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Food and Drink

You can almost taste it

December 11, 2004 Food and Drink

Izumi’s junior high classmate is an accomplished photographer and worth checking out for his unique ability to capture the essence of Japan.

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Thanksgiving

November 28, 2004 Food and Drink

Thanksgiving at the Yarrington’s – good company, food, drink, and (most importantly for the kids) – ice cream cake!
Happy Birthday Andy-boy!

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Fresh Fish

November 20, 2004 Food and Drink

We made our way up to the 99 Ranch Market, in El Cerrito for a spot of shopping. The market is part of a larger complex which, once you enter the doors, transports you to what could be any mall in Hong Kong. Tanks of live fish, crabs, lobster, oysters, clams, even a white catfish [...]

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Fenton’s Creamery

October 10, 2004 Food and Drink

Went back to visit an old college haunt with the Karp’s this weekend. Fenton’s on Piedmont Avenue in Oakland has been an institution and well worth the trip over from Berkeley. It looked newer than I remembered and was told the whole thing was redone after a fire in 2001. We ordered the Banana Special [...]

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Leaving Do

July 30, 2004 Food and Drink

Thank you everyone that made it last night to my send off. It was great to reminisce about old times and share stories from days gone by. It seems like St. Thomas and the coming together of the JV is burned in everyone’s memories as a particular highlight but there were also plenty of [...]

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Expensive Tastes

July 26, 2004 Food and Drink

Julia, who often sleeps between us, woke up this morning and let us know her breakfast wishes.
“I’m hungry. I want sushi.”
Yikes.

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Sharkbait

June 30, 2004 Film

Just got back from a night out with some friends that took us to a pig roast in Bucks County, PA. The event was the first in a series of Summer parties put together by the “Guerrilla Grill” group and this one was to promote Dish Catering. Along with fine food was a setup of [...]

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Pig Roast

May 30, 2004 Food and Drink

Yesterday, the Cirullo’s held their annual Pig Roast. They grew up in the area and the Pig Roast is an excuse to bring all their far-flung friends back together for a day long gathering interspersed with games of Quoits, a raffle drawing featuring “expensed” corporate giveaways [Merrill Lynch T-Shirt, Mettler Toledo swiss army knives] and [...]

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Strawberries!

May 23, 2004 Film

The weekly harvests have begun at our local organic farm, the Watershed, where we split a family share that allows us to share in the food that they grow there. Most of the crops are harvested for you and all we need to do is drive down the road to fill up a couple of [...]

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The Extraordinary Private Cellar of Doris Duke

May 20, 2004 Food and Drink

Bottles of the first ever Vintage (1921) of Dom Pérignon, 1929 Château d’Yquem, 1934 Romanée Conti (pictured), all these and more from the cellers of Doris Duke, the tobacco heiress that made her home several miles up the road in Somerville on a 2,700 acre estate. The bottles will be auctioned off at Christies in [...]

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