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Summer Afternoons Well Spent at Sam's Chowder House
I've admitted a number of times that the Summer sun has brought on an intense craving for shore-style seafood. So when I was invited to enjoy a meal at Sam's Chowder House, I couldn't turn it down: nestled on a quiet corner of the California coast in Half Moon Bay, Sam's has long been one of my favorite seafood restaurants — not only for the view, but also for the fresh fish. Can't make it there just yet?
Sunday Slow Cooker: Cioppino
Quality slow cooker recipes for seafood can be hard to come by, so this version of cioppino, a tomato-based seafood stew that was invented in San Francisco, is a real gem. With a loaf of sourdough bread and a glass of white wine, this stew makes an effortless meal. To add this seafood staple to your slow cooker repertoire, read more
Today's Special: Spicy Crab Stew
Cioppino is a slow cooked fish stew with a tomato based broth. Although the name sounds Italian, the stew actually was born here on the piers of San Francisco. At the end of a smelly day selling fish, the men (many of whom were of Italian descent) would throw the unsold fish into a big pot to make a hearty and hot stew.
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Monday's Leftovers: Quick Cioppino
The beginning of the workweek is always on the strenuous side, so keep Monday nights as effortless as possible by selecting a swift dinner recipe that calls for ingredients you've already got on hand.
By doubling up on the amount of halibut and clams that you needed for last night's meal, you won't have to worry about hitting up the supermarket again.
Take a stab at a stress-free riff on cioppino, the classic San Francisco stew.
Food Section Sampler — June 3, 2009
- Five chefs make over San Francisco staples like cioppino, Hangtown Fry, and turkey Tetrazzini. — San Francisco Chronicle
- New site Veggie Trader is a sort of Craigslist for home gardeners. — Washington Post
- America's been seduced by the ever-elusive Prohibition era, speakeasy-style bar.
Going Inside the Food Network: Guy Fieri's Live Taping
Last Sunday afternoon, I went to the Chelsea market, home of the Food Network Studios in New York City, to watch a live taping of a new Guy Fieri show. The one-hour long special, Guy's Family Feast, focuses on Guy's family and will air sometime in December or January. To find out what it was like to view the taping, read more
PartySugar Behind The Bash: Taste 2007
Last Thursday night I was invited to a hip local arts event that expertly mixed art, auction and food. Hosted by Root Division - an organization that promotes creative expression and boosts the community by providing studio space to working artists in exchange for their services as art teachers - Taste 2007 was a fundraiser, exhibition, and tasting all rolled into one event. Tastes, bite sized tapas from eight acclaimed young San Francisco chefs, featured delicious, innovative nibbles along side the artwork.Yummy Links!
- Watch Curb Your Enthusiasm's Susie Essman and Vogue food critic Jeffery Steingarten have an interesting lunch together in 'We Can Always Order More' - Serious Eats
- Delicious looking cioppino (fish stew) - Simply Recipes
- Just in time for New Year's Eve, The Cheap Drunk's Guide to Inexpensive Bubbly - Eat Drink One Woman
- Intricate Watermelon Carving Artwork - haha.nu
- Bacon Brittle, not Peanut Brittle. Bacon. - Chow
- If you didn't get enough cookies for Christmas, try these Cranberry-Cherry Icebox Ribbons - Slashfood
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