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Best Cheese pizzas?
Did they not use their wood burning oven for your 21st stop Roasted Mushrooms and Molto Aglissimo pizzas?
Fun group dinner in Berkeley?
If I could get the menu right side up I might find the vegetarian friendly but I have trouble finding it sideways.
http://www.mccormickandschmicks.com/menus/0049-Spengers-Berkeley-CA/Dinner.pdf
Shrimps not "smooth" after boiling (or poaching) for shrimp cocktail
I like the Alton Brown method with the big shrimp from Costco and a spicy pepper blend rather than Old Bay. I also thread them on 2 bamboo skewers to reduce curling.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/the-shrimp-cocktail-recipe/index.html
I and I'm sure he peels them before serving.
best local price on parchment paper?
Parchment is back at Costco but now under their label , $5.99 less than 3 cents per sq. foot.
Hors d'Age Calvados Morin availability in the Bay Area?
From googled wine searcher for bay area.
Nothing found for that search, but our best guess nearest store is:
XO-Vin
23 Route d'Aubengue, Wimereux 62930, Nord-Pas-de-Calais
(5430 miles from you) Change your location
Strawberry Shortcake - Follow-Up, and Thanks!
Thank you for doing the work and the followup. I'll ask at Costco on my next visit.
Maine Lobster at 99 Ranch
That's why I asked and my trip today suggests we are talking 3-4 pounds plus. Claws as big as my hand.
Maine Lobster at 99 Ranch
Probably easier to go look. They usually have such monsters or the tank is made of magnifying glass
union square
See if there is anything that interests you in this older thread.
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/631196
Check out the related discussions on the right.
Best Cheese pizzas?
Wood burning ovens are almost a topic of their own.
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/679109
Best Cheese pizzas?
Postino in Lafayette has "house made mozzarella". I believe they start from scratch, milk,rennet, citric acid and heat rather than heating brought in curd but will check.
Justin Wilson and other lost cooking show classics...
Jeff Smith, the frugal Gourmet, mentioned numerous times above including the opening post.
What is the one item you always leave Costco with?
If you are referring to the cold smoked a favorite recipe is Lox, eggs and onions.
http://www.fairwaymarket.com/lox-eggs-and-onions/
East Bay strawberry shortcake that doesn't cost an arm and a leg?
Haven't tried them but have you priced the bakeries at Ranch 99 complex in Richmond?
Homebound: Need delivery and take out options
Grubhub and the alternatives.
http://www.grubhub.com/sf/
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/827466
U-Pick Pesticide Free Cherries in Brentwood
Not Brentwood but no pesticides.
http://www.localharvest.org/riverdance-farms-M4906
Best Cheese pizzas?
Here's an RL list.
http://lauriston.com/pizza.html
Note slight disagreement on placement of Gioia.
BTW my wife insists that I bring home Gioia.
Fire at China Village (Albany)
Billy Pilgrim thought so too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Pilgrim
KIMCHI FUNK
At our local Korean market there are brands that are "vintage" aged, 1 week, 2 weeks etc.
Affordable steakhouse in East Bay for tonight
Did you mention they had zeppole somewhere else or were you going to keep it secret?
Zeppole: italian style dougnuts/chocolate sauce/whipped cream
http://americanoakalameda.com/oa_menu.pdf
Chicken fried steak with white gravy, fried okra, and buttermilk biscuits around the Bay Area?
Kinda depends on what you mean by near.
http://www.buttercupgrillandbar.com/locations.html
your favorite food movie..
Additional suggestions from my friends, Delicatessen and Sweeney Todd. What can you do if your friends are the Addams Family?
Best Cheese pizzas?
Didn't recommend Oliveto. I was trying to answer question "What is a farm egg pizza like?"
Chicken fried steak with white gravy, fried okra, and buttermilk biscuits around the Bay Area?
Don't see them.
http://brownsugarkitchen.com/menu/breakfast/
Chicken fried steak with white gravy, fried okra, and buttermilk biscuits around the Bay Area?
Check Sukie's Country Kitchen.
http://sukieskitchen.com/
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/540616
http://www.menuism.com/restaurants/sukies-country-kitchen-san-pablo-23279/online-menu
Dang no okra.
