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Lafitte, Pier 5, San Francisco

Pros: Best pork ribs I've ever had in a restaurant. Lobster bourride also a winner. Excellent food. Great space. Cons: Overpriced cocktails: I can see $12 for a unique specialty cocktail and a great pour but $12 for a short pour martini? Nope. And a…

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Lafitte, Pier 5, San Francisco

Pros: Best damned pork ribs I've ever had in a restaurant. Lobster bourride also a winner. Excellent food. Great space. Cons: Overpriced cocktails: I can see $12 for a unique specialty cocktail and a great pour but $12 for a short pour martini? Nope. And after two visits I would say the service is oddly inconsistent. Great experience the first time, on a solo visit dining at the chef's counter, but on second visit . . . not lame, not unfriendl… Continue

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Next I Want to Take a Trip to Jalisco: April Distillery Dinner at Tres Agaves

Tres Agaves
130 Townsend Street
San Francisco, CA 94107… Continue

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Bagna Calda

We're making this for Turkey Day. Some of the family can't eat garlic, so we will make this, and stir it into OUR potatoes.

Bagna Calda

This recipe is from "The Stinking Cookbook," Copyright 1994 by Jerry Dal Bozzo. Reprinted with permission. "The Stinking Cookbook" is available from The Stinking Rose® Restaurant.

Serves 6

Bagna Calda is an Italian fondue. Great with fresh sourdough bread or veggies.
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1 and 1/2 cups peeled garlic cloves
1 and 1/2 cups extra virgin olive oil
2 oz… Continue

Posted on November 24, 2009 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment

Henry's Hi Life, San Jose

Good BBQ! Great salmon! And a good pour.

Found this place while in San Jose, looking for some food before a Leonard Cohen show at HP Pavilion. Funky little bar and BBQ. Yum. great food, good vibe, not at all what you might expect in San Jose downtown.

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Chop Bar, Oakland

They may be a different restaurant at dinnertime. I hope so. But the new Chop Bar on 4th Street in Oakland is a disappointment for breakfast. I've always liked that space, ground level in the dog-friendly 4th Street Lofts property. It's the same space that housed Cuckoo's Nest, and then briefly a lame forgettable Asian fusion restaurant. We had high hopes for Chop Bar. But on a recent breakfast visit . . .

- Weak tasteless cold coffee. They may have a "drip bar" but maybe they don't drink coffe… Continue

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Hi! I'm the Director of Digital Media for KGO Radio, and also the webmaster, editor, and sales manager for DiningAround.com. This website is owned by Gene Burns, and operated in partnership with KGO.

I 'm a veteran radio personality, with 30 years on the air in and around Northern California, New York, and Vermont. My resume also includes stints as a chef, wedding planner, hotel manager, handyman, B&B operator, guerrilla horticulturist, and radio programming consultant . . . and I've started and sold a few successful Internet businesses.

I got interested in Internet marketing and technology in the early 90's, and in recent years, I have built and managed several award-winning radio station websites. In a way I have the best of both worlds, staying in radio but doing Internet work that I love.

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At 8:24am on May 3, 2010, Luisa said…: Natasha Cook. I had another request a few months back, some problem (I don't remember that person's name). Thanks

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At 8:53pm on October 13, 2009, Cheryl Carter said…: Hi Roger -- I am interested in learning more about this cruise in May that Gene keeps talking about ... I keep fishing around the website and come up dry... what am I doing wrong??

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At 7:04pm on December 15, 2008, Roger Coryell, Editor said…: I will look into it

At 6:59pm on December 15, 2008, Debbie Brown said…: Hi Roger: I just wanted to let you know that there is a problem with one of the recipes for the Cookie Swap finalists. I listened to the program and came home to make the Truffle cookies. On the website for the Truffle cookies, it doesn't say what to do with the dry ingredients. Also, it doesn't say what to do with the 2nd cup of chocolate chips. It was one of the top 3 winning recipes, and the recipe is incomplete. Please help as I'd love to make these cookies for the holidays.