Food for thought

Most of the time I think about my personal consumption. How well I'm eating: got to try the new Basque endeavor from the Naked Lunch team last Sunday night, wasn't quite what I hoped but had some lip smacking umami-licious wild mushroom arroz. Or how poorly: this morning for breakfast I ate water crackers with almond butter because I had nothing more suitable in the house. Even at my worst (when I make popcorn for dinner) it's better than most (I usually pop it myself and add butter, sea salt, and nutritional yeast). What I don't usually think about is what the people that I'm not hanging out with (school kids and inmates) are eating.

Here is an interesting comparison of how a lunch tray at school, stacks up next to a lunch tray in prison.

From Good. www.good.is

Uva Enoteca – 568 Haight St. San Francisco, CA

In an evolving culinary landscape that seems to favor the anti-restaurant: pop-ups, food trucks, and underground dining groups, Uva Enoteca in San Francisco’s ambiguously hip Lower Haight neighborhood remains steadfast in its execution of perfect plates and inviting ambiance. On a recent evening circa 10:00 pm, convivial conversation ensued between the bartender (pouring Italian wine Quartino style), a neighborhood regular (who also tends bar at the Toronado, the famed beer mecca across the street) and two women out for a post-yoga bite, all seated on stools at the marble bar. In the back dining area date-nighty couples gazed longingly over perfectly blistered pizzas, eggplant caponata with tangy caper berries, salumi, and succulent wild boar ragu. Uva Enoteca co-owner Boris Nemchenok is a Batali disciple and sweet Uva pays homage to his teacher while exhibiting a West Coast lean that says it’s our attitudes that should be checked at the door and our coats we can carry to the table.