Can your chicken do this?Â
La Posta’s can.Â
Here is a magnificent salad I enjoyed on Bastille Day, thanks to the kitchen of Katherine Stern, that involved a layer of house-cured King salmon (incredibly rich and buttery), topped with Little Gem lettuces in a creme fraiche vinaigrette dotted with slivers of radish and then topped with the most delicious softly hard-boiled egg I’ve ever tasted.
Thank you Kelly Porter Sanchez for deciding three decades ago to do exactly what you wanted to do, and to do it your way. No compromises, no complaints.
Congratulations!
You’ve made a lot of people so happy that they barely realized how much went into their favorite coffee, lunch, meeting spot. The bread, croissants, cakes, and did I forget to mention those poached eggs on polenta?
The pear tart. The caramel almond ice cream.
Thank you, thank you.
We discovered a great way to have our Pinot and drink it too, so to speak. These half-bottles of Windy Oaks Estate Pinot Noir, Santa Cruz Mountains 2007, are available at New Leaf for a mere $18.99. You can enjoy the complex licorice and black cherry spice of winemaker Jim Schultze’s elegant creation for significantly less than the larger, full size bottle. Although, let’s face it, in the case of elegant Pinot Noir, more is always better.
Check out the glass-to-bottle ratio in this image. Rather Alice in Wonderland, no? We enjoyed a demi-bouteille recently with a dinner of homemade chile verde. Sensational combination.
An elegant Sauvignon Blanc, 2009Â by bay area winery La Honda, made from Sonoma grapes. We loved its infusion of stargazer lily and cantaloupe, its middle of grassy minerals and grapefruit, and its crisp citrusy finish.
We loved the way it partners Black Forest ham as well as scallops. And we also loved its $14.99 pricetag. At New Leaf.
If you had told me I would have to go to the Jersey Shore to experience manicotti so good that it would make a goodfella cry, I would have told you to “fageddaboudit.”
But I did. And at Joey’s, a big, friendly, non-designer pizza and pasta joint in Manahawkin, NJ, I had manicotti from heaven, and more. Ravioli stuffed with ricotta and smothered in a serious meat sauce. Chicken breasts simmered in garlic and mushroom sauce that had me ready to genuflect. Each of these dishes was under $10 btw – no I wasn’t in California anymore.
But if you ever (more…)
Maybe I’m catastrophizing, but you know. . . .So we’re taking the red-eye to Philly and need something to hold us until dawn. Presto! Tomokazu, a nicely-run sushi bar in the International terminal at SFO fit the bill nicely. We shared some sake, spicy tuna tekka maki and these delicious and colorful futomaki rolls, dredged through the required sinus- clearing combo of wasabi and soy.
A book of sensory adventure: The rituals, passions and discoveries of an engaged life.