Written by Rosemary, with assistance from Bourbon in describing our al pastor experience. Our second day in SF started with the intention of running eight miles down Market Street and into Golden Gate Park. However we were so smitten with the park that we ended up going further than we had intended. After our run …
Promptly upon arriving into SF, our priority was to get checked in at our hotel and get to the Ferry Building ASAP to explore the supposed foodie heaven for lunch. Our first stop was for some delicious cured meats made by Boccalone Salumeria. Among our sampling (and ordered from my most to least favorite) were: soppressata, …
Before Roast, Bourbon gave me my gift, a wedding band with the inscription dolcezza mia, which means’my sweet.’ I find it quite fitting given my love of making and eating sweets and all things Italian. Now you might ask why he got me a wedding band two years after our wedding but its actually quite …
Here are some of our precious veggies from the first harvest of our garden, including the following heirloom varieties: chicago pickling cucumber, tasty evergreen tomatoes and beam’s yellow pear tomatoes (the jalapenos are non-heirloom but delicious nonetheless). Also pictured is some Oberon we enjoyed with clementines from Trader Joes
Before we delve into the Cali trip we thought we’d share some of our favorite new grilling recipes. This summer we’ve had some great grill-outs with friends and family and hope you can enjoy some of these recipes before it gets too cold. My surprise birthday party (planned by Bourbon) was one of such grill …
For our second anniversary we went to Michael Symon’s Roast in Detroit. And lo and behold, we actually ran into some of Bourbon’s parents friends when we walked into the restaurant; a couple that has the same anniversary as us and were at our wedding. We’ve been waiting to try Roast for awhile, and one …