SFoodie's
series asking some of our favorite San Francisco food people about the
dish they just can't celebrate Thanksgiving without.
Every year, A16 closes for Thanksgiving Day, and chef Liza Shaw is as thankful about that as anyone. "If you stay open for Thanksgiving," she says, "you're expected to serve turkey and the whole spread, and that doesn't lend itself well to Southern Italian food." So SFoodie asked Shaw what she cooks on her day off. The answer: not much.
Shaw: Every year everybody expects the chef to do a full spread, but I'm in charge of the following items:
1. Champagne.
2. Oysters.
3. Pumpkin cheesecake.
Other Thanksgiving essentials in this series:
-Jonathan Kauffman's Brussels sprouts with prosciutto
-Jun Belen's stuffing balls
-John Birdsall's braised turkey legs with polenta
-Roger Feely's relleno negro
-James Freeman's wonky turkey roasting, lots of coffee
-Marcia Gagliardi's giblet gravy
-Irvin Lin's green bean casserole
-Bridget Batson's steak, then stuffing
-Russ Moore's sticky rice and Chinese sausage stuffing
