Driving Highway 1 in California: Pescadero and Duartes Tavern

Have an artichoke lunch at Duartes Tavern in Pescadero, a few hours south of San Francisco. This is the first in a series of posts about our road trip down California’s famous Highway 1.
The stretch of Highway 1 immediately south of San Francisco, before you hit Santa Cruz, is pretty but not as spectacular as [...]

Thai food at the Buddhist Temple in Berkeley

Could the Thai food at the Buddhist temple be Berkeley’s worst-kept secret? If the day I went is typical then I would say so – the place was rammed with people from all over the Bay Area. People weren’t just seated at the tables but spilling out on to the street and picnicking on the [...]

Best of the Web – Gooseberry Fool: Foodie links for 5 October

Thank you to everyone who provided feedback to my question about the format of this ‘best of the web’ feature. The polls will remain open until Wednesday but I have more or less decided what I want to do.
This will be my last regular link love post in this format, though I may decide to [...]

Best of the Web – Gooseberry Fool: Foodie links for 21 September

San Francisco is enjoying an Indian summer so we are dining al fresco as much as possible and enjoying all the wonderful fruit and vegetables. The nectarines and peaches are still in full swing and have been joined by lovely plums and heirloom tomatoes have really come into their own.
With the warm weather, it’s also [...]

Best of the Web – The Gooseberry Fool: Foodie links for 24 August

I can’t believe August is nearly over already! Ever since I arrived in San Francisco, I’ve been devouring summer fruits, especially white nectarines and peaches. I’ll be sad when peach season is over, but I have a cunning plan to extend it a little further. I bought an entire box of organic white peaches for [...]

Best of the Web – Gooseberry Fool: Foodie links for 10 August

Food and travel
Vegetarian travel. Top 10 countries to be vegetarian in, according to Expatify.

Maltese delicacy. Nanette, the self-styled Ms Gourmet of Gourmet Worrier, writes about ġbejniet – individual cheeselettes formed in little plastic baskets made from fresh goat or sheep milk. The picture of her little girl with a bag of ġbejniet is adorable!
Spanish snouts. [...]

Top tips for visiting Borough Market in London

Borough Market is one of my all-time favourite places in London. It’s a gourmet food market right near London Bridge and South Bank and a definite must if you come to London and have even the remotest interest in cooking or eating. It’s not exactly a farmers’ market but there are plenty of farmers plying [...]

UN of food: China (plus win books!)

We all think we know what Chinese food is but the truth is that it’s incredibly diverse. The most common style of Chinese cuisine in the West is Cantonese but China is an enormous country and even within the majority Han population, there is vast regional variation in the cuisine. When you take into account [...]

Photo Friday: Brød in Nyhavn

Copenhagen, Denmark; August 2006

Nyhavn or New Haven is one of the most picturesque parts of Copenhagen. The waterfront is lined with restaurants, cafés and bars and you can sit outside and enjoy a bite to eat or a drink. The classic Danish open sandwich – or smørrebrød – is a popular choice, or a glass [...]

The best of 2008 (and 2007 too)

The top 10 most popular posts at the end of 2008.
10. Recipe Road Test: Nigella’s rhubarb tart
Guest blogger Pixie tests out Nigella Lawson’s rhubarb tart recipe from How to be a Domestic Goddess.
9. Recipe Road Test: Fried aubergines with chilli and salad onions
I test out Simon Hopkinson’s aubergine recipe from Waitrose Food Illustrated.
8. United Nations [...]

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