Just a Tuesday tidbit: olive oil obsession, revisited. 7 August 2007 11:42 pm
Posted by Tracy in : geekery, news, reviews , add a commentRemember when Harold McGee inspired me to do a little olive oil taste test? (It’s okay if you don’t; that’s why I provided the link.) Long story short, between one of McGee’s New York Times “Curious Cook” columns and Alton Brown’s adorable usage of the abbreviation xv for extra-virgin olive oil, I was inspired to sip teaspoons of an excellent artisanal olive oil gifted to me by my parents courtesy of a grower they met in Italy, and a supermarket blend (Star brand, from Italy, Spain, Greece, and Tunisia, packaged in Spain). (more…)
Monkey Monday: Ratatouille and other revelations. 6 August 2007 10:59 pm
Posted by Tracy in : cooking, dessert, eating, eugene, garden, reviews , add a commentI worked another three-day weekend this week, but I started writing my Monkey Monday thoughts on Saturday night, to make sure I’d get them done this time. Short version: saw Ratatouille (loved it), ate delicious desserts, woo garden, holy big tips on Sunday, some thoughts about my weekend at work, more garden awesomeness, and a really random idea about my fingernails. (more…)
Restaurant reminiscences: Hapi Sushi, Laguna Beach, CA 25 July 2007 11:17 pm
Posted by Tracy in : eating, restaurants, reviews, travel , 2 commentsI had the idea for this post before I decided to make this restaurant stories week, but it’s better than ever now that it fits that theme. Woo-hoo! Anyway… Google Reader has been eating my brain ever since I started using it, but it’s been especially awesome ever since I got back from our stupendous summer bike adventure and found it full of literally hundreds of articles clamoring for my attention. Most recently, while catching up on the New York Times Op-Ed page, Trevor Corson’s July 15 piece, “Sushi for Two” made me all kinds of nostalgic for the best sushi I’ve ever had the pleasure of eating, the offerings at Hapi Sushi in Laguna Beach. (Note to self: plan big bad West Coast bike trip and schedule several days for eating our way through Orange County.) (more…)
Reading about restaurants: The Linkery’s “Casing the Joint” blog 24 July 2007 7:50 pm
Posted by Tracy in : news, restaurants, reviews, work , add a commentI discovered the Casing the Joint restaurant blog for San Diego’s The Linkery restaurant as a result of Jay’s post Market vs. Nature last month, which got some well-deserved love from other food geeks I read. Good stuff, and rummaging through the blog archive has been fun, too. In honor of Restaurant Week here at TracyFood, I would like to call your attention to a few Casing the Joint pieces in particular: (more…)
Eek! Missed a day! 11 July 2007 10:40 pm
Posted by Tracy in : Morning Glory, books, food snobbery, identity, movies, reviews, seasonality, vegan, vegetarian , add a commentI completely forgot to write anything for TracyFood yesterday because of the record-breaking heat which made me fall asleep at 7 PM because there was literally nothing else I could do. Really. That’s what I get for going home too early (i.e. at the very hottest part of the day) instead of staying at Peter’s nice air-conditioned office at the U of O (more…)
