March 12th, 2010 by Catherine Meng
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It’s that time of year again…
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January 7th, 2010 by Catherine Meng
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The season may provide fewer options by way of available produce, but Chef Canales uses his skillful creativity (not to mention his supersonic hearing!) to devise a slew of excellent dishes for the winter menu. Add to that one of the best chanterelle seasons in the a while, and you’ve got some serious deliciousness coming out of the Oliveto kitchen right now….
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November 13th, 2009 by Bob Klein
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It’s Thursday night here, and all the truffles for Oliveto’s truffle dinners are still in the ground; collection begins tomorrow morning. It’s cold, there’s been a good amount of rain, and the local truffle fairs have ended. Now, the truffles are for us. Truffle Dinners at Oliveto are booking up, so we’ve decided to extend them through Saturday, November 21st. I’ll bring home more truffles than…
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November 2nd, 2009 by Bob Klein
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A very healthy rain arrived in Italy about a week before I did, somewhat improving truffle conditions after another very dry year. The last few days have been beautiful, but we seem to be moving into another rainy period which is good timing for truffle hunting, as long as it doesn’t get too wet.
Here is a video of some of Georgio’s new recruits, five-week-old truffle dogs. They are…
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September 10th, 2009 by Catherine Meng
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Primarily raised on mother’s milk with some grass-feeding, the meat has been aging in our meat locker. Chef Canales has been tweaking the aging times, to find just the right balance between the delicate veal and the characteristic aged-meat flavors. Tonight we will be using the loins, and Friday we will be serving the rib eye. They will be on the menu as tagliata, served with braised Torpedo onions from Brookside Farms in Brentwood. These animals are fairly small, and there isn’t…
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May 31st, 2009 by Catherine Meng
Romano Isole just showed up with some beautiful porcini foraged from the Sierra foothills east of Sacramento. We bought up a whole bunch and Chef Canales plans to have them popping up all over the menu, starting tonight, in such dishes as:
Gnocchi with porcini
an entree of Riverdog Farm pasture-raised eggs poached in olive oil and [...]
May 15th, 2009 by Catherine Meng
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We’re about halfway through morel season & just now seeing the first really beautiful specimens. These ones were foraged in the Lake Shasta area and were delivered yesterday. They’ll be on the menu…
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February 20th, 2009 by Catherine Meng
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We’ve been friends with Malcolm for a while now. He started bringing us locally foraged chanterelles ten years ago while he was in law school. He’s graduated from law school & become a lawyer…but he still brings us sensational chanterelles!
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