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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
As someone born and bred in San Francisco, I am mortified to admit that until last month, I’d never taken the elevator all the way up to the Top of the Mark, the iconic 19th floor bar in the grand dame InterContinental Mark Hopkins Hotel. With such a celebrated landmark in your own backyard, it’s easy to get jaded, thinking ..read more
Food Gal
1d ago
Few dishes satisfy like a great roast chicken. And this particular one is truly sensational. It may not have the most shatteringly crisp skin, but I’ll forgive that because what it does possess is even better — a fabulous creamy sauce flavored with white wine and loads of tarragon that cooks up conveniently in the same roasting pan. In short ..read more
Food Gal
5d ago
If you’re a fan of the food at Che Fico in Menlo Park and San Francisco, you’ll be glad to know you can now easily tote some of those same specialty Italian dishes home to enjoy. That’s thanks to the new Il Mercato de Che Fico by owners Chef David Nayfeld and Matt Brewer, that opened last month across the ..read more
Food Gal
1w ago
If you love pork ribs or beef ribs, you really ought to give lamb ones a go. Because they boast even more flavor and tenderness, along with an incomparable juicy, fatty richness that’s a pure guilty pleasure. “Spiced Barbecue Lamb Ribs with Labneh” is a sure-bet introduction to them. The fool-proof recipe is by celebrity chef Curtis Stone, and comes ..read more
Food Gal
1w ago
The new Suspiro, which opened in San Jose’s Santana Row last month, offers up delightful Spanish and Peruvian specialties, along with an intriguing attraction: A secret, reservation-only speakeasy tucked away in the back with its own private entrances. How surreptitious? The press materials I received never even mentioned it. If you go to the Suspiro web site, you won’t easily ..read more
Food Gal
1w ago
Elk, CA — I have never aspired to be one of those ladies who lunch. Somehow, so many hours squandered in the afternoon just provokes too much guilt in me. Yet after spending a leisurely weekday afternoon partaking of a 5-course lunch at the Michelin two-starred Harbor House Inn on the rugged Mendocino coast, I could definitely be persuaded to ..read more
Food Gal
2w ago
For many people, their idea of pure comfort food involves sinking their teeth into a juicy grilled meat patty. Not me. Instead, I find the ultimate contentment in a tender meat patty that’s steamed. The kind that emerges from a bamboo steamer in its own deep pool of delectable juices and flavorings all beautifully co-mingled, and just begging to be ..read more
Food Gal
2w ago
Mendocino Coast, CA — Many hotels have complimentary wine hours. But few — if any — have one on the scale of that at Brewery Gulch Inn & Spa. Along with four local wines to sip, there is plenty of food to enjoy, too. Forget bento boxes; these are proudly nicknamed “Mendo boxes.” They hold what’s described as “appetizers” but ..read more
Food Gal
2w ago
Dip into new organic, plant-based, dairy-free, gluten-free, and nut-free dips made by everyone’s favorite organic tofu maker, Oakland’s Hodo. Yup, no surprise, the new dips are made of soybeans and soy milk, plus flavorings. If you’ve ever whizzed soft or silken tofu in a blender to make salad dressings or your own dips, you get the drift. I had a ..read more
Food Gal
2w ago
“Asparagus and Spring Allium Strata” combines my three most favorite spring ingredients: Green garlic or young garlic with their Fabio-like, long, flowing green tops, no papery skins, and a fresher, sweeter flavor. Spring onions or immature onions with their small, compact, and tender bulbs that boast a milder flavor. And of course, asparagus. When I can find them, I always ..read more