A Full Belly

100 Great Ideas for Summer

Today's SF Chronicle includes 100 great ideas for making the most of the season's bounty. I know I'll be trying the some of these ideas at home.

SF Pizzeria Delfina

SF A first bite at just opened Pizzeria Delfina. Could this be the best pizza in SF?

Vegan restaurant guides

Friends of Animals has compiled vegan restaurant guides for major cities including New York and San Francisco.

dilbertio

I figured the dilbertio was a joke when I first read the wikipedia entry, but apparently I was wrong. According to the official website, the dilbertio is "a delicious hand-held meal that's fun to eat and filled with yummy tasting veggies, rice and stuff you like." Based on the ingredients, it seems like a decent option if you too busy to cook, but who knows how it tastes.

Help me find a caterer

Dear Readers,

I need your help! We are planning our wedding for late October in New York City. We've secured a venue for the ceremony and a reception site, but we are still in search of a caterer. We are planning a cocktails and hors d'oeuvres reception for 40-50 guests, and have a budget of $75 per person for all catering related expenses.

Do you know of a caterer you'd recommend who can work within that budget? If so, please leave a comment! Have cost-cutting suggestions? Leave a comment! Think we're totally out of our minds? Leave a comment! Any and all advice and recommendations gladly accepted, and I'll collect all suggestions into a new post. Thanks for your help!

Which fish to eat?

As well being ethically sound, varieties of white fish are often fresher and more versatile than endangered species.

NYC Cocoa Bar

NYC The Perfect Combination: Cocoa Bar serves coffee, chocolate and wine. In Park Slope on 7th Avenue between 3rd and 4th.

tomato confit

A recipe for tomato confit, or how to make ordinary grocery store tomatoes taste as sweet as heirloom tomatoes.

Foodie's Eye View

A Foodie's Eye View of San Diego's Best Restaurants: San Diego's best restaurants (unclear as to what critieria is used), organized by categories and mapped to a google map.

Open source beer

Aliment on the first open source beer: Creating a free beer sounds fun but frivolous - one may ask what meaning this really has concerning food, or other physical products. I believe it is quite the opposite; that is, that Vores Øl has given us the freedom to protect our ideas and promote innovation...
I'll drink to that!