One last post on my epic Portland adventure, then it’s back to business as usual at ye ‘ol SF beer blog.  Luckily, this last one is a great one.  For our last brunch in Portland, we headed over to Screen Door.  I was forewarned that I would be getting the chicken and waffles.  They were right.

One of my favorite parts of living in San Francisco is the wholesale endorsement of Dim Sum as the meal for all occasions. In this case, we were lead by a particular mystery chef out to the Outer Sunset to S&T Seafood in the Sunset for chicken feet and other brunch treats.

Some of my favorite meals are born out of leftovers.  There is just something so wonderful about taking extra food from a previous meal, investing a little effort and coming out with something entirely new.  This is especially true for brunch. Take for example, this dish:   Which was born from this dish:   

A few weeks ago I was given a copy of Kenny Shopsin’s new cookbook, which is an adventure just to read, much less cook out of.  His section on pancakes is particularly inspiring, and includes some great ideas (mac and cheese pancakes anyone?) He also uses a basic frozen pancake batter, and doctors it as needed – [...]

  Who doesn’t love brunch?  It has everything you could want in a meal: a leisurely pace, drinks and pancakes.   In Denver, Brian, Kimberley and I asked what was a good spot for brunch, we were told in no uncertain terms to get over to Snooze as quickly as possible.  Once there, we found the place [...]

When you really get down to it, is brunch really any more than an excuse to drink in the morning?   What would brunch be without a mimosa and a bloody mary? (hint: breakfast.) Wine and spirits are in on the action, why should beer be left out?   Like so many other food and [...]