Government-issued logos will now be hung in windows of restaurants and stuck next to items on menus that are deemed "housemade" in France as of Tuesday.
This move to identify food that has been prepared in restaurants is part of an anti-processed food movement that also boosts the gastronomically-acclaimed country even higher on their pedestal.
We're certainly in Dungeness crab country in the Bay Area, but it's important to give some respect to the crustacean of summer. Lobster rolls, dripping with butter, spilling claw meat out of a glorified hot dog bun, just seems like the food of summer. Or, at least it is in New England.
Appropriately, New England Lobster Market & Eatery is an excellent local choice convenient for the Peninsula and very close to the city in Burlingame, tucked amongst the airport hotels just south of SFO.
Dahi Vada is an Indian snack, or chaat, eaten in both the Northern and Southern parts of the subcontinent. Dosa restaurant does a version of the dish that is beautiful both in aesthetics and in flavor.
