bay area again

i just love the bay area: fresh produce is always within reach; it's hard to resist the temptation of cooking when the food smiles and waves at you, and i can spend all day just thinking about food, cooking and baking.

my xmas shopping trip to stanford shopping mall ended up a grocery trip in only 2 stores: sigona's and andronico's. and as a result:

lettuce boat with bacon, white fungus, preserved duck egg, and olive.

home-made fettucine with saute garlic chanterelles, oyster and baby shittake.

black truffles. i think the one closest to the bottom looks like kogeban with sad eyes and "sausaged" lips, dont you think?

pasta with truffle shavings.

osso buco in tomato sauce.

not imaged is apple bread pudding. i have been obsessed with bread puddings since that night at john harvard's with PMY and eric; i had it at least 2 or 3 more times afterwards at various places. now that i've cooked it i finally got it out of my system.