A blog about food and cooking by Chris Norris
Almost one year ago Laura and I embarked on our original San Francisco Tapas Crawl (see my blog entry describing our adventure), inspired by an article in the San Francisco Chronicle. Tapas crawls are exciting – new restaurants, no reservations, no schedule, and no expectations […]
Basque Food in Winnemucca! One thing is true in life: You learn something every day. We made our Christmas trek to Idaho to see the Parents & Siblings & Cousins for Christmas this year. Since our primary -and only – mode of transport was car […]
Laura and I spend a pretty good handful of weekends each year in San Francisco and are constantly on the lookout for good hotels that are central to “our part of town” – we like the area around Union Square as our home base – […]
Welcoming 2010 in San Francisco! 2010 is here and another three days of “living la vida loca” in San Francisco is in the record books! New Year’s Eve is one of the few times that virtually all of the streets in San Francisco are flooded […]
Kauai! I’m at 37,000 feet, halfway between Kauai and San Francisco, reflecting on another wonderful anniversary celebrated in the Islands! We took a break from our usual destination of Maui, and decided to try the quieter isle this year. Laura and I have a strong […]
Click here to see other Tapas Crawls! Tapas Crawl After reading a recent article in the San Francisco Chronicle about a Tapas Tour of the City, Laura and I got excited to try that one for ourselves! As you’ll see by reading thru the blow-by-blow […]
Customizing Sent Sovi For our most recent wedding anniversary, Laura and I thought we’d try something different and turned to one of our favorite south bay chefs, Josiah Sloane at Sent Sovi in Saratoga. Josiah is very accessible and responds quickly to emails or you […]
Trucker Food This summer we traveled to my hometown of Howe, Idaho (population: 23!) to celebrate Mom and Dad’s 50th anniversary. It’s been a few years since we’ve done this trek with all of the kids, and it takes some serious planning to avoid an […]
Tasty Toledo My parents are originally from Toledo, so we’ve had ample opportunities to visit Toledo and become accustomed to many of the food joints frequented by my parents during their childhood. My Grandfather passed away just a few weeks ago, and since he made […]
Dinner at Josiah’s Josiah Slone is the Chef and owner of Sent Sovi, a high end restaurant in Saratoga, CA that was previously owned by David Kinch, now of Manresa in Los Gatos. One of the angles Josiah uses to put his own mark on […]