The Fuzzy Chef & Friends

The Salzburg day begins with a filling breakfast of coffee, water, rolls, cheese, ham, speck, fruit, tomatoes, butter, jam and a soft-boiled egg. Of these, the bread is really the best part; nobody matches German-speakers for the quality and variety of their breads, especially whole-grain breads.  I generally prefer an Italian breakfast (panino and espresso) but a good Austrian breakfast is a close second.

Portland, Oregon is a great food city.  Many residents of San Francisco and Seattle act superior to Portland, but Stumptown has quite a few things going for it, including its own brand of West Coast cuisine and very pleasantly low prices.

Of course, since we were in NY, we had to stop by the original Dean & Deluca location. Sadly, at this point it looks like every other Dean & Deluca location. Worse yet, they had moka pot gaskets in every size except the one I needed. Perhaps fortunately for his larder, Dave did not find any more mustard here.

Zabar's is the original gourmet market of New York, and is credited with inspiring Dean & Deluca, The Silver Palate and many of NY's pioneering gourmet markets of the 60's.