Being home from our San Francisco Food Tour of North Beach\Little Italy and Chinatown, sometimes I have a desire for comfort food.  For some reason, I had a desire for meatloaf yesterday.  I’ve never been a big beef eater, so I decided to use some ground turkey.  The only challenge is that ground turkey does …

Being home from our San Francisco Food Tour, I usually like to cook dinners. Some days, I like to put out the slow cooker, so when dinner comes about, all I have to do open the slow cooker, I can just open it up and serve dinner.  Chicken usually works well, however I find that …

One of the questions that come sometimes when we ‘re on or San Francisco Food Tour of North Beach\Little Italy and Chinatown, is it the food authentic.  That’s always an interesting concept.  If one goes to China or Italy, the type of food varies according not only the city or town, but even to the …

While we’re at home from our San Francisco Food Tour of North Beach\Little Italy and Chinatown, I try to eat heathy, however a nice dessert now and then is good for my mental health.  One of favorite desserts in Panna Cotta. It one of those desserts that I customize on a lot of different ways.   …

The Perfect IngredientIt seems like there are two ingredients that I use more than anything else, it’s onions and garlic.  Even when I am making something like a salad, I usually find a way to use those two ingredients.   For me, onions make a great base for some many dishes.  When I am sautéing them, …

Eggs are one of those ingredients that seems to permeate most cuisines.  Given how versatile that they are, that is probably no surprise.  On our San Francisco Food Tour of North Beach\Little Italy and Chinatown, we often see it show up in both neighborhoods.    At home, I end using them very frequently.  It’s a great …

There are sometimes that I want certain comfort foods.  I’m not sure if it’s the flavor, or their comforting nature.  Yesterday, I felt that desire.  For some reason, I had a desire for meatloaf.  And, some reason, I had a desire for turkey meatloaf.  I’m not sure why, I just had the desire.  The bad …

Under normal circumstances, we would be celebrating the coming of spring on our San Francisco Food Tour of North Beach\Little Italy and Chinatown.  Right now, we’re doing the important thing by staying home, however we’re looking for those signs of springtime. Usually, we would be seeing all of the springtime vegetables and food coming into …

Being at home from our San Francisco Food Tour of North Beach\Little Italy, we’re enjoying being at home as much as I can. At the same time, as much as I try to avoid it, sometimes cabin fever sets in.  Fortunately, having a dog, I have to walk the dog outside.  The good news is …

Usually, we’re able to go out and get a variety of foods.  Right now, it’s more important to stay at home.   Sometimes, I look in my refrigerator and see the same vegetables that I had the previous day.  Frequently, I’ll try to take the same vegetable that I had the previous day and I want …