‘California-based architects Natasha Case and Freya Estreller recently set up Coolhaus as some sort of frozen snack homage to industry icons’
I guess if there can be a Bauhaus coffee, there can be Bauhaus ice cream.
Food truck-based ‘Coolhaus’ features ice cream sandwiches with names such as Frank Behry and Mies Vanilla Rohe. Check them out here.
Local in Los Angeles, Austin and (soon in) NYC/Hamptons.
Found via Die Wunderhammer von Frau Zaftig
Ginger Elizabeth’s next Summer Ice Cream Social is Saturday, October 9, 2010.
But this weekend – tomorrow in Sacramento, September 18 – is all about cupcakes.
Cupcake photo found via Sacramento Press
Over in the southern part of Palo Alto, Rick makes incredible ice cream. Which often include some odd flavors – especially the incredible always in time for the Gilroy Garlic Festival creamy garlic.
Drop in, see what he’s crafting this week. Click the logo to head to the website/jump:
Photo found via dessertfriday
Before Chuck E. Cheese existed, Victorian-themed Farrell’s was THE place to go for ice cream and birthday parties. And they’ve been making a comeback. Starting in Southern California.
Always enjoyed the original menus printed on newsprint and featuring some Charles Dana Gibson (1867-1944) characters (below) on its cover.
Last time I ate at an original Farrell’s, the place was filled with gang members. And each one of them just happened to have a ‘birthday’ (which resulted in free ice cream) every ten minutes or so.
I’ve been looking for a really good sandwich joint in Sacramento for a long time. There’s a bunch of just good places. But I’ve been looking for really good, something that goes beyond the Togo’s or Subway variety.
There are three that I love.
One is chef Daniel Pont’s La Bonne Soupe Cafe in Downtown Sac. An incredible hole in the wall with long waits – that just happens to have a great Zagat review.
The other is the deli at Corti Bros. Work with them to build your own hero and they’ll set you up with something great.
My third is The Sandwich Spot. They have a few locations in the area – one near where I teach. And they get it right. I’m always happy to have one of their creations (above) on a toasted sourdough roll.
Their secret is good ingredients, good prep (they even do an extra slice on the meats to order – so you’re not biting thru a huge chunk) and great mixed sauces (‘The Bomb’ is quite the bomb). Since I’ve been up here I’ve been missing the wonder that is Little Lucca in South San Francisco. But this really does the trick.
(and someday, I’d really like to take on the challenge of updating their logo. I have a few idears.)
Here’s a little piece of San Francisco that only a local would know about.
Riviera ‘Authentic San Francisco’ Minestrone has been around since 1934. The green cans used to show up in drug stores and markets. Made from an old Italian family recipe.
It’s a rustic, bean-based soup with Swiss chard, noodles and a deep meaty flavor. It’s owned by the Birds Eye food company – and recently, they were even carrying it with a Nalley label (above, right).
Unfortunately, any form of the Riviera ‘Original Recipe’ Minestrone has been off the market for a few months now – and the Riviera ‘Authentic San Francisco Soup’ brand is now selling more mainstream canned soup flavors.
Luckily, I have a recipe of my own. [Read more →]
‘a side dish that gave Kraft Macaroni & Cheese a run for its money in the 1950s’
Pailadzo Captanian and her Armenian rice pilaf became ‘The San Francisco Treat.’
Here’s NPR taking a look at where this Armenian/Italian treat comes from. Original recipe included.
It had to do with pizza.
Font Bureau’s Nick Sherman dropped by my hotel room at TypeCon in Los Angeles. He read on Twitter that I had pizza left over – and he’s a major pizza freak.
I thought I was a pizza freak, but I don’t even come close (video below).
Nick said he was up late working on something big.
Turns out this big thing is the launch of Webtype, a collaboration between Font Bureau, Ascender Corporation, Roger Black, Petr van Blokland and DevBridge. [Read more →]
‘Hand sprinkled cinnamon’
Snapshot by student Rikki Morehouse. She went thru several cups of coffee til she got them serifs right.
(Hedline written by former student Devon Cloutier)
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