gutfud - the food, es ist gut

I had an appointment elsewhere in the Funkzone that afternoon and rather than schlepp myself all the way back to Ellwood for the last half hour of the workday, I hunkered down at Reds with their free wifi and finished up my work there. Turns out they have happy hour from 3-7 pm during the […]

Some friends who are #1 fans of food brought us here for dinner on a Saturday night. We also got the prix fixe with assorted supplements.
Damn. It was my best meal in Portland. Tabla brought out the subtle purity of its ingredients and the wines paired well.
On the chalkboard near the front door is a […]

Being a member of KCRW has its benefits. Sure, there are aggressive pledge drives twice a year on the radio station, I don’t mind that. I do mind all the postal mail I receive year over year - each time saying the donations are needed more urgently now than ever, rote - as it’s […]

We whiled away some free time in Silverlake. An attempt to visit the spice shop was fail, turns out it’s closed on Tuesdays.
Finding a place with wifi was also a blocker. Most of the places that advertised it, either their wifi was broken or we simply could not get it to work. Oh well. We […]

I love lemons, it’s such a useful and versatile fruit. For drinking, baking, flavoring, even household cleaning.
Sometimes I go through so many lemons in one go, particularly when I’m juicing, that I have a great abundance of zest. I keep a few tubs of zest in my freezer, too. Not wanting to let that great […]

Post-market coffee and nibbles with Nicky, we hit up le French Press for a change of pace. Ran into Ove in the back patio seating area and had an invitation to join him and his daughter for a pastry, but we opted to sit out front and discuss massage plans.

I had a cappuccino, […]

Nathan, Erin and I met up on the Mesa at one of Nathan and Erin’s friends and got our hands right into another round of sausage making.
R&R’s place was lovely, with a well-appointed kitchen and plenty of room to work in. I brought most of my own spices, but many of them were already available. […]

I stopped in here recently to proudly introduce a friend to a favorite sandwich, the Metro Firehouse - a warm sandwich of smoked turkey and mozz, chipotle aioli, roasted peppers and greens - and ended up with the Ultimate Firehouse, with bacon. Oooh, so good.

We also had a housemade toasted coconut marshmallow. Only […]

Local olive oils and vinegars, sold by the ounce from large silver urns called fustinos, that’s the short version.
Long version: I’d walked by this shop several times in the past, never when they were open. It looked sparse inside, with lots of silver urns. I didn’t know how a specialty shop like this would make […]

Our first stop on a mad journey of some fine SF food, led fearlessly by James.  And a well-time visit at lunch meant sliding into a well-lit table by the window before the place became packed wall-to-wall with diners.
Pizza were hot and fresh, the ingredients tasted local and at their peak of […]