Gastronome

Quick heads-up: If you’ve eaten at Geranium and want to again, now’s your chance. If you haven’t, and you’ve wanted to - there’s (literally) no time like the present. Lorraine & Jim are closing down Geranium to focus on their family - the restaurant will be open through the end of the month. There’s a great piece about what they do and why they do it up on their site right now. I encourage you to go read it.

You’ll see us there a lot over the next two weeks. We’ll definitely miss the food and the staff tons. (Geranium serves incredibly tasty vegetarian comfort food. Go. See them out in style.)

Congratulations to the good folks over at Too Many Chefs! We’re honored to sit next door. And we’re blushing mightily at your sweet words.

Gracious! It’s been a year, already? Kate from The Accidental Hedonist has done a splendid job putting together the 2005 edition of the Food Blog Awards. We’re surprised and flattered to be in the running for Best Group Blog - and stunned at the number of gorgeous blogs we’re discovering across all the categories. Grab a cup of coffee or a glass of wine and have yourself a tasty little surf - and then pop over and vote!

Egg Nog Cream Cheese Pie time. Yum!

(I like to say it fast, all run together like that - winebloggingwednesday.) The “Is My Blog Burning” phenomenon is taking off - they even have their own domain now. Sugar-High Fridays and Wine-Blogging Wednesdays are following to increase the fun.

I think it’s high time we played more - I’m going to start posting the events, and encouraging all you gourmands to participate. The next one that looks fun: Chez Pim’s hosting January’s Wine Blogging Wednesday…..
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Thomas Keller will be signing his new book (Bouchon) at Williams Sonoma in San Francisco on Saturday, November 6. 4pm-6pm.
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Bonny Doon is all over the winery/local restaurant dinners these days. This time — in Half Moon Bay at the Moss Beach Distillery. 10 November 2004. Three seatings: 5:30 pm, 6:15 pm or 7:00 pm. Call 650-728-5595 for reservations. And you can even peek at the menu!
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Neat ! We’ll miss it by a day, but you should all go!
Randall Graham of Bonny Doon Vineyards (one of the founders of the Rhone Rangers) will be at the Good Life Grocery from 4-6pm on Sunday, October 24.

A little later (at 7pm), The Liberty Cafe is hosting a paired Bonny Doon wine menu. Call for reservations soon - I’m sure the seatings will fill up quickly. (415-695-8777)

There’s a nifty new game going around the food blogging community: a food blogger sets a date and an idea, and folks make something along that theme and posts in their own blog on the given day.

With my normal short notice, I’m here to tell you that the next event is TOMORROW: Clotilde from Chocolate & Zucchini (A daily read of mine. Gorgeous photos and prose.) has thrown down the gauntlet around making tartines. Gourmands, I challenge you to participate! I’ll be making a post…

So, in my new neighborhood, at the end of Cortland, you’ll find Bayshore Blvd. On Bayshore Blvd you’ll find a number of businesses, and The Old Clam House. Established in 1861, with half the building still there, it sounds like someplace I need to visit - and soon. Anyone up for an outing?