Kitchen Gadget Girl

This weekend was the Slow Food Nation conference/meet-up/thingamabob (what do you call a day devoted to food - ah, yes, nirvana) in San Francisco at the Civic Center and Fort Mason, and I was fortunate enough to go both Saturday and Sunday to the Taste Pavilion. Saturday, I volunteered to work at the Welcome Center, where I met some very nice folks, but they seemed slightly overstaffed, so I reassigned myself to the Pickle booth inside the Pavilion. Well, actually, I was recruited (they must have heard about my 3rd place win with my B&B pickles at the San Mateo County Fair!)….

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Tonight was a swim meet for the kids, and since the host team did not have a snack bar, I knew I would need to pack our dinner to go. My two swim hard and eat lots, so I packed a nice healthy (well, sort of!) picnic dinner.

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This morning, I played a little hooky from the BlogHer conference to zip on down to the Ferry Building for breakfast. In fact, I was thinking about this on the way down there - if someone asked me for a breakfast spot recommendation, I would ask them what day they were planning to visit. Monday through Friday and Sunday, I would say, whatever, go to the restaurant in your hotel. IF, however, they planned a Saturday visit, I would suggest, nay, compel them to visit Primavera at the Ferry Building Farmer’s Market. The picture below, I think, should illustrate exactly why.

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