Category Archives: Food

{215} In search of Playa food

{215} In search of Playa food, originally uploaded by The Inadvertent Gardener. I stopped at Cost Plus World Market tonight to see if they had anything interesting to take out to the Playa this year. Unlike the previous two years, … Continue reading

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{214} BLT

{214} BLT, originally uploaded by The Inadvertent Gardener. I officially declared it BLT season today. I’m not sure why it took me so long this summer to eat my first such sandwich, but the drought is over.

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{207} Signing the petition

{207} Signing the petition, originally uploaded by The Inadvertent Gardener. An attendee at Tuesday night’s Kitchen Table Talks on tomatoes signs a Campaign for Fair Food petition that was passed around the audience.

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{205} Pa amb tomaquet, two ways

{205} Pa amb tomaquet, two ways, originally uploaded by The Inadvertent Gardener. One thing I wanted to do over the weekend was get to Contigo, since I hadn’t been there in months and pa amb tomaquet was back on the … Continue reading

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{200} Saffron from the Spice Market

{200} Saffron from the Spice Market, originally uploaded by The Inadvertent Gardener. Paul brought back this saffron from the Spice Market in Istanbul when he was there visiting in June. I used it tonight for the first time in a … Continue reading

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{195} Not samples!

{195} Not samples!, originally uploaded by The Inadvertent Gardener. I tooled around the Ferry Building today with Kristina, and the fact that people might think kumquats were samples cracked me up at the Farm Fresh To You checkout line.

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{191} Ingredients for sauce

{191} Ingredients for sauce, originally uploaded by The Inadvertent Gardener. After getting home from camping, I made lamb burgers with a feta-yogurt mint sauce for dinner.

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{189} Give it a lick

{189} Give it a lick, originally uploaded by The Inadvertent Gardener. EJ is a giant fan of the soft-serve cone…and very cute, to boot. We had a great time at lunch with our friend Andrew, who was in town for … Continue reading

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{182} White on oyster

{182} White on oyster, originally uploaded by The Inadvertent Gardener. My parents have been to the Hog Island restaurant at the Ferry Building every time they’ve been out to visit. This visit, I took them all the way to the … Continue reading

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{165} Pasta a la Gus, Genie-style

{165} Pasta a la Gus, Genie-style, originally uploaded by The Inadvertent Gardener. This is basically an amped-up version of pasta aglio e olio, made with black pepper fettucine from The Pasta Shop. It’s my own take on a recipe from … Continue reading

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