I first learned about these Tuscan-style crepes while living in Florence, studying food and wine (both formally and inevitably informally) at Apicius. I rediscovered them when a pleasant little article popped up in the NY Times recently about them.
I made a pilgimage to Rainbow to get chestnut flour and good quality pine nuts (often rancid [...]

Well, it’s not the first time I’ve taken a hint from something I enjoyed at The Sentinel in San Francisco. It’s probably not the last.
This serves 3-4 people.
1/2 lb ahi tuna, fresh
1/4 lb green beans, chopped evenly and blanched in salted water
1 gypsy pepper, sliced very, very thinly (this is a green mini bell pepper [...]

Orange Scallops for two:
6 dayboat (nitrate free) scallops
1-2 tsp thyme
1 orange
4 cloves garlic (don’t go overboard)
4-6 T butter
Cointreau or brandy
Melt the butter at medium low heat, zest the orange. When butter melted and water evaporated, add the garlic, minced. Reduce heat to not color the garlic, cook until softening. Add half the orange zest, the [...]

I recreated a recent (and new) favorite (proud to say 100% original too) recipe with Chilean sea bass instead of halibut.. I do prefer the halibut, but it worked quite well, and I subbed the microgreens out for wilted spinich.

It’s nice to get up on Sunday and walk a few blocks in the morning sun, meander around and buy some scallops, some beautiful flowers for $10.