with a Recipe For Crispy Pork Belly Several years ago, somewhere deep in Oakland’s Chinatown, in a non-descript hole-in-the-wall, I found myself deliciously alone. Why and how I had managed a moment completely to myself still eludes me. But…
As of now I have various friends/employees foraging wild plums in Sausalito, Vallejo, the outer Mission and Twin Peaks. This is one of the things we’ve been doing with them at the restaurant and I’m not sure if it’s…
Future site of Libby Jane Cafe. (Hopefully) coming to the Tenderloin this Summer! While we patiently while away the many, many days (now weeks) that it takes to get anything done in the world of small business in the…
The Tale of a Foraged Cactus Sandwich This past Mother’s Day while most Moms were being treated to breakfast in bed, a luxurious day at the spa or brunch out with the family, I was at the restaurant…
with a Recipe for Banana Chocolate Chip Bread Pudding If at some point in your life you too decide to transform a crappy old laundromat into a larger extension of a too-small, though fully operable restaurant, here are a…
and How to Cook a Damn Egg As planned, as soon the money ran out, I immediately opened the doors for business in the hopes of getting some back in. Of course there were a ton of things I…
As most anyone who knows me reasonably well, particularly if they’ve had the pleasure (or displeasure for that matter) of having worked for me, nothing burns my hide faster than wasting food. In fact, just writing that last sentence irritates…
with Warm Butter Pecan Sauce Back in the day before I became the lucky chef/co-proprietor of my own eponymous restaurant and was still working for others, I took a consulting gig with this Fella. Jon and I were old…
and Lived to Tell About it with recipes for Gluten Free Pancakes After months and months of pure holiday decadence the wife and I decided to give a 3-day CLEANSE a try. I decided on this one: Initially I was…
with a Recipe for Goose Fat Potatoes Of course after putting so much love and energy into cooking my Christmas Goose and reserving all of that luscious FAT, there was no way in hell I was going to let any…