Best Foods
Here are some of the best foods we have discovered in travels and at home. Just remembering them makes me drool.
UPDATED 12.18.06
- Shrimp Tacos
Gardenia’s Taco Stand, Cabo San Lucas, Baja, Mexico - Unreal Pizza
Di Fara, Midwood, New York - Molten Chocolate Cake with Mascarpone
Gambardella’s, Menlo Park, California - Chocolate Chip+ Cookie
Cafe Borrone, Menlo Park, California - Tuna Club Sandwich
Seared sashimi-grade tuna steak, wasabi mayo, avocado, bacon, and lettuce.
Balboa Cafe, Squaw Valley, California
July, 2005 - Soft-cooked Egg Inside a Ravioli
Il Bacco, Barolo, Piedmont, Italy
October, 2004 - Tajarin
Egg pasta with local sausage
So many slight variations, all so good, across Piedmont, Italy
October, 2004 - Herb Gougère
Tartine Bakery, San Francisco, CA - House-Made Tagliatelle with Sicilian Orange, Preserved Lemon, and Asiago Fresco
Enoteca “Las Sosta del Rossellino”, Settignano, Tuscany, Italy - House-Made Gnocchi, Any Way They Serve Them
Enoteca “Las Sosta del Rossellino”, Settignano, Tuscany, Italy - Sweet Butter Poached Maine lobster Tail with Petits Pois à la Française
The French Laundry, Yountville, CA
May 7, 2005 - Milk-Poached Fillet of Line-Caught Atlantic Halibut, Sacramento Delta Green Asparagus Sabayon and Black Perigord Truffles
The French Laundry, Yountville, CA
May 7, 2005 - Crispy (Vegetarian) Imperial Rolls
The Slanted Door and Out the Door, San Francisco, CA
As often as possible - Crab and Garlic Noodles
Thanh Long, San Francisco, CA - Spinach and Mushroom Stuffed Pizza
Zachary’s Pizza, Berkeley, CA - Toro Sashimi
Sawa Sushi, Sunnyvale, CA - White Corn Soup with French Chanterelles and Sage Brown Butter
Jack Falstaff, San Francisco, CA
June, 2005 - Creole Benedict
Poached eggs and cajun shrimp on croissants with creole holondaise sauce
Log Cabin, King’s Beach, CA
Whenever we’re in Tahoe - Gilli Biscotti
Slightly chewy with dried fruits and nuts
Gilli Cafe, Piazza della Republica, Florence, Italy - XOX Truffles
San Francisco, CA - Sweet Purple Sicilian Shrimp
So simple, so perfect.
Villa Serbelloni, Bellagio, Italy - White Truffle Risotto
Villa d’Este
Valdobbiadene, Lago di Como, Italy - “The Egg”
Manresa, Los Gatos, California - Tomato Aspic
Cibréo, Florence, Italy
