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August 14, 2011

There’ve been quite a few lovely food adventures over recent months, and very few of those have made it here. Let’s remedy that. Tartine Afterhours, a monthly dinner by the talented and inspiring Samin Nosrat My friend Anna, the lady behind James on a tour of the fishery where she works. Then she took us...

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Mike@The Culinary Lens - August 14, 2011 - 1:50 pm

I love food travelogues and this is no exception. Who would have thought salmon scraps could be so photogenic.

Turid - August 14, 2011 - 1:56 pm

Stunning photography! Very edible indeed.

renee@sweetsugarbean - August 14, 2011 - 3:45 pm

Looks like you’ve been having awesome culinary adventures! Gorgeous photos, and I want some of that jam!!

tara - August 14, 2011 - 3:49 pm

now that’s what summer looks like. thanks so much for sharing.

Brian @ A Thought For Food - August 14, 2011 - 5:26 pm

Thank you for sharing these wonderful foodie outings with us :-)

Lynda - August 14, 2011 - 5:38 pm

Your photos are stunning! Sounds like you are having quite the adventures, indeed!

james - August 14, 2011 - 5:52 pm

Beautiful, Kimberley. (Color me jealous about Tartine After Hours and the adventure with Dafna!)

la domestique - August 14, 2011 - 8:31 pm

Your pictures are so vibrant! Thanks for sharing your adventures, looks like so much fun.

Kimberley - August 15, 2011 - 8:36 am

@Mike, totally agree re: photogenic salmon scraps!
@james: You should come up for a Tartine Afterhours. They’re monthly. But midweek.
And thanks, all! Kinda nice to change up the pace a bit. :)

NicoleD - August 15, 2011 - 12:07 pm

Thanks for sharing your adventures! You have some really, really cool friends :)

Christine Schantz - August 15, 2011 - 1:10 pm

Beautiful! Thank you, Kimberley!

Elizabeth @ Saffron Lane - August 15, 2011 - 1:52 pm

I’m with @Mike — never thought salmon carcass could look so appealing…until now. Lovely photos, per usual!

Heather @opgastronomia - August 15, 2011 - 10:25 pm

Now I’m the one with fishery, winery, orchard envy. I can barely handle the thought of Tartine Afterhours…. Looking oh so longingly towards your coast tonight.

kankana - August 16, 2011 - 2:01 pm

I just don’t want the summer to go away .. it’s flying by so fast! Lovely photos!

Season with Reason - August 20, 2011 - 12:16 pm

One day you must promise to come to New York and give me a photography lesson. I’ll pay in food, wine or your preferred currency.

TARTINE AFTERHOURS, PART II » The Year In Food - April 27, 2012 - 12:22 pm

[...] If you’d like to see some front of house images, you can take a gander at a few from a dinner I attended last year. This time around, I hid out in the kitchen most of the evening. It was SO FUN. And inspiring. [...]

Eat Retreat

April 27, 2011

Two weeks ago, I had the good fortune to spend a weekend in rural Sonoma with an incredible group of food enthusiasts at the first ever Eat Retreat. Founded by an impressive trio of ladies (Laura Brunow Miner, Kathryn Tomajan and Emily Morgan), we were enticed with the tagline Play with your food this spring...

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Kasey - April 27, 2011 - 11:52 am

Sounds amazing!!! I so wish I get an opportunity to go in the future!

Nicole - April 27, 2011 - 12:08 pm

This sounds absolutely fantastic! What a great opportunity–thanks for sharing some of the fun.

kimberley - April 27, 2011 - 12:51 pm

Ladies! I really want to continue the spirit of community that pervaded the weekend. Imagine if we had a bloggers version of this – not a blogging conference, but a retreat for all of our favorite food bloggers to get together and share and be inspired. I’m also considering hosting a monthly event at my house dedicated to the craft of food in some capacity. Thinking and mulling.

NicoleD - April 27, 2011 - 1:29 pm

Just lovely! I love eating with people that share my passion for food and appreciate a well prepared meal. Oooh, the colors you captured!

Rita - April 27, 2011 - 1:36 pm

If you host a monthly event at your house, please consider me your virtual guest! If only we lived closer… :( I’m so sorry to live on the other side of the globe… This retreat sounds absolutely fantastic!! I’m sure you had a lot of fun!! :D

Sasa - April 27, 2011 - 2:08 pm

So great! I love meeting strangers and coming away friends too, I’ve done it a few times and treasure the memory…Also, tasteless jokes FTW.

Elizabeth - April 27, 2011 - 2:14 pm

Sigh. Thank you for sharing. This really does sound amazing. I’d absolutely love to fly out to SF to hang with some of my favorite food bloggers! I’d also love to host a Brooklyn version. Count me in.

Lynda - April 27, 2011 - 2:15 pm

What an incredible event! I appreciate your thoughts on community – virtual and real time. Thanks so much for sharing and your beautiful photos!

bianca - April 27, 2011 - 2:26 pm

What a lovely experience. To have a weekend to bond over a shared love of food is the most rejuvenating and inspiring experience. Thank you for sharing, I was eagerly awaiting this update and it did not disappoint!

Elizabeth @ Saffron Lane - April 27, 2011 - 2:55 pm

I know jealousy is not a pretty trait, but I must admit I’m very green with envy! Your idea of a bloggers retreat and a monthly event sounds incredibly intriguing. Happy to brainstorm with you if you ever need another mind at work. For now, thanks so much for sharing the details (and beautiful photos, as always) of this stunning retreat!

deidre - April 27, 2011 - 4:20 pm

Kimberly-
I love your idea! I’m in. I’ll try not to swipe any cameras. Great post!

-deidre

leela - April 27, 2011 - 6:13 pm

these veggies look freakin delish!

and, do yourself a favor and get yourself a bowl full o mangos.

hugs!

Brian @ A Thought For Food - April 27, 2011 - 6:59 pm

There are so many pictures here that I just adore… and, despite my pescatarian ways, I’m loving the one of the pig! Gorgeous! Oh the fun we would have together at one of these events. Sigh.

Nicole Franzen ` - April 27, 2011 - 9:01 pm

looks amazing :) cant wait to come out to cali for a visit

Brad - April 27, 2011 - 10:32 pm

Sounds fantastic – wish I’d been there!!

Tricia - April 28, 2011 - 5:16 am

Magic!! What a beautiful weekend, I’m so happy for you that you were able to be a part of something so connective. Thanks for sharing it with us, total inspiration :) — p.s. your photos make me west-coast homesick in a very good way!

Stephanie @ okie dokie artichokie - April 28, 2011 - 6:19 am

Oh goodness! What a fun weekend! I honestly can’t wait to meet ya’ll someday. Would make for the most epic of parties. :-) The piggy at the end was a very fitting last image, BTW. LOL

Stephanie @ okie dokie artichokie - April 28, 2011 - 6:22 am

I just read the earlier comments and saw you were thinking about doing some kind of food blogger get-together? I don’t know if you were thinking of a summertime date but I will be flying out to SF this July. Hint, hint. :-p

Tine - April 28, 2011 - 8:04 am

Wow, that pig picture is amazing!
Looks you had fun on that event!

kickpleat - April 28, 2011 - 10:34 am

Oh man, that looks like a time. I’m so grateful and feel so connected online but it’s good to go out and experience all of that community in person too. How lucky and amazing that you went to this. I realize that it’s a good thing to put yourself out there in the real world too, how inspiring and wonderful.

kimberley - April 28, 2011 - 10:36 am

You guys rock! Just sayin.

Caitlin - April 28, 2011 - 10:39 am

What a wonderful experience you had – thanks for sharing with us!!

Little City Gardens

February 20, 2010

Brooke Burdner and Caitlin Galloway have spent the past year cultivating salad greens and herbs on a tiny plot of land right here in San Francisco for local restaurants and a CSA. Very inspiring. Watch a fantastic Super-8 video of their project here. Follow their blog here.

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Anonymous Valentines

February 9, 2010

Last week this intriguing box with tantalizing food references scrawled in delicate cursive was left on the steps of our apartment building. It sat there, unexplained, for 24 hours. At which point we decided that, since there are only two apartments in our building, and neither had staked a claim, it was fair game. Inside...

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The Reticent Mollusk

January 9, 2010

Rowan Jacobsen, author of A Geography of Oysters and the website The Oyster Guide, says this of consuming the delicate bivalves: You have to proceed with confidence and make carnality an asset. Think like a predator. Grab the shell, raise it to your lips, tilt your head back, slurp the oyster in, and give a...

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Eat Retreat

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