,” (meaning “small”) a miniature version of the Baserri. Both cheeses have a pleasantly nutty taste, a firm texture, and lend themselves well to being eaten on their own in triangles with an accompaniment of figs or chutney, or to being melted into a decadent sandwich.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/8baserri-txiki560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/8baserri-txiki560.jpg\" alt=\"Both Barinaga Cheeses\" title=\"Both Barinaga Cheeses\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40030\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Both of Barinaga's sheep's milk cheeses.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barinaga also learned aspects of cheesemaking on the French side of the Pyrenees from Luxi and Arno Oxandabarats who taught renowned Vermont cheesemakers Cindy and David Major the tricks to making their acclaimed \u003ca href=\"http://www.vermontshepherd.com/\">Vermont Shepherd Cheese\u003c/a>. Also in Vermont, Barinaga did an internship of sorts at \u003ca href=\"http://www.eatwellguide.org/listing/detail/25743\">Hope Farm Sheep Cheese\u003c/a>. “I went for a week to learn how to milk sheep,” she explains, “and I learned so much there. So many of my key ideas came from the wonderful generosity and creativity of Harvey and Barb Levin,” she attributes. Among them, a one-of-a-kind cheese press that Harvey Levin designed for her, slanted at a slight angle to provide optimum pressure on the rounds of curds, so that the whey drains evenly from the forms. \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“I’m trying to use my PhD in as many ways as I can before I die,” she says of her scientific approach to making cheese.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/6cheese-press400.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/6cheese-press400.jpg\" alt=\"Cheese Press\" title=\"Cheese Press\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40037\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>The scientifically-designed cheese press.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/3creamery-container560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/3creamery-container560.jpg\" alt=\"The Creamery\" title=\"The Creamery\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40033\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Barinaga Ranch's Creamery\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/4creamery-inside560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/4creamery-inside560.jpg\" alt=\"Creamery interior\" title=\"Creamery interior\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40034\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>The creamery's interior\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/5drying-rags560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/5drying-rags560.jpg\" alt=\"Window Rags\" title=\"Window Rags\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40035\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Everything is squeaky clean in the creamery.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barinaga Ranch’s creamery is made of several shipping containers, a cool modern use of space. It’s clear that Barinaga has great love and respect for her animals. All of the sheep featured on the marketing collateral are actually from her flock. She recognizes and has given many of the 86 ewes names and ensures they are humanely slaughtered once their lambing days are over. Locally made sausage is available for purchase when you tour Barinaga Ranch and you can expect to see Barinaga Ranch charceuterie on a few select San Francisco restaurant menus in the coming year. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/9sausages560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/9sausages560.jpg\" alt=\"Fresh Sausage\" title=\"Fresh Sausage\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40036\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Freshly-made Barinaga Ranch sausage.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“I’ll never send my ewes off to a slaughterhouse to be made into dog food,” she avers. “They have served me faithfully and they deserve better than that.”\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Barinaga Ranch cheeses are made from April through early October when the ewes are in their prime milking season, though Saturday tours of the ranch and the creamery are available year-round. On a tour, which can accommodate up to 15 people, visitors can meet the ewes, view a milking session, and perhaps even pet a lamb. \u003ca href=\"http://barinagaranch.com/app/tours\">Tours\u003c/a> are $20 per person, and include a tasting of both Barinaga Ranch cheeses. Should a visitor choose to purchase a wheel of cheese, the price of the tour will be deducted from the price of the cheese. The cheese is available to the consumer once it has aged at least 60 days. From June through December, the 'young' cheese is available, aged 2-3 months. From October through March or April, Barinaga's 'extra-aged' cheese is available, aged 6-9 months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for her future plans? Barinaga says, “I would like to rest a little more...but a sheep dairy is certainly not a retirement occupation!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/10group-tour560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/10group-tour560.jpg\" alt=\"Tour Group\" title=\"Tour Group\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40040\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>SF chefs, sommeliers, wine importers, and cheesemongers at a tour of Barinaga Ranch.\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Monier-Attar.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40120\" title=\"Monier Attar\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Monier-Attar.jpg\" alt=\"Monier Attar\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This post was updated March 18, 2018.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why do customers travel from as far away as Sacramento and Eureka to a little shop on Albany’s Solano Avenue every March and leave with bags full of crushed sumac, sprouted wheat, and flower-shaped chickpea cookies? To celebrate \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowruz\">Norooz\u003c/a>\u003c/em> (also spelled Nowruz) or Persian New Year, a secular holiday, observed in thousands of homes around the world on the first day of Spring.\u003cbr>\n[aside postID=\"bayareabites_94115\" label=\"The Seven Edible ‘S’ Foods of the Persian New Year\"]\u003cbr>\nOn a recent foray to \u003ca href=\"http://www.zandpastry.com/\">Zands\u003c/a>, my neighborhood Middle Eastern store, I spotted an intriguing assortment of items artfully arranged on a table. I asked the owner, Monier Attar, about the meaning of the arrangement and she graciously described the symbols and traditions associated with this ancient holiday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/files/NowruzCurriculumText.pdf\">Norooz, a pre-Islamic festival\u003c/a> dating back at least 3000 years, is rooted in rituals from the \u003ca href=\"http://www.religionfacts.com/zoroastrianism/index.htm\">Zoroastrian religion\u003c/a>. This celebration of the first day of Spring originated in the geographical area then called Persia, but is now observed in many lands, including Iran, India, Iraq, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Canada and the U.S. It crosses religious and national boundaries and is celebrated by Persian Jews, Christians, Baha’is and Muslims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/haft-sin.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40119\" title=\"haft-sin\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/haft-sin.jpg\" alt=\"haft-sin\" width=\"400\" height=\"536\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Photo courtesy Monier Attar\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I am no stranger to symbolic foods (the Jewish \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passover_Seder_Plate\">Passover Seder plate\u003c/a> includes horseradish for the bitterness of slavery and a \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charoset\">fruit and nut mixture\u003c/a> representing the mortar used by slaves for building structures in Egypt). But next to the food, I noticed several other items on the table-- goldfish in a bowl, a mirror, a dish full of what looks like grass, coins in a cup of reddish spice-- that pique my interest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attar explained that the most essential tradition of Norooz is for every family to prepare the \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haft-Sin\">Haft Sin\u003c/a>\u003c/em> or 7 symbolic items that start with the letter S (in Farsi):\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Sabzeh\u003c/em>, sprouted wheat or other grain growing in a dish, to symbolize rebirth.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Samanu\u003c/em>, a sweet pudding made from sprouted wheat that represents fertility and the sweetness of life.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Seeb\u003c/em>, apples, for health and beauty.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Senjed\u003c/em>, the sweet, dried fruit of the Lotus tree, for love.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Sir\u003c/em>, garlic, for medicine and good health.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Somaq\u003c/em>, crushed sumac berries, to reflect the color of the sunrise.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Serkeh\u003c/em>, vinegar, to symbolize patience and age.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/senjed.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40126\" title=\"senjed\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/senjed.jpg\" alt=\"senjed\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Senjed, one of the 7 foods that begin with S\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Preparations must commence days before the actual day of the vernal equinox and include a thorough housecleaning, sprouting the grain and buying new clothes for everyone in the family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The equinox is calculated to occur the moment that the Sun crosses the celestial equator and equalizes night and day, which happens at different times across the globe (\u003ca href=\"http://www.farsinet.com/noruz/sal_tahvils.html\">see chart\u003c/a>). This year, the West Coast will celebrate it Thursday, March 21st.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“It’s important that at the exact moment of the equinox, the family is sitting around the table, because you want the family to be together for the rest of the year,” says Attar. “We pray and hold hands and then the countdown on radio or TV announces the exact moment and we all kiss and hug. I’m getting goose bumps just talking about it,” says Attar, tearing up, “It’s emotional for me because I think of my parents.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Attar grew up in Iran, but left in 1984, at age 35 with her 2 young children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“I sacrificed my parents to make a new life for my children. My mom is still in Iran. When I was a child, New Years was the most exciting time. Every year it comes at a different hour. When it was at 4am, my mother woke us up an hour before to take a shower and put on new clothes. But the best part is that for the next 13 days the young people in the family go visit the older people who give them money, crisp new bills.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>This tradition is similar to the \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_envelope\">Chinese New Year tradition\u003c/a>, where New Year’s bills are placed in red envelopes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/norooz-samanu.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40111\" title=\"norooz samanu\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/norooz-samanu.jpg\" alt=\"norooz samanu\" width=\"560\" height=\"283\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of all the dishes on the Haft Sin, the hardest one to procure is the \u003cem>Samanu\u003c/em>. It takes days to prepare a sweet creamy pudding made from sprouted wheat that is cooked for many hours. The wheat must be sprouted for 5 days until white roots and sprouts appear, then it is crushed and the mash repeatedly “milked” and cooked on the stove for at least 5 hours. It is finally finished overnight in a low oven to give it that burnished brown hue.\u003cbr>\n[aside postID=\"food_1332170\" label=\"Taste This: Kuku, The Persian Frittata\"]\u003cbr>\nAttar offered me a taste. It was so sweet and nutty, it’s hard to believe it’s only made from sprouted wheat and flour. Many Persian families put a tiny symbolic dish of the stuff on their table but Attar cooks pots of it for her customers and says, “Once people taste how delicious it is, they actually want enough for their guests to eat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/norooz-wheat1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40122\" title=\"norooz wheat\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/norooz-wheat1.jpg\" alt=\"norooz wheat\" width=\"560\" height=\"283\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Whole wheat and its early sprouts\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another tradition is on the 13th day of the New Year, the family takes the Sabzeh (the sprouts growing in a dish) from their place on the table and after a picnic in the park, throws them into running water, to rid the house of sickness and sadness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/eggs1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40116\" title=\"eggs\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/eggs1.jpg\" alt=\"eggs\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additional items on the table may include: golden coins representing prosperity and wealth, a basket of painted eggs for fertility, live goldfish in a bowl of water for life, a flowering hyacinth for its lovely smell, lit candles for enlightenment and happiness, a mirror to represent truth or reflection and a platter of special pastries. Every year, Attar makes thousands of cookies from chickpea flour or rice flour with nuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/norooz-cookies-2nd.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40134\" title=\"norooz cookies\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/norooz-cookies-2nd.jpg\" alt=\"norooz cookies\" width=\"560\" height=\"240\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Cookie platter. Photo courtesy Monier Attar\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The customary meal for New Year's Day is \u003cem>Sabzi Polo Mahi\u003c/em>, rice with green herbs served with fish. Attar says this is the Persian equivalent of having turkey for Thanksgiving. She carries fresh whitefish and the traditional herbs for the rice: parsley, coriander, chives, dill and fenugreek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Norooz also has special meaning to Zohal Nassrollahi, Berkeley City College student and first generation American. “When I was a child, the event seemed very magical. I’ve always loved certain things on the Haft Sin table: the glowing gold coins, the maroon colored sumac,” says Nassrollahi, who studies art and design.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/sumac.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40125\" title=\"sumac\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/sumac.jpg\" alt=\"sumac\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“I plan to keep celebrating Norooz, even when I have children. It’s a way to stay connected to my culture, even though I have never been to Iran. But it’s kind of bittersweet, because the holiday is a lot about spending time with the family and we have such a small one, just my parents and me. I also love the tradition of \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaharshanbe_Suri\">Chahar Shanbeh Suri \u003c/a>(or fire-jumping).”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>This ritual traces back to Zoroastrianism, as a rite of purification. Bonfires are lit in the streets on the last Tuesday evening of the year and people leap over them while chanting. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cbr>\nOn a recent foray to \u003ca href=\"http://www.zandpastry.com/\">Zands\u003c/a>, my neighborhood Middle Eastern store, I spotted an intriguing assortment of items artfully arranged on a table. I asked the owner, Monier Attar, about the meaning of the arrangement and she graciously described the symbols and traditions associated with this ancient holiday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/files/NowruzCurriculumText.pdf\">Norooz, a pre-Islamic festival\u003c/a> dating back at least 3000 years, is rooted in rituals from the \u003ca href=\"http://www.religionfacts.com/zoroastrianism/index.htm\">Zoroastrian religion\u003c/a>. This celebration of the first day of Spring originated in the geographical area then called Persia, but is now observed in many lands, including Iran, India, Iraq, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Canada and the U.S. It crosses religious and national boundaries and is celebrated by Persian Jews, Christians, Baha’is and Muslims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/haft-sin.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40119\" title=\"haft-sin\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/haft-sin.jpg\" alt=\"haft-sin\" width=\"400\" height=\"536\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Photo courtesy Monier Attar\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I am no stranger to symbolic foods (the Jewish \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passover_Seder_Plate\">Passover Seder plate\u003c/a> includes horseradish for the bitterness of slavery and a \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charoset\">fruit and nut mixture\u003c/a> representing the mortar used by slaves for building structures in Egypt). But next to the food, I noticed several other items on the table-- goldfish in a bowl, a mirror, a dish full of what looks like grass, coins in a cup of reddish spice-- that pique my interest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attar explained that the most essential tradition of Norooz is for every family to prepare the \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haft-Sin\">Haft Sin\u003c/a>\u003c/em> or 7 symbolic items that start with the letter S (in Farsi):\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Sabzeh\u003c/em>, sprouted wheat or other grain growing in a dish, to symbolize rebirth.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Samanu\u003c/em>, a sweet pudding made from sprouted wheat that represents fertility and the sweetness of life.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Seeb\u003c/em>, apples, for health and beauty.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Senjed\u003c/em>, the sweet, dried fruit of the Lotus tree, for love.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Sir\u003c/em>, garlic, for medicine and good health.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Somaq\u003c/em>, crushed sumac berries, to reflect the color of the sunrise.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Serkeh\u003c/em>, vinegar, to symbolize patience and age.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/senjed.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40126\" title=\"senjed\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/senjed.jpg\" alt=\"senjed\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Senjed, one of the 7 foods that begin with S\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Preparations must commence days before the actual day of the vernal equinox and include a thorough housecleaning, sprouting the grain and buying new clothes for everyone in the family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The equinox is calculated to occur the moment that the Sun crosses the celestial equator and equalizes night and day, which happens at different times across the globe (\u003ca href=\"http://www.farsinet.com/noruz/sal_tahvils.html\">see chart\u003c/a>). This year, the West Coast will celebrate it Thursday, March 21st.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“It’s important that at the exact moment of the equinox, the family is sitting around the table, because you want the family to be together for the rest of the year,” says Attar. “We pray and hold hands and then the countdown on radio or TV announces the exact moment and we all kiss and hug. I’m getting goose bumps just talking about it,” says Attar, tearing up, “It’s emotional for me because I think of my parents.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Attar grew up in Iran, but left in 1984, at age 35 with her 2 young children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“I sacrificed my parents to make a new life for my children. My mom is still in Iran. When I was a child, New Years was the most exciting time. Every year it comes at a different hour. When it was at 4am, my mother woke us up an hour before to take a shower and put on new clothes. But the best part is that for the next 13 days the young people in the family go visit the older people who give them money, crisp new bills.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>This tradition is similar to the \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_envelope\">Chinese New Year tradition\u003c/a>, where New Year’s bills are placed in red envelopes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/norooz-samanu.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40111\" title=\"norooz samanu\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/norooz-samanu.jpg\" alt=\"norooz samanu\" width=\"560\" height=\"283\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of all the dishes on the Haft Sin, the hardest one to procure is the \u003cem>Samanu\u003c/em>. It takes days to prepare a sweet creamy pudding made from sprouted wheat that is cooked for many hours. The wheat must be sprouted for 5 days until white roots and sprouts appear, then it is crushed and the mash repeatedly “milked” and cooked on the stove for at least 5 hours. It is finally finished overnight in a low oven to give it that burnished brown hue.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cbr>\nAttar offered me a taste. It was so sweet and nutty, it’s hard to believe it’s only made from sprouted wheat and flour. Many Persian families put a tiny symbolic dish of the stuff on their table but Attar cooks pots of it for her customers and says, “Once people taste how delicious it is, they actually want enough for their guests to eat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/norooz-wheat1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40122\" title=\"norooz wheat\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/norooz-wheat1.jpg\" alt=\"norooz wheat\" width=\"560\" height=\"283\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Whole wheat and its early sprouts\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another tradition is on the 13th day of the New Year, the family takes the Sabzeh (the sprouts growing in a dish) from their place on the table and after a picnic in the park, throws them into running water, to rid the house of sickness and sadness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/eggs1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40116\" title=\"eggs\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/eggs1.jpg\" alt=\"eggs\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additional items on the table may include: golden coins representing prosperity and wealth, a basket of painted eggs for fertility, live goldfish in a bowl of water for life, a flowering hyacinth for its lovely smell, lit candles for enlightenment and happiness, a mirror to represent truth or reflection and a platter of special pastries. Every year, Attar makes thousands of cookies from chickpea flour or rice flour with nuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/norooz-cookies-2nd.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40134\" title=\"norooz cookies\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/norooz-cookies-2nd.jpg\" alt=\"norooz cookies\" width=\"560\" height=\"240\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Cookie platter. Photo courtesy Monier Attar\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The customary meal for New Year's Day is \u003cem>Sabzi Polo Mahi\u003c/em>, rice with green herbs served with fish. Attar says this is the Persian equivalent of having turkey for Thanksgiving. She carries fresh whitefish and the traditional herbs for the rice: parsley, coriander, chives, dill and fenugreek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Norooz also has special meaning to Zohal Nassrollahi, Berkeley City College student and first generation American. “When I was a child, the event seemed very magical. I’ve always loved certain things on the Haft Sin table: the glowing gold coins, the maroon colored sumac,” says Nassrollahi, who studies art and design.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/sumac.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40125\" title=\"sumac\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/sumac.jpg\" alt=\"sumac\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“I plan to keep celebrating Norooz, even when I have children. It’s a way to stay connected to my culture, even though I have never been to Iran. But it’s kind of bittersweet, because the holiday is a lot about spending time with the family and we have such a small one, just my parents and me. I also love the tradition of \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaharshanbe_Suri\">Chahar Shanbeh Suri \u003c/a>(or fire-jumping).”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>This ritual traces back to Zoroastrianism, as a rite of purification. Bonfires are lit in the streets on the last Tuesday evening of the year and people leap over them while chanting. The translation, “Give me your beautiful red color, and take back my sickly pallor,” demonstrates the fire’s ability to cleanse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Fire is a powerful symbol,” says Nassrollahi, “When you hop over the fires, it takes away the negativities from the past year and helps you focus on the future.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Berkeley’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.persiancenter.org/\">Persian Center\u003c/a> holds its annual \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/2169816293080399/\">bonfire-jumping event\u003c/a> Tuesday evening March 19 on the 2000 block of Durant -- and invites both adults and children, Persians and non-Persians to join in the fire-jumping festivities with music and food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Ajile.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40109\" title=\"Ajile\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Ajile.jpg\" alt=\"Ajile\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attar carries the traditional snack of dried fruit and nuts to eat on Chahar Shanbeh Suri plus everything else one would need to fully celebrate the holiday. As she served me a cup of tea and some of her cookies, she told me Norooz (whose literal meaning is “new day”), is the perfect time to let go of grudges, apologize, hug and make-up and start over again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/happy-norooz.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40110\" title=\"happy norooz\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/happy-norooz.jpg\" alt=\"happy norooz\" width=\"560\" height=\"305\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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