Here are some highlights of this week's SFoodie, in case you missed 'em:
• We spotlighted La Palma Mexicatessen (2884 24th St. at Florida), which stocks everything one needs to make a marvelous mole and so much more.
• Our two-part Straight From the Ranch series offers helpful resources for eating locally, from subscribing to meat CSAs and buying networks to purchasing whole beasts and bulk meat.
• Spicy sushi is nothing new, but we found flaming sushi -- where the plate is actually set alight -- at Tataki (2815 California at Divisadero).
• The Bay Area's own Olympic figure skating champion Brian Boitano has just signed on to do a new reality television program -- for the Food Network. With this sort of opportunity, we ask, what would Brian Boitano do?
Humphry Slocombe (2790 Harrison at 24th St.) doesn't put many ingredients in its Hot Mess of a sundae, just vanilla ice cream, bananas, butterscotch, and marshmallow fluff. But since this is a place where there's always a little bit extra going on in terms of creativity, the butterscotch is house made and flecked with tiny shards of extra caramel, and the recipe is closely guarded from everyone but its creator, owner/chef Jake Godby. It looks deceptively small in this picture, and you may not think you can finish it all, but odds are strong that you'll be scraping the last bits of butterscotch and fluff from the bottom.
(384 Hayes at Gough): French wines with Catherine and Claude Maréchal
(Burgundy), Pierre and Pierre-Marie Luneau of Luneau-Papin (Muscadet),
Eric Texier (Rhone Valley), François Pinon (Vouvray), and
Claude-Emmanuelle and Louis-Benoît Desvignes (Beaujolais)
(1415 Green at Polk): Italian wines with Mauro Vergano of Chinati Vergano (Chinato and other fortified wines from Piemonte),
Alessandra Bera of Vittorio Bera (Asti), Arianna Occhipinti (Sicily),
Silvio Messana of Montesecondo (Tuscany), Cristiano Guttarolo (Puglia),
and Francesca Padovani of Fonterenza (Montalcino)
(593 Guerrero at 18th): French wines with Eric and Christine of Domaine de
Bellivière (Jasnières), Jean-Paul Brun of Terres Dorées (Beaujolais),
Christian Chaussard of Domaine le Briseau (Jasnières), Evelyne de
Jessey of Domaine du Closel (Savennières), and Franck Peillot of
Domaine Franck Peillot (Bugey)
tasting of Australian wines with winemakers from Rocky Gully, Frankland Estate, Elderton, Hewitson, Wishing Tree, and others, $5
Friday, 4/24, 6:00-8:00 p.m., The Jug Shop (1590 Pacific at Polk):
tasting of beers from Deschutes Brewery, price TBA
Saturday, 4/25, noon-3:00 p.m., K&L (638 4th St at Bluxome):
tasting of Tuscan wines, $20
Saturday, 4/25, 1:00-4:00 p.m., Wine Club (953 Harrison at Oak Grove): tasting of Bordeaux wines, details and price TBA
Saturday, 4/25, 2:00-5:30 p.m., SF Wine Trading Co. (250 Taraval at Funston):
tasting of southern Rhone wines, $10
Saturday, 4/25, 4:00-6:00 p.m., The Jug Shop (1590 Pacific at Polk): tasting of organic wines from Lolonis Winery, $10
Sunday, 4/26, 3:00 p.m.-?, South Food + Wine Bar (330 Townsend at 4th): "Sunday Session" showcasing "some of down under's best Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir," $35 includes "Aussie cheese and nibbles"
Monday, 4/27, Spruce, 6:30-9:30 p.m.: four-course dinner with Talley Vineyards 2002, 2004, and 2006 estate Chardonnays and 2000, 2001, and 2005 estate Pinot Noirs, $130 (not including tax and tip), call 931-5100 to reserve
