Category Archive: Keeping a Kitchen in Quake City

Loni Kuhn’s Devil’s Food

Loni Kuhn’s Devil’s Food

CALL IT A DEVIL’S FOOD SURPRISE, A MOIST, DEEP CHOCOLATE CAKE that Jeff whupped up Sunday to plug the hole left by the vanishing Valentine’s …

 

Ode to 7-Minute Icing

Ode to 7-Minute Icing

IT’S MISS JO’S B-DAY, AND AS FAR AS SHE’S CONCERNED, THE BEST THING ABOUT HAVING A BIRTHDAY IS EATING CAKE. NO PRESENTS. Just make sure …

 

All About Pie

All About Pie

THE MOST THANKFUL MISS JO HAS EVER BEEN WAS IN 2005 AND HER first Thanksgiving in the City by the Bay. The holiday marked six …

 

Chicken Crossing

Chicken Crossing

MISS JO AND JEFF ARE CELEBRATING THEIR FIFTH THANKSGIVING IN SAN FRANCISCO and are excited about cooking a big dinner tomorrow. Today they bought a …

 

Vegetable Doppelgänger

Vegetable Doppelgänger

UNDER THE CATEGORY OF VEGETABLES WITH ALTER EGOS, THIS JUST IN FROM MISS JO’S SAN FRANCISCO KITCHEN: a radish posing as a California sea lion. These …

 

Go Garnachas !

Go Garnachas !

FOR A QUICK MEXICAN FOOD FIX, MISS JO LIKES TO WHUP UP garnachas— small, fried tortillas with a dollop of shredded chicken, pork or beef …

 

CupcakeCamp SF

CupcakeCamp SF

MISS JO HAS LIVED IN SAN FRANCISCO LONG ENOUGH TO HAVE SHED a crust of cynicism built up over years as a newspaper …

 

Alemany Market

Alemany Market

MOUNDS OF BASIL IN HUGE BOUQUETS for $1 could be found this weekend at San Francisco’s Alemany Market, as northern California farmers who till 50 …

 

Storybook Bread

Storybook Bread

WHEN MISS JO AND JEFF began looking for more ways to save money living in San Francisco– one of the priciest U.S. cities to live— …

 

Mission Salsa & Guac

Mission Salsa & Guac

MISS JO IS AT HOME GROCERY SHOPPING IN THE MISSION DISTRICT because of her trips to Mexico where she loves to go to central mercados …