This $4 plate of liang pi noodles (“cold skin noodles”) single-handedly made up for all the bad Chinese food I have eaten in the past eight months. First, a tangent. I spent eight months living and working in San Francisco. Apologies in advance to those in the Bay Area, but really, it seemed impossible to [...]
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Ugly Shiitakes
Have you ever seen these? They’re “ugly shiitakes”, which I found at the UN Plaza farmers market in San Francisco. “They’re actually pretty cute,” I told the grungy musician-type manning the booth. “Eh, yeah, people seem to like them better than the regular ones.” He shrugged. As if on cue, three different people came up [...]
Turk’s Turban Pumpkins
These pumpkins are so oddly beautiful I just had to share. My friend Christa picked them up at Farmer John’s pumpkin patch in Half Moon Bay, about 30 to 40 minutes from San Francisco. Having never seen them before, I spent the longest time trying to figure out how they developed to look like two [...]
