Foodlab is an internet mailing list for sharing recipes, tips, support and more while discovering and living with food allergies/intolerances. Monica started the list a couple of years ago, after realizing that off-topic discussions of food allergies were starting to take over a parenting list. Most of the folks on Foodlab (the active posters anyway) […]
Foodlab Gathering: Los Angeles, CA, 3/17/08
April 1st, 2008 · 6 Comments
Categories: Food · Food Commentary · Meals & Events · Travel
Tags: · asian food, dairy-free, egg-free, fermented foods, gluten-free, latin food, los angeles, lowcarb, photos-family, photos-food, photos-misc, raw food, seafood, vegan, vegetarian
Kim Chee
February 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Kim Chee (aka kimchi) is a wonderful collection of vegetables and spices brought together to ferment. This was my first attempt at making it. I used the recipe from Wild Fermentation, adapted a bit.
Recipe:
Napa cabbage (aka Chinese cabbage), 1 head chopped
Daikon radish, 3
Leeks, 2
Dried chile pepper, 3
Ginger (I used frozen that I had grated from […]
Categories: Food · Recipes · Vegetable Dishes
Tags: · asian food, dairy-free, egg-free, fermented foods, gluten-free, lowcarb, photos-food, raw food, vegan, vegetarian
Turnip Pickles
February 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment
I was inspired by a trip to Han Il Kwan, a Korean restaurant in San Francisco. They had a huge spread of fermented dishes, including glorious crisp and sour turnip pickles. My attempt was simple and only partially successful.
I can tell you straight out that I used the wrong kind of turnip. What I had […]
Categories: Food · Recipes · Snacks · Vegetable Dishes
Tags: · asian food, dairy-free, egg-free, fermented foods, gluten-free, lowcarb, photos-food, raw food, vegan, vegetarian
Thai Hut Valley (Cotati, CA)
January 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
This review was written February 15, 2006 as a letter to local restaurant reviewer Jeff Cox who promoted this place in the Press Democrat on January 22, 2006. Note that we went there before discovering our food allergies, so the review doesn’t speak to that.
CHEAP EATS
Authentic means good
Here’s what I look for in a Thai […]
Categories: Food · Restaurant Reviews · SF Bay Area Restaurant
Tags: · asian food, cotati, dairy-free, seafood, sonoma county, vegetarian
Todai (Asian Buffet, Daly City, CA & elsewhere)
December 30th, 2007 · No Comments
Todai is a small buffet chain specializing in sushi and a variety of Japanese and Chinese foods, with a smattering of other things. They started in Hong Kong I believe and had a strong presence in California. But they’re growing. They have many restaurants in South Korea, a couple in mainland China, and one in […]
Categories: Chain Restaurant · Food · Restaurant Reviews · SF Bay Area Restaurant
Tags: · asian food, egg-free, los angeles, photos-misc, san francisco, seafood
Han Il Kwan (Korean, San Francisco)
December 18th, 2007 · 1 Comment
(This review was written October 12, 2007)
We had an appointment in San Francisco last Wednesday and got together with friends at a Korean restaurant I’d read good things about on the net. It did not disappoint.
Han Il Kwan
1802 Balboa Street, San Francisco, CA 94118
(Outer Richmond neighborhood)
(415) 752-4447
Review & Menu
Our party consisted of me (no eggs, […]
Categories: Food · Restaurant Reviews · SF Bay Area Restaurant
Tags: · asian food, dairy-free, egg-free, fermented foods, gluten-free, lowcarb, san francisco, seafood