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December 9-15, 2007
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| Saturday, December 15, 2007 permalink
For those of us who are fortunate enough to be well fed, it’s time to put up a few bucks for Menu for Hope. Have the Bunrabs ever bought Girl Scout cookies from you or pledged for your whatever-a-thon? Then you are required to buy some tickets before your pro quo deficiency takes hold. If we haven’t pledged for any miles or thin mints, buy some tickets anyway just because you know that you want to kick in for a good cause without being subjected to a Sally Struthering. If you pick a ticket for UW03, you are in the running to win three cookbooks of your choosing from the 10 Speed Press catalogue. Their catalogue includes Elizabeth Falkner’s Demolition Desserts (she’s the citizen behind the San Francisco’s cake and cupcake enterprises.) If you have a meat-tooth instead of a sweet tooth, they have all sorts of other books to utilize those molars and while you’re at it, you can get a ticket for UW04 – the Boccalone Boar Sachetto. Tasty Salted Pig Parts. This is truth in advertising, my friends and with perfect timing - yule get it after the holidays when everyone goes all crazy-Atkins. If you are the lucky winner, you can claim your sow purse during a salumi society gathering and get serving tips and swine pairing info from their artisans.
When you buy a ticket, your money is going to support the school lunch program in Lesotho, Africa through the UN World Food Programme. Click here for more details on these prizes.
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| Friday, December 14, 2007 permalink
... is that it gets packs of screaming children to focus their attention on the hot off the grill flatbreads. Fresh tortillas are passed under the sneeze guard when these juvies plead with wide eyes through the plexiglass (this is good training for the kids destined for the slammer.) These corn pacifiers are also available to those who prefer avocados to abogados. I got a carne asada and a pescado taco ($2.50 each):
They don’t double bag these single ply snacks, so it’s best to lean over the plate when taking a bite out of the chopped grilled steak with peppers and onions in a chile sauce. It was good, but I preferred the battered, deep fried snapper with cabbage, mango and jicama. Chubby got the enchiladas de mole ($8.95):
... which was seriously chocolaty. It was difficult to determine if there were more cocoa beans or black beans on this plate of chicken tubes. It was good, but not a reorder. The reason to come to Picante (other than to train your children how to behave as wards of the state) is to have an inexpensive meal that is made with good ingredients. It may not be as authentic as your favorite taco truck, but it’s a quick and peppy pit stop.
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| Thursday, December 13, 2007 permalink Back when there was only the funky little Slanted Door on Valencia, we couldn’t have imagined it opening up into this empire hinged on a sparkly Ferry Building anchor restaurant.
We swung by for lunch in their bustling, sunny, glassbox of a dining room and were greeted by some food encrusted glasses. We prefer to encrust them ourselves and the server carefully examined the replacements to ensure |
