After my meat shopping adventure, I was ready to cook up some lamb’s neck.  I’d had it at Incanto a long time ago, and more recently read a blog post emphasizing that you can braise it similar to osso bucco.  With that in mind I set about creating a basic beer-based braise. I started by dusting my lamb in flour, [...]

  A long time ago, Eli mentioned to me “oh, my friend Brian is moving to San Francisco.  You’ll really like him. He’s writing a book about beer.”  Since then Brian has brewed with me on occasion, and is a reliable to always have quality taste in beers, and great stories about the brewmasters who [...]

Ah, summer.  Sure it’s cold and windy here in San Francisco, but the fresh produce is bountifully flowing in from the central valley, and filling my kitchen with great summer fruits and veggies.   My CSA box this week even smelled like summer when i opened it: it contained a huge musk melon and heirloom [...]

More details on this delicious meal coming soon.  I’m a bit full right now.