Yesterday’s Photos: Little Skillet, Pizzeria Picco, and San Francisco’s Botanical Garden

Three-piece Chicken and Waffle @ Little Skillet, San Francisco. Seven packets of Crystal Hot Sauce is the perfect amount for this scenario: Two for the leg, two for the thigh, three for the breast.

Since I’ve recently taken up golf (again), many of my weekends have been spent out burning up the links, rather than trolling the Bay Area for choice eats. But let’s face it: Mark Twain might’ve said it best when he quipped that golf was a good walk, spoiled. Either way, I needed more of a sure thing, and an excursion into San Francisco had [... read more ...]

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Daytripping California’s North Coast: Point Reyes Station

As I spent the early morning hours debating whether or not to visit Berkeley, Sonoma or San Francisco, I was carefully considering each option, when it occurred to me that a road trip to Point Reyes was long overdue. Enough said.

Now here's my scandal.

The highlight of my day was a cheeseburger, but not just any cheeseburger: This is the cheeseburger ($12) at Marin Sun Farms, and the melted New York cheddar and the mound of house-cured bacon are both standard issue. Fantastic grass-fed goodness.

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Review: Marin Mondays @ Picco Restaurant, Larkspur

The 10-hour pork shoulder looks and tastes like pork belly, although this California-sized portion might not pass muster in the South. With everything else on the menu, however, it was plenty of swine, and the rich sauce certainly added some weight to this particular dish. The baked cranberry beans, which provide the bed underneath, were perfectly cooked.

I have friends who live in Marin County who are mighty quick to dismiss the culinary options north of the Golden Gate. It is puzzling, in my mind, that such an affluent community has so few top-notch dining options in the [... read more ...]

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