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Friday, 20 May 2005
Lists
if you saw in my other blog i had a few lists i needed to make related to food...

List of place to eat before I leave Berkeley

- Zatar

- Locanda Olmo that Sicilian place on College that sup'dly has amazing pizza

- Skates on the Bay

- Poulet

- Kirala i can just wait til the food court one opens too...

- rick & ann's for brunch

- Gregoire's

- angeline's (when it opens...i think it's gonna be a louisiana style restaurant on shattuck where long life noodle used to be)





not crucial but would be nice:

- Le Theatre

- Grasshopper

- A Cote

- Bay Wolf

- Liaison

- Citron

- Garibaldi's




i'm sure i will think of more later...looking for all those links took longer than i wanted:P but i guess now i only have to come here to daydream & click away instead of searching the same thing over & over again:P

i have another list to write but i'll do it later...

nite for now




updating....eaten:

- La Note (eaten: June 5, 2005 w/ Pierre)

- anything on 4th Street...Cafe Rouge, Eccolo, Sketch...(Cafe Rouge AND Sketch w/ Chanda 6/9/04)

- Cactus Taqueria (Pierre brought over & we ate 6/20/05)

- Phoenix Next Door (eaten w/ ellen & chanda 6/23/05)

- Grub n Go (lunch on 7/8/05)

- Truly Mediterranean (lunch on 7/15/05)

- The Patio on dwight & telegraph...it's sup'd to have good jambalaya (eaten 7/16/05 w/ pierre)

- pie in the sky on center (eaten w/ gals 7/21/05)

- ryowa ramen (eaten dinner 8/8/05 w/ pierre)

- cafe baguette on channing
(eaten 8/10/05 w/ audrey)

- Tropical Paradise (Ghanian food) (eaten lunch 8/11/05)

- caribbean cove on telegraph (eaten w/ chanda & pierre 8/20/05)

- indus village (just opened & it smells soo good)(eatn w/ pierre 8/29/05 about)

- Oliveto (eaten with pierre 9/3/05)

- wikiwiki hawaiian bbq (replaced the berkeley rotesserie space...sounds delish & pretty cheap)(eaten w/ pierre 9/9/05)

- bread workshop sandwiches (only 11-3)
(eaten w/ pierre 9/11/05)

- kolo kitchen (9/05)

- Bittersweet Chocolate Cafe...another article (w/ pierre 11/05)

- Ajanta (w/ pierre 12/4/05)

- La Med (w/ pierre 12/9/05)

- The Cheesesteak Shop (w/ p 12/05?)

- bakesale betty's (opened by an ex-chez panisse chef)(w/ chris 1/06)

- pizzaiolo (opened by an ex-chez panisse chef) (w/ chris 1/06)

- Thai Temple brunch (w/ erick 2/19/06)

- great china (w/ parents 2/20/06)

- Cafe de la Paz (eaten for bday w/ chris, chanda, aiball, jon g 2/23/06)

- Zax Tavern (eaten w/ chris & chanda late 2/06)

- Venus (eaten w/ chanda & aaron 3/18/06)

- epicurious garden the gourmet ghetto "food court" (when it opens...there will be a stall for: kirala, ciao bella, soop, socca oven(gregoire's owners), imperial tea, taste (food & wine tasting bar), allegio chocolates, caviar place) (eaten w/ erick 3/23/06)

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Updated: Friday, 24 March 2006 1:22 AM EST
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Sunday, 8 May 2005
a week of delish food
& as i sit here listening to brighter than sunshine i recount my week in food adventures with myself haha & some w/ others:)

i realized i had an amazing week of food

nothing like chez panisse or rivoli but i really enjoyed it all

monday i had leftover pizza from the weekend & although i said it wasn't amazing i decided it was pretty damn good especially for my first time..imagine if i made it all the time! well that wouldn't be too healthy so i'm not about to embark on that but anyways

tuesday i packed food for work...i had broiled salmon w/ steamed bok choy w/ that ginger sesame teriyaki sauce chanda's mom gave me...with rice of course

wednesday i balanced the fatty but delicious duck crepinette with a nice refreshing spinach salad....i think i just tossed it w/ balsamic vinegar...it was delish....i decided i'm a lot more obsessed w/ balsamic vinegar than i remember....i used to like it a lot in the dorms & then i calmed down a bit since living by myself...i should splurge on one of those farmer market ones i bought for chris for myself..those are so freaking good..just imagine a blond balsamic or fig infused one or blood orange oh gawd

thursday i was going to make sushi but then i realized i had no seaweed anyway so i went out w/ chanda to le cheval (we thought it closed) but it was alive & well & i decided i love that place they're sooooo nice & it's so cheap & yummy! & spacious too...she got a vietnamese sandwich & it came w/ a light salad that was so good! i predict the dressing to be of fish sauce & lemon juce....but there was mint in the leaves too....very nice....& i got stuff form the steam table...i really like those garlic green beans:)

friday i had an amazing meal at maggiano's along w/ cheeseboard stuff midday goodness that chocolate loaf is to die for! the chips are melted just the way i like them!...sometimes i can be picky about how my chocolate is in my cake...i'm barely picky about what i eat so i say it's ok....i told chris i just don't like those unmelted ones it's like (in contrast to my description of chocolate covered marshmallows which are "crunch soft") "wax chocolate".....along those lines i hate chocolate chips in my ice cream! it's just hard! & you can't even taste it melt in your mouth...anyways...my point is these are half melted so it's like soft & then melt.....ok most people did not understand that conversation i just had with myself soooo moving on....(oh yea read about maggiano's on my other blog)

yesterday i had cheeseboard bread in the morning & i went with chanda & aaron to the farmer's market & au coqulet (sp) & then chaat cafe & cheeseboard...

farmer's market i bought some spinach & a little bottle of fresh apple cider it was sooo good & then at chaat cafe i got the chicken wrap w/ spicy potato salad good stuff as usual...then i had a slice of pizza at cheeseboard...it had goat cheese on it..my first time having it on pizza! so that was exciting & delish...

today i had the other duck crepinette w/ a more fancy spinach salad...but yea it caused such havoc...i blame the crepinette...it filled my apt w/ smoke cuz of the bad circulation & then i spilled the salad all over myself & the floor when i was eating it....

i really shouldn't cook anymore today

cuz i used a diced tomato can w/ jalepenos in it kinda by mistake in my pasta sauce so now i have mexican tasting pasta sauce...it's kinda weird...

oy....go me

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Monday, 2 May 2005
orchard bread in pics
kneaded dough




after rising for an hour




kneaded & divided into 3 equal parts




after left to rise for 1.5 hours




after done baking




& all sliced up!




now i just have to figure out how to eat all of this bread! i never realized i don't eat a lot of sweet bread unless it's from those asian bakeries...this one is also not that sweet so i'm confused haha....it's really good eaten alone but that's a lot of bread....

i'm thinking a really kicked up french toast...gawd how good would that be....

i haven't had french toast in forever too

& it has to be one of my favorite breakfast foods

i like getting people hooked to it:)

i'll see....but thus far that sounds the tastiest...
cuz bread pudding takes away too much from the really yummy dense texture of the bread....

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Sunday, 1 May 2005
extra berries
if you've got a lot of berries that you don't know what to do with...(since strawberries are starting to get cheap yay for summer....though not down under haha jeremy sorry!)

drizzle some balsamic vinegar over them (cut up strawberries & other berries whole)...just to coat (YES balsamic) & some sugar if you desire...

it's a nice little salad-ish thing...

& i know it sounds weird & i was skeptical at first but it really add a nice simple to achieve but complex flavor


or make that fruit salsa i made for the decal party...

just chop up strawberries, peeled & cored apples, kiwi, other berries or any other fruit you want for that matter....cut them to about the same size

stir in some preserves or jam of any flavor to make it thick & some brown or white or mixture of the two to sweeten it up to your liking

let it sit in the fridge for about 15 minutes before eating...

like i said i served this w/ cinnamon chips i baked up but just mixing 1:2 parts cinnamon & sugar & sprinkling them on pam sprayed tortilla or pita wedges & baking up!...

or you can just top plain yogurt w/ it...

whatever you want:)

i think both these things taste better as they sit too:) the flavors mingle!

i'm making di's orchard bread at the moment...we'll see how that turns out...

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pizza, snickerdoodles, & crepinettes
ok so i'll start backwards...

the duck crepinettes...

i went to farmer's market this morning cuz i wanted to get mushrooms for my pizza & the mushrooms at safeway were expensive & not as nice...

i wanted to get something special for my pizzas so i went to fatted calf...i had heard so much about them but i was always scared to go up to them & buy something...1, it was expensive...2, it's one of the places that i can look at the chalkboard of products & genuinely not know what the hell they were....facing my lack of knowledge intimidated me...

when i went there one person was buying duck crepinettes...which i had never heard of...& another woman was asking what they were...so after listening i decided to get those too...whatever they were...i just heard the part where the casing is different..so i knew it was a sausage of some sort...

i was too cheap to put it on my pizza & now i'm looking up things to do w/ it & i just get so many sites saying it's freaking incredible but i have no idea what to do with it..bah

anyways..here's a really nice picture of it
(click on edit (next to file on your browser) & do find type crepinette)

berk farmer's market

anyways...i'm asking chowhounds...

snickerdoodles...made them cuz i was paying a visit to campus market today & i felt rude going there empty handed...

ate them w/ vanilla ice cream & chocolate syrup...yummy badness in a bowl...

ok...i was just looking at all the pics on that blog i linked above & that thing puts this crap blog to shame...it's all those pictures..i wish i was that talented at photography...

me to my cousin: omg acme's on there too all the loves of my life!

ANYWAYS

pizza...i made the dough when i woke up this morning...i was so nervous that the dough wouldn't rise..but it did well:) i was proud

this is half of the dough from the second rising:




i made marinara sauce...

put in green bell peppers & onions & basil & italian parsley...gawd i love fresh herbs

i kinda forgot about the ground turkey (i was trying to make it lean) so i decided to saute that w/ italian seasoning w/ the mushrooms separately...

stirred it in afterwards....

topped the whole wheat crust w/ this super duper chunky sauce fresh basil leaves & the sun dried tomato & basil mozzarella & i got this




20 minutes at 425 degrees




yea yea i need to work on forming my pizza dough but whatever...it was delicious:)

i put the rest in the fridge..i hope that's ok...dunno we'll see...

the next day...

the dough looked really flat but it baked up just fine...same as yesterday...

here is the pic of the pizza i made for chanda & myself it's so big! & real looking haha



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Updated: Sunday, 1 May 2005 10:05 PM EDT
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Monday, 25 April 2005
quote for the day-pe food journal
so for pe we had to keep a food journal...

& this girl in my pe class asked to see mine which was kinda weird cuz she literally read everything i ate...which was weird....i dunno i find that weird...& she commented: you eat a lot of bananas

i said: yea i guess i go through my phases of craving certain things...& bananas was it at that time...

andrea: yea i crave weird things too

me: yea sometimes i want milk...gawd i sound like i'm a pregnant woman

andrea: yea my roommate asks me if i'm sure i'm not pregnant when i eat like a bunch of pickles

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Sunday, 24 April 2005
my celebrity chef match!
Who's Your Celebrity Chef Match?
Connie, your celebrity chef match is Emeril Lagasse

Bam! When it comes to whipping up something in the kitchen, you're rarely afraid to kick it up a notch. That's why your celebrity chef match is Emeril Lagasse, the king of notch-kicking. While some may be a little intimidated by cooking and recipes, you tend to have fun in the kitchen (and in life), throwing caution (and sometimes even recipes) to the wind. After all, it's only food.

To you, the most important thing is to have a good time, which is why you probably enjoy sharing your culinary enthusiasm with friends and family. When you do entertain, you have a knack for throwing a little heart into everything you prepare ? and there's no better ingredient in the world.





& when i typed that phoenix place's name w/ my awful spelling the only site that popped up was my own blog which is kinda funny...but i did find the real one...it's PHOENIX PASTIFICIO

article about it

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random stuff
1. i had a flourless chocolate pecan cookie from pheonix pasficio crap i keep forgetting how to spell it...i will look it up & remember after i write this entry...it was yummy

2. i resisted buying fried artichokes & zuchinni at the earth day festivities

3. i craved an orange cuz of jon...even though i know he didn't mean eat an orange...but i bought like 5 anyway...& i want more...

4. my friend im'd me yesterday that i hadn't talked to in forever...apparently the last time we talked i was making pulled pork...so he asked how that went...it was kinda weird cuz that was over a year ago....but it was kinda funny

5. apparently i also got him hooked on zachary's spinach & mushroom pizza...cuz i reccommended it one time & he hasn't ordered anything else since...which is kinda funny too...i totally rock

6. i've been kinda boring w/ my cooking lately...well yea...since the food poisoning my poor kitchen hasn't been the same...i haven't experimented as much..& i guess i have a lot less time on my hands too....i also haven't been to the store w/ chanda in a while too...that's usually when i get more groceries...the only stuff i get now is from farmer's market...which can be pricey

7. i really kinda want to throw a party....but i know it would be pricey so i'm thinking..maybe it'll be a pizza & pasta party...i'll make the pasta & dough & sauces (probably one basic marinara/tomato, pesto, & creamy (either just alfredo or roasted garlic?)) & then people can bring cheeses & toppings (that way the cost spreads out a little bit & they can bring & share what they like) but at the same time...my apartment is too small....so useless...anyways..the little pizzas & pasta can be made to order..it'd be interactive & fun...i guess i should do a fondue one first though:P beh....no...cuz i have to get those darn gel things...boooooo

ok that's all...
i really want to make appetizers...but so time consuming! gah...& no reason to....boo

oh! one last thing...

8. Maggiano's on May 6th...cuz chris is coming back for his mother's weddings...so chris & his old roommate & floormates & one of the floormates' bf & of course moi haha...we're going to santana row's maggiano's...yum...i'm really excited...i'm particularly looking forward to the Crispy Zucchini Frittes.....oy those are freaking to die for...they're super thin & crispy & w/ lemon aioli how could you go wrong...mmmmmmmmmm....ok anyways...the portions are like 3 times the size that you'd imagine too...so worth it...i got the salmon oreganata last time & my left overs were a meal in itself...yea it's a chain but it's good so i don't care...i realized i don't know if i can even eat as much as i did when i first went cuz i haven't "binged" in a long time...we'll see...

Maggiano's Dinner Menu

oh yea & on a total random sidenote...i need to remind myself i still want to go to santana row's pizza antica which is also a mini chain but they're sup'd to have really good portabella fritters...& i want to see how they match up to rivoli....oh my beloved rivoli...gawd i would love some chicken cooked two ways w/ truffled polenta right now....or the crab souffle....& of course the fritters....

or chez panisse's souffle rothschild....i dream about that at night...ok not at night...during the day....

wow i'm freaking spoiled....go me

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Updated: Sunday, 24 April 2005 10:25 PM EDT
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Saturday, 23 April 2005
mini coconuts
i will serve coconut shrimp w/ coquito nuts as garnish...just cuz i can

mini coconuts

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Tuesday, 19 April 2005
convo in the lounge
at one pt in our many mini conversations about various things (chincilla fur coats, shampoo, sex line queuing systems, ADD) came up the topic of cutco...

so gareth & jon had both sold them for a little bit...

gareth proceeded to say how great a product it was...& that his friends still tell him they love the knives

then i started talking about how for the price..there are better...eg, wusthof or henckels etc cuz i have both so i know...wusthof cuts things like butter

& he said well do you have to sharpen them?

i said...it's crap if they say you don't have to..every knife needs to be sharpened...cept ceramic ones which i also have...

gareth: WHAT ARE YOU? an iron chef?

jon & i looked at each other & just burst out laughing

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