The Fuzzy Chef & Friends

There's an election next month.  You did know that, right?  Good, because you need to go to the polls and vote against Ed Lee.

In less than two weeks, San Franciscans must once again elect a mayor and other officers, as well as the usual horde of initiatives. Those of you who don't live and vote in San Francisco can just tune this one out.  If you're voting in SF, though, please read through for my recommendations on who to vote for and who not to.

I make a lot of middle eastern food, especially lately.  Turkish, Israeli, Syrian, Bulgarian, Greek, Persian, you name it.  Partly it's because I find middle eastern food is adaptable to many dietary requirements, especially non-meat.  Partly it's because it's healthful.  Partly it's because I own a lot of really good middle eastern cookbooks.

However, a lot of those recipes require special ingredients.  And in the Bay Area, the absolute best place to get those is Alhana in San Mateo.  More ... 

Title: The Basque Kitchen

Author: Gerald (and Cameron) Hirigoyen

Number of Recipes: 100 to 150

Recipe Breadth: 3.5

Recipe Quality (of those tested): 4

Extra Information: 3.5

Style: 3.5

Vegetarian Recipes: 15-20%

Overall Rating: 3.5

Category: cookbook, ethnic food

Availability: Mostly Used

Since we live in San Francisco, we keep a sourdough starter. Here, it's very easy to get one started and even easier to keep it going ... we just have to make something with it every 3 weeks. I'm not going to explain the care and feeding of a sourdough starter now, but I will give you a basic sourdough bread recipe. I will give you a bread recipe, though ... (continued)