Slow Food Nation 2008
(image cc-licensed by aaron_anderer on Flickr) This weekend the many events of Slow Food Nation have been occurring around San Francisco. On Friday I made it to the Marketplace and Victory Garden in...
View ArticleThe difference local, simple foods make
I made myself some eggs and bacon for breakfast recently, nothing too fancy, a few slices of bacon, a couple of fried eggs, but as I ate I realized that what I consider “simple” is not – and that it...
View ArticleCoffee in San Francisco – my current favorites
San Francisco Coffee is among the best in the world. I am a serious coffee drinker, I started drinking coffee seriously in high school, spent many hours in college in cafes throughout Hyde Park....
View ArticleGreat meals in Santa Cruz – my first visit
This weekend I have been in Santa Cruz for a family wedding, before leaving I emailed some friends who have vacation homes in the area for suggestions and I did a minimal amount of research online but...
View ArticleMy Figs & Olives dinner
This evening I had 9 friends over for a formal, multi-course, plated feast to celebrate the Fig season here in the Bay Area. Many photos were taken, alas not by me, so I will hopefully update this post...
View ArticleSo Shannon can you cook brunch for 40 tomorrow?
That was the question my friend called to ask me Saturday evening as I was walking home in the Mission. I thought for a bit, then said, sure, could we meet up in a bit and buy all the ingredients. So...
View ArticleBuilding your brand by telling stories
cc-licensed photo by Robert Soderberg photo by Ewan Spence I am spending the afternoon at my friend Ross Dawson’s Future of Influence Summit here in San Francisco (it is also running simultanously in...
View ArticleLunch with David Chang and other tales of SF
This afternoon I had lunch with Peter Meehan and David Chang at the Il Cane Rosso at the Ferry Building here in San Francisco. Now the Full Disclosure bit – Peter Meehan is a very long time family...
View ArticleGreat food and drink near the Moscone Center San Francisco
Before Web 2.0 Expo starts next week here in San Francisco I am posting this updated list of my favorite places near the Moscone Center in San Francisco. This is not intended to be comprehensive there...
View ArticleAs 2011 begins some great meals in NYC
I spent the past weekend in NYC, flew there on Thursday and enjoyed the long Martin Luther King weekend as a chance to visit friends and family and to have a mini-vacation with my girlfriend. We both...
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