Spotted at the Stinson Beach Market, flanked by the Vodkas, Pisco Porton and Barsol Pisco, direct from Peru! Read more →
Monthly Archives: May 2011
A Tour of Tartine Bakery
It has been called the best bakery in the United States, and if you pass by the corner of 18th and Guerrero in San Francisco, you’ll likely see a line out the door — specially around 5 PM when their famous Tartine Country bread comes out of the oven. Recently, I was fortunate enough to get a personal behind the… Read more →
Semana Numero 19
What is your favorite pie? Apple? Strawberry? Please share! Read more →
What It Means To Be Peruvian
What defines a culture? Is it the people? Their food? Their music? Those are some of the questions explored by the new documentary showcasing Peru’s identity to the world. Or in this case, to the city of Peru in Nebraska, where, as the narrator of the documentary claims, the townspeople are Peruvian, but they don’t know what it means to… Read more →
Four Barrel Coffee: From Kenya, with Love
Last week I got a fascinating in-depth look at the story behind Kenyan coffee, all from the perspective of one of my favorite local roasters, Four Barrel Coffee. Organized by 18 Reasons and lead by Four Barrel’s own Jeremy Tooker, everyone at the event enjoyed a slide-show tour that took us on a journey — from the farms where the… Read more →