Made An Ice Cream Cake (118/366)
"I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!"
~ Johnson, Moll, & King, the "Ice Cream" song, 1927
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Made A Wedge Salad (115/366)
Tue, Apr 24 2012
| Food
"What looks good … ooh, here's something that jumps right off the page … Claire, do yourself a favor and join me in a Wedge Salad."
~ Phil Dunphy, "Modern Family"
Eaten Falafel (109/366)
Wed, Apr 18 2012
| Food
"It’s always been a street-food staple, but never as ubiquitous and eclectic as it is now."
~ The New York Times on Falafel in the city
Tried A "Blue Cheese Truffle" (107/366)
Mon, Apr 16 2012
| Food
"If I had to give up cheese or chocolate, I'd give up chocolate in a heartbeat."
~ Amanda Peet
Roasted Coffee Beans (106/366)
"Our culture runs on coffee and gasoline, the first often tasting like the second."
~ Edward Abbey
Made A Baking Soda And Vinegar Volcano (100/366)
"Cooking is chemistry … it's essentially chemical reactions."
~ Shirley Corriher
Eaten At All Of Thomas Keller's Yountville Restaurants (99/366)
"Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow."
~ Honoré de Balzac
Dined At The French Laundry (98/366)
"When you acknowledge, as you must, that there is no such thing as perfect food, only the idea of it, then the real purpose of striving toward perfection becomes clear: to make people happy, that is what cooking is all about."
~ Thomas Keller
Used An Absinthe Spoon (97/366)
"Let me be mad… mad with the madness of Absinthe, the wildest, most luxurious madness in the world."
~ Marie Corelli
Eaten Frozen Grapes (94/366)
"My favorite fruit is grapes. Because with grapes, you always get another chance. 'Cause, you know, if you have a crappy apple or a peach, you're stuck with that crappy piece of fruit. But if you have a crappy grape, no problem - just move on to the next. 'Grapes: The Fruit of Hope.'"
~ Demetri Martin
Ordered From A Swim Up-Bar (91/366)
"Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming … "
~ Ellen DeGeneres as Dory, from "Finding Nemo"
Tried Softshell Crab, And Scallop And Mackerel Sashimi (90/366)
"I learned the first night that IHOP's not the place to order fish."
~ Larry David
Eaten "Baked Salmon With Cheese Sauce" (86/366)
Mon, Mar 26 2012
| Food
"What's the two things they tell you are healthiest to eat? Chicken and fish. You know what you should do? Combine them, eat a penguin."
~ Dave Attell
Made Corned Beef Hash & Eggs (84/366)
"The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found."
~ Calvin Trillin
Attended A Tasting Table "Dinner Tales" Event (80/366)
Tue, Mar 20 2012
| Entertainment, Food, Life
"Perbacco - Italian interjection: (ex.) 'By Jove!' or 'Good Heavens!'"
~ Wiktionary.org
Made An "Irish Blacksmith" (77/366)
“Between you and me, a few pints of Guinness and I can go even faster, you know,”
~ Michael Flatley, "Lord of the Dance"
Eaten A Meal From Thomas Keller's "Ad Hoc At Home" Cookbook (76/366)
"Once in a while you might see me at In and Out Burger; they make the best fast food hamburgers around."
~ Thomas Keller
Brined My Own Corned Beef (67/366)
"No, Kitty - this is MY corned beef and cabbage!"
~ Eric Cartman, South Park
Tasted Chili Pepper Ale (62/366)
"A fine beer may be judged with only one sip, but it's better to be thoroughly sure."
~ Czech Proverb
Tried Pei Dan (Chinese "Thousand-Year" Egg) (59/366)
"The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its shell."
~ Zora Neale Hurston
Watched The Documentary "Dive!" (58/366)
"I don't know if dumpster-diving and eating food from the dumpster has made me value food more, or value food less because it's easier now to throw food away because we have so much of it and so part of me, I think that I'm valuing the food even less"
~ Jeremy Seifert
Tasted All The Flavors Of San Francisco's Iconic It's-It (55/366)
"It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all."
~ Laura Ingalls Wilder
Tried Iskiate, The Tarahumara Superfood Drink (48/366)
"In terms of nutritional content, a tablespoon of chia is like a smoothie made from salmon, spinach, and human growth hormone."
~ Christopher McDougall, author of "Born To Run"
Made Paleo Almond Butter Cups (45/366)
"What could be better for you than eating the foods you love?"
~ Nick Yow-Woo
Tasted A Thai Coconut Curry Chocolate Bar (44/366)
Mon, Feb 13 2012
| Food
"Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor."
~ William Cowper
Built An Edible Stadium (35/366)
"Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside."
~ Mark Twain
Watched The Documentary Film "How Beer Saved The World" (30/366)
Mon, Jan 30 2012
| Education, Entertainment, Film, Food
Eaten At San Francisco's House Of Prime Rib (29/366)
Sun, Jan 29 2012
| Food, San Francisco
"If God did not intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make them out of meat?"
~ John Cleese
Eaten Bibimbap (26/366)
Thu, Jan 26 2012
| Food
"You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients."
~ Julia Child
Opened Chinese New Year In Chinatown (23/366)
Mon, Jan 23 2012
| Drink, Food, Life, San Francisco
"When people are true friends, even shared water tastes sweet."
~ Chinese proverb
Had Star Wars "Dark Side Roast" Coffee (21/366)
Sat, Jan 21 2012
| Food
Tasted A Bacon Chocolate Bar (15/366)
“Yes, I’ll have a non-fat, decaf latte, please. Oh, what the hell? Look, make it a full-fat mocha with extra whipped cream. What the hell, put a slice of bacon on it!”
~ Dr. Frasier Crane, Frasier
Attended A Scotch Tasting (12/366)
"Set up another case bartender! The best thing for a case of nerves is a case of Scotch."
~ W. C. Fields
Tried A Kumquat (11/366)
"And the funniest food of all ... kumquats. I don't even bring 'em home anymore. They just go to waste."
~ George Carlin, on "Foods Too Funny to Eat"
Made Bok Jum Gai (White Poached Chicken) (7/366)
"Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a cathedral."
~ Frank Lloyd Wright
Made Lobster Newburg (3/366)
"A woman should never be seen eating or drinking, unless it be lobster salad and Champagne, the only true feminine and becoming viands."
~ Lord Byron