Dolores park. Bucket of KFC. So bad yet so good.

The pots: inner sunset, SF. Chinese hot pot!

Nopa: nopa district, SF. Flat breads here are a must! Spicy fennel sausage, fava beans, pecorino.

R&G lounge: Chinatown, SF. Eith my parents having the best salt and pepper crab in the world. Sorry Nuxx for eating it without you!

Pizzeria Delfina: mission district, SF. Two eggs, spicy tomato-y goodness, fennel sausage amazingness, pecorino…drool

Paella!! Roberto, you’re my hero.

Operation Amber Ale birthday brew complete!

My ritz staff meal creation: fried halibut baguettes with apple/fennel/savoy cabbage slaw and pickle red onions.

Little Star Pizza: Mission, SF. Famous for deep dish but the thin crust classic with sausage, fennel, peppers. onions is also worth a try.

Four Barrel: Mission, SF. Perfect cappuccino.

The Little CHihuahua: Hayes Valley, SF. Garlic shrimp burrito with rice, black beans, avo, salsa and an amazing assortment of in-house salsas!

Turtle Tower Pho, Tenderloin, SF. #9 chicken pho with a glass of coconut water. Still simply the best.

Yes, I brew beer. Day 2 of 14 in the secondary.

Marin farmer’s market: so many seedlings! Heirloom tomatoes! Sweet and hot peppers! What should I grow in the garden?

Ritz dining room: just my average day at the office…preparing for surgery…

Blue bottle: SOMA. New orleans style iced coffee

Homemade Sauerkraut: Day 5 of fermentation. I slice several heads of farmer’s market cabbage. Sprinkled it with natural sea salt that I got when I went to France and let it sit overnight until the natural liquid released creating a salt brine. Then I packed it into a large sterile jar and weighed it down with a ziplock bag of water. Over the course of several days sitting on my counter top it has released enough liquid to be completely submerged in it’s own brine. The longer you ferment, the more sour it’ll get! An easy side project that will last a few months that you’ll get to enjoy within weeks!

Trouble Coffee Co: outer sunset. Morning beach bike ride to trouble coffee right next-door to Outerlands.

Ritz Carlton Dining Room family meal. In-house mint chocolate chip ice cream sandwiches! Pretty much the best idea ever!

Farm:Table - nob hill, SF. such a cute place for coffee cake, a cappuccino, and the New York times.