You weren't planning on skipping dessert today, were you? Because you'll be throwing that plan out the window after you feast your eyes on the pastry arts in Yigit Pura's new cookbook trailer. Eater alerts us to this pastry porn, which shows the assembly of a layered crepe cake brulee with poached pears and pistachio-cinnamon brittle in sumptuous, slow-motion, extra-delicious-looking detail.
I hope my colleagues will forget the squeal of delight I emitted when I read on Inside Scoop this morning that Bi-Rite Market is now delivering groceries. The popular, crowded market is using Instacart as its platform, a Bay Area grocery delivery startup that also delivers from Rainbow, Safeway, Costco, and Whole Foods.
For a $3.99-$9.99 fee, depending on how much you order and how quickly you want it, you can now have a pint of salted caramel ice cream, a good bottle of affordable rosé, a round of Mt. Tam cheese, a couple organic white peaches, a tub of artichoke hummus, and a whole-wheat baguette from Firebrand delivered to your door.
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If you've eaten Jell-O recently, chances are that you've either a) been in the hospital b) only did so because there was alcohol involved or c) live in Utah, which sports a so-called "Jell-O Belt."
Though rainbow Jell-O molds and salads were a ubiquitous part of social gatherings a few decades ago, the food-like substance that begins as a dyed powder has fallen out of favor with most of us. It's a subject of mighty fascination for Pam Elder, a member of the Culinary Historians of Northern California who will be giving a talk about Jell-O at Omnivore Books on July 24, which will be accompanied by a Jell-O art contest.
In a sad though not entirely surprising move, Drakes Bay Oyster Company announced last week that it plans to shut its doors on July 31.
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