Burritos a Go-Go
Are you tired of cooking yet this holiday season? When I’ve had it with washing dishes and going to the grocery store every day, the first thing I want for take-out is a burrito. When I lived in San Francisco, I was always within a block of a great Mission-style (enormous and wrapped in foil) [...]
Gingerbread for Admiring and Eating
‘Tis the season to eat gingerbread–and build it into picturesque buildings dripping with sugar icicles and candy roof tiles. Today and tomorrow, you can see Gingerbread Holidays in Old Sac, a display of handmade gingerbread houses at the Old Sacramento Schoolhouse Museum (Front and L Sts.). The display is open for viewing from 1 to [...]
Broadway Soul Food
Sorry! We’ve been a bit busy baking cookies. But we haven’t been too busy to eat! The section of Broadway in Oak Park around 35th Street has been getting spiffed up over the last couple of years. The improvements spearheaded by Kevin Johnson (formerly of the Kings) include upgrading the beautiful theater there, the addition [...]
Olive Oil Offer Extended
If you missed out on the offer earlier this week for free olive oil from Alejandro & Martin, try the link again. See the original post here.
Small Planet Fund
Have you heard of the Small Planet Fund? Being that it is the time of giving and thanks, I feel it is important to let you know that they are now in the throes of an online fundraising event that will not only enable you to bid but win on wonderful prizes. It also gives [...]
Free Olive Oil!
Local food blogger Elise Bauer of Simply Recipes referred her friend Alejandro to us to help him GIVE AWAY 800 bottles of olive oil. Yep, a holiday present for you or someone else and all you have to do is pay the shipping. Now this isn’t a local food item, but we thought you might [...]
Honey, Have You Tried?
This is a bit different from my usual “Have You Tried” posts. This isn’t a single product or menu item, but a whole store! What: Sacramento Beekeeping Supplies Why: Not just for beekeepers, this cool store, painted on the front to look like a honeycomb, has a great supply of local honey and other bee-related [...]
Roxy
Roxy is the newest restaurant venture of Ron and Terry Gilliland whom also own Lucca. I actually have had the pleasure of dining at Roxy twice this week, once at the “test” dinner on Saturday evening and then again on Tuesday when my brother in law was in town and I actually had an answer [...]
Rock the Casbah
I joined the Sacramento Epicurians group recently, just in time for their 3rd anniversary Morrocan dinner. The Epicurians is a loose group of people (over 250 belong), who meet once a month to eat at a local restaurant and socialize. This past Friday, 61 people gathered for a meal at Marrakech restaurant, just off of [...]
Bistilla (Moroccan Meat Pie)
Hands Off: 30 minutes A classic bistilla is made with layers of phyllo dough encasing a fragrantly spiced meat mixture—often pigeon. You might also find whole hard-boiled eggs inside, and the top is always dusted with confectioners’ sugar and cinnamon. Since phyllo can be hard to work with, I have substituted frozen puff pastry here. [...]
