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FoodGal.com was established in 2008. It is an award-winning food blog musings on food, wine, laughter, and life by a James Beard Award-winning Bay Area food writer.
Food Gal
1d ago
Kenwood, CA — A couple years ago, my husband and I happened to stay at a Four Sisters Collection inn. Since then, when we’ve traveled on our own, we’ve often chosen to stay at its properties in both Northern and Southern California. So, when its Kenwood Inn & Spa publicists reached out to me recently to extend an overnight stay ..read more
Food Gal
6d ago
If you’re a regular user of food delivery services, you’ll be glad to know that there’s a new one in town: Craveble. It actually launched 2 1/2 years ago in Sacramento to deliver premade restaurant dishes to consumers. But slowly but surely, it has expanded its geographic reach to now include six other Western states besides California. They are: Arizona ..read more
Food Gal
6d ago
Yes, these succulent, fall-off-the-bone short ribs sure are nutty — thanks to a final flourish of rich and crunchy pistachios. “Braised Beef Short Ribs with Orange Peel, Dates, and Pistachios” is from “Pistachios Sweet and Savory Recipes Inspired by World Cuisines” (Cameron & Company, 2023), of which I received a review copy. The book is by veteran cookbook authors Barbara ..read more
Food Gal
1w ago
It’s nutty, tangy, savory, and fruity with tomato and pomegranate — and you’ll want to dollop it on most everything. Made with ground walnuts for a chunky-textured sauce, muhammara is vegan, too. Now, Ronda’s Fine Foods of Petaluma has debuted a shelf-stable version that comes in glass jars. The company was founded by Ronda Brittian of Petaluma, a former trauma ..read more
Food Gal
1w ago
On your next trip to the store, pick up a six-pack of Jamaican Red Stripe beer, and feel free to sit back and sip a cold brewski. But do yourself a major favor and save at least one of those distinctively stubby bottles to bake a loaf of “Rosemary Red Stripe Beer Bread.” That’s right — this incredibly moist and ..read more
Food Gal
1w ago
The newest restaurant by Vikram and Anu Bhambri, the husband-and-wife team behind a handful of contemporary Indian establishments in the Bay Area, is a major departure. And it’s a doozy. Alora opened in late-January on Pier 3 on San Francisco’s Embarcadero to serve up ambitious Mediterranean fare with aplomb, as I found when I was invited in as a guest ..read more
Food Gal
1w ago
The food of my childhood has been stunningly reinvigorated at the new Four Kings in San Francisco’s Chinatown. If you’re Chinese American and of Cantonese heritage like myself, one taste of the dishes here will take you back nostalgically to many a celebratory Chinese banquet meal of long ago, as well as just plain ol’ homey weeknight gatherings with family ..read more
Food Gal
2w ago
On a cute corner in San Francisco’s Bernal Heights, a neighborhood of adorable Victorian and Edwardian homes and the welcoming Precita Park, Foliage restaurant opened its doors late last year. It’s billed as a bouillon-style restaurant. Nope, that has nothing to do with broth, but everything to do with a style of French restaurant that’s more casual than a bistro ..read more
Food Gal
3w ago
At age 38, Pastry Chef Jessica Entzel Nolan of Novato has already racked up an illustrious culinary career that would be the envy of many. Not only has she worked in the pastry department at the celebrated restaurants of Wolfgang Puck (Minneapolis’ 20.21 in the Walker Art Center), Jean-Georges Vongerichten (Spice Market in New York City), Gordon Ramsay (Gordon Ramsay ..read more
Food Gal
3w ago
Molly Baz says this just might be her favorite recipe in her newest cookbook. One taste, and you’ll be nodding in immediate agreement. “One-Pot Chicken Mujadara,” is her take on the warmly scented Middle Eastern dish of rice and lentils in which she cooks them together in a Dutch oven with a whole chicken that turns to blissful, fall-apart tenderness ..read more