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SFGate Food & Wine Newsletter

October 11, 2007 at 5:29 pm · Filed under Random ·Tagged

I lived in the Bay Area for most of my life and grew up with the SF Chronicle. Their food and wine sections are great and have won some awards so even though I don’t live there anymore, I still read it frequently. One of the things I love about it is their newsletter. It’s emailed to me every Thursday and highlights a produce item that is in season each week. Along with that comes recipes as well as tips on how to select and store the produce. Other features contained in the newsletter include:

  • Taster’s choice: A panel of food professionals rate different brands of supermarket items.
  • Pairings: A recipe with a suggested wine pairing.
  • Quick weeknight meals: An obvious favorite of mine. :)   (The Lemongrass-Steamed Fish and Braised Shortribs recipes came from here.)
  • Wine of the week
  • Question of the week: Readers submit questions.

Try out the newsletter and let me know what you think!

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fresh basil

October 9, 2007 at 10:00 pm · Filed under Random ·Tagged ,

i use a lot of fresh basil. i think it adds great flavor to a lot of dishes, whether it is pasta or an asian stir fry. it can be expensive to buy packaged basil every time you need it for a recipe, not to mention wasteful if you don’t use the whole pack. so about a month and a half ago, i was at trader joe’s and saw that they sold basil plants for $2.99 each. i immediately bought one and have been using it ever since.  everytime i need it, i just break off a few sprigs and shred the leaves into whatever i’m cooking that night.

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