January 26, 2011 – The Answer is Always Pork

Cookie Contest at Omnivore Books

Saturday, January 29th 3 -4 pm

3885a Cesar Chavez Street

“Now that the holidays are over, we can get back into our food contest routine. So, presenting the first contest of 2011, COOKIES! Make any kind of cookie you can think of, and bring a lot of them (miniatures or cut into bite-size). We’ll all judge the best, and the winner will split the door money with me. Free to cookie entrants; $5 eaters-only.”

SF Underground Market, hosted by ForageSF

Saturday February 5th

11am-4pm : Take-homeables and gifts

6pm-11pm : Hot food, Music

Location: SomArts, 934 Brannan St, @ 8th

Admission: $5

“The SF Underground Market is a venue where you can taste and purchase the food that is being produced in backyards and home kitchens in the Bay Area.

To sell at a farmers market, you need to produce your wares in a commercial kitchen. This is an impossible expense for many of us, so the underground farmers market is about helping to get some exposure for all of our fellow producers without the cash for a commercial kitchen. These are veterans, people who’ve been making their products for years, but only able to share them with friends. We thought we’d give them a venue to share with the whole SF food community.

A market, and a live show, all rolled into one. Think a farmers market, but at night, with music and drinks.”

If you are interested in attending, be sure to sign up here. If you are interested in becoming a vendor, click here.

San Francisco Eats! Series at the SF Public Library

SF Food Carts, Panel Discussion

Thursday February 2nd 5:30 – 7:00 pm

SF Main Library, Hispanic Meeting Room A & B, 100 Larkin St.

This panel discussion will discuss the street food movement in San Francisco, the usage of locally sourced, sustainably raised, delicious and healthy food, and the emergence of food cart entrepreneurs. Panelists include Larry Bain of Let’s Be Frank, Supervisor Bevan Dufty and Veronica Salazar and Margarita Rojas of La Cocina. A Green Stacks program.

18 Reasons, a non-profit run by Bi-Rite Market and Creamery, also hosts totally awesome food events. So many, in fact, that I cannot list them here! Check out their monthly events calendar here.

-Emily

Jordan loves pork and desserts. I love desserts and pork. Still, most nights we eat reasonably healthy (those just aren’t always the most fun to blog about). Last night, we ate great! (And local! And balanced! And pretty darn healthy!) It was awesome.

The menu:

Pan-seared sturgeon – salt and pepper, sear briefly on each side, rest, add a squirt of lemon

Red rice – 2 parts rice to 3 parts water, cook covered for 25 minutes, rest for 5 minutes

Sauteed green cabbage – toast some pistachios, sauté the cabbage for 3 – 4 minutes, add a little shallot, add chicken stock, cook until evaporated 4 – 5 minutes more , stir in nuts

Green salad with pesto and cara cara oranges – wash greens (and well when you get them from your CSA box and they are full of grit), supreme oranges, top with pesto (carrot tops, pistachios, orange zest, garlic, salt, pepper, olive oil all mushed together in a mortar and pestle or blender)

I would recommend all the items this menu. It was delightful and satisfying. I especially loved the pesto!

-Emily

P.S. It couldn’t be all healthy, so there’s a little lemon, brown butter sauce on the fish. I simply browned about a tablespoon of butter, added some lemon zest and salt and spooned a little over the fish.

-Jordan