Sustainability

One of the important things on our San Francisco Tours is sustainability. On our San Francisco Foods tours, we focus on local foods, produced using sustainable methods. One the fun things to do in San Francisco is to enjoy salmon in the summer. This summer, we may not have any. For a number of years, there have been water diversions in a number of rivers in Northern California. The assumption is that the environment can simply adjust. The reality is that it can not. On our San Francisco tours we learn how food is made that not only tastes great, but is produced using sustainable methods. One of the fun things to do in San Francisco and elsewhere to enjoy those kinds of food. They not only nourish you, they nourish the environment.

Asparagus Season

If you've joined us on one of our San Francisco Tours, you probably know that we get really excited about eating seasonally. One of the fun things to do in San Francisco is to take advantage of asparagus season. When the asparagus comes in from the delta, it is amazingly sweet. A great way to enjoy asparagus is to grill it, then serve it with parmesan cheese and olive oil. On our San Francisco tours, we try several types of local olive oils, which are delicious with the asparagus.

Almost End of Crab Season

It's almost end of Dungeness Crab Season, but fortunately, not yet. A number of wineries are having their annual crab feasts. We'll take a quick jaunt from our San Francisco Food Tours to head up Healdsburg and Sonoma and fill up on crab. On the fun things to do in San Francisco is to pair some regional wines with local crab. On our San Francisco tours, we'll be trying some local oils, which goes great with the crab. I like olive oil with crab way more than butter.

Given that at the last crab feast, the winery finished dinner with a nice port wine, we'll be bring truffles from San Francisco tours to pair with the port wine.

Chinese New Year

One of the interesting concepts of Chinese New Year is the significance of oranges. The seeds help spread good luck for the coming year. On our San Francisco tours, that same concept is very important. I hope that by "spreading seeds", our guests will take the seeds from our tours and search local out artisans. On the the fun things to do in San Francisco and everywhere it to search our local artisans back home. A great resource is www.slowfood.com

Valentine's Day

We're getting ready for some special San Francisco Tours. One of the fun things to do in San Francisco is to celebrate Valentine's Day for most of February. On our San Francisco Tours, we've got some special surprises in North Beach\Little Italy during the day and also at night. Just in time, we've found some special foods, just in time for Valentine's Day.

New Wine Finds

Our day off from our San Francisco tours resulted in a couple new wine finds in the Russian River. Trying new wineries is definitely one of the fun things to do in San Francisco. In addition to finding some great new wines, we're seeing an exciting trend among wineries to grow using organic and substantial methods. If you have taken our San Francisco food tours, you might know that we always excited when we see more people embracing the idea of eating locally and seasonally. When you are out buying wines, check out labels for California wines. A number of the wineries are indicating on the labels about their enlightened growing methods.

Checking out the Wineries

When were not doing our San Francisco tours, we're off checking out wineries. One of the fun things to do in San Francisco, in addition our San Francisco Food Tours, is to head off the wine country. Now days, in addition to Sonoma and Napa, check out the Santa Cruz mountains for some excellent Petite Sirrahs and the Sierra Foothills are producing some really good ZInfandels. Our trick is go into wineries we don't recognize. Those are frequently the wineries that are producing excellent wines, just not enough to sell outside the wineries. If you find a new winery find, let us know and we'll let people know about it on our San Francisco Food Tours.