Food Royalty
January 17, 2012
According to some buzz on Facebook, Ruth Reichl (in town for the Good Food Awards) and Alice Waters dined at Locanda on Friday night for dinner. As co-owner Annie Stoll commented, “So much fun to have them in. They are both such lovely joyous people!” (I love that comment, what a great impression to leave.)
More Sightings of Ruth Reichl Out and About
October 26, 2010
Everyone’s favorite dreamer-Tweeter Ruth Reichl was out on the town, loving her meal at Quince (“Most delicious dish! Smooth urchin, silky sliced scallop, crunch of pomegranate, punch of lime. Quince in SF: gorgeous experience.”) and down by the Ferry Building on Monday (“Silvery San Francisco morning. Walking down to the Ferry building. Coffee, bread and cheese, sitting with seagulls the edge of the Bay.”). She also came into Bar Tartine on Sunday night, dining on pâté and salads with LA’s Nancy Silverton.
Where Ruth Reichl Ate in SF
September 28, 2010
Our favorite gourmand, Ruth Reichl was spotted around town in San Francisco, in addition to tweeting about her experiences. A tablehopper reader saw her at Quince, which was closed for a private event. Of Quince, she said, “the mysteriously tender crunch of abalone. Ethereal pillows of pasta. Cauliflower mousse. Chanterelles. Memorable white beans.” She also hit up Boulettes Larder at the Ferry Building (“Breakfast beneath the Bay Bridge at Boulette’s. Gently poached eggs on yogurt-laced dal, crisp pappadums. Warm toast. Apricot jam. Happy.”) and Little Skillet (“Long hungry line. Standing on Skillet’s sunny sidewalk, waiting for fried chicken. Preppy pink shirt jogs past. Oh SF! [Worth the wait.]”). Zuni continues its thrill: “Sweet, slippery anchovies nuzzle sharp shards of cheese. Add the ancient flavor of olives; soften with celery’s crunch. Perfect. Zuni.”
She also hit up the Thursday Market and visited the Namu stand (“A joyful jumble of sweet meat, salty seaweed, spice, scallions and fragrant rice. Gloriously messy Korean tacos at the Ferry Building.”) and chomped into a Zilla dog from 4505 Meats: “chicharron curls on bacon-laced hot dogs zinged with kimchee. Irresistible. Maddeningly delicious porchetta line’s too long.” Seems the call of some oysters also reeled her in: “And finally, the sheer briny simplicity of just-opened oysters, naked on ice, with a view of the Bay. San Francisco: pure pleasure.”
Ruth Reichl on the Town
April 27, 2010
Ruth Reichl, who was in town for a reading at the JCC, was spotted at the bar at COCO500, and according to her tweet, she had a Negroni (actually, plural: Negronis), and oysters at Zuni.
