December 13th, 2011 by Maggie Blyth Klein
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This Friday, December 16th will mark the 25th anniversary of Oliveto Cafe and Restaurant. More personally, we are celebrating Chef Jonah’s first year as Oliveto Executive Chef. We thought we’d give you our impression on this past year…
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November 4th, 2011 by Catherine Meng
from left to right: chanterelle, porcini, black hedgehog, hedgehog
Those unusual black hedgehogs will be in an appetizer that screams late autumn:
Pan-roasted pigeon with Acorn squash purée and black hedgehog mushrooms
October 13th, 2011 by Catherine Meng
When we first got involved with locally grown grains over four years ago, one of our long term goals was the pursuit of identity preserved wheat. By this we mean a particular variety grown by a farmer we know and trust, and milled into flour without being blended with other varieties or wheats from other [...]
October 10th, 2011 by Catherine Meng
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Fourteen family farms and 70 restaurants, including Oliveto, have committed to participation in No Goat Left Behind, a new program developed by Heritage Foods USA (HFUSA), a meat distribution company dedicated to preserving endangered breeds. Chef Jonah will be spit-roasting two young goats, a traditional preparation commonly seen throughout Italy around this time of year. They will be…
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September 27th, 2011 by Catherine Meng
Some real beauties arrived from Martin this week. Fresh picked Borlotti, Cannellini, and some of the biggest Gigante we’ve ever seen.
Chef Jonah’s been doing a lovely salad that will be on the menu throughout the week:
Marinated pole and bush beans with Lipstick peppers, watercress, and sherry vinaigrette
June 16th, 2011 by Bob Klein
UPDATE: See the revised schedule
It is late spring and this is the time to be eating beef. The steers have been eating plentiful amounts of green grass (from our plentiful rains) and several important ranchers have presented us with offers too good to turn down.
First, Mac Magruder’s 8-month-old veal came in a couple of [...]
June 13th, 2011 by Catherine Meng
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Last friday, the Oliveto kitchen received delivery of one side of a magnificent four-year-old Black Angus steer. This delivery was noteworthy on many levels but to start, we needed a fork lift to get it off the truck. The animal’s live weight was close to 2,100 pounds, and it dressed-out at 1,237 pounds. At present, we have two 300 pound…
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June 9th, 2011 by Catherine Meng
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Foraged by the foraging legend herself, Connie Green, we just received some gorgeous porcini gathered recently in the Shasta area. Morels are still appearing as well, so the current menu should interest you fungi-enthusiasts:…
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June 8th, 2011 by Catherine Meng
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Summer Solstice is right around the corner, and California salmon season is reaching its end…until it starts up again in July. The quality of this year’s salmon has been exceptional, with deep color and great flavor. Add a little citrus, fennel, and chervil and…
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May 18th, 2011 by Bob Klein
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The predominant explanation for toasted pasta from Puglia, is that after the wheat fields are harvested and burned to remove the chaff and weeds, gleaners would come and pick through the ashes for the remaining charred kernels of wheat, which they would then mill and make into pasta. Chef Jonah found…
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