Fall Brings.....

.....the beginning of citrus seasonal sightings {these is my favorite fall/winter stall at Alemany Market}

...squash and pumpkin pie ice cream from Smitten Ice Cream

.....local walnuts and persimmons

...bhel puri with little surprises like pomegranate gems and persimmin stars

...mushroom risotto with blue corn, squash blossoms and sage-red walnut pesto

1. make a mushroom broth from dried mushrooms, leeks, garlic, herb stems, bay leaf, onions, celery and carrots.

2. blend together toasted red walnuts with parmesan, garlic, parsley, sage and olive oil for pesto.

3. saute risotto, onions and garlic in olive oil then cook in mushroom broth. finish with cream and parmesan.

4. sautee fresh blue corn with garlic and mushrooms in olive oil. finish with torn sage, cracked black pepper, toasted red walnuts and squash blossom.

5. top the risotto with pesto and sauteed corn and mushrooms.
......hot Soul Cocina naan from the pizzahacker oven and rumali roti for your goat curry

..........the street culture indoors

OUTSIDE IN
Food from: Deja Vu Gorditas, Peace Meals, Barcelona La Bona, Smitten Ice Cream, That Guys Fries, Gumbo Cart, Creme Brulee Cart, Brazilian Bites, Javi's Elotes, Chile Lindo and more

Music by Mucho Axe and Canto Mixto

Sandra Duran Y Ryan Garcia (Flamenco dance)

DJs: Fausto, EKG, Selctor Ben {GumboMan}

November 21st from 7pm - 2 am
Baobab Village (former Bollyhood cafe)
3372 19th Street (between Mission and Capp)
$5
RSVP on Facebook


.....hot dim sum on chilly Marin days from True Gourmet at the Marin Farmers Market

.........pumpkin carving


.....little cilantro and lettuce to plant from the Free Farm Stand

.....slow braised hearty greens
......chestnuts


Tune: Beatiful Dancer by Fela Kuti

Tune: I Know (ft. Pharrell) from Hindustani Gangster

Tune: Ley Ja Kitte Door {DJ Ear Flaps joint}

Tune: Gentleman f. Bajah by J.Period & K'Naan from The Messengers (Trilogy)



In the fall twenty years from now, kids will be "making music on their cell phones and grilling octopi."

Bagel Mondays @ Sour Flour Lab

Danny from Sour Flour has a great passion for baking. He is working on giving away one thousand loaves of free bread baked fresh from his home kitchen. He also gives free baking classes. I spent a couple of Monday mornings in the Sour Flour lab baking bagels with Danny. The bagels are very good. He is steady honing his system everyday in the Sour Flour Lab.




Sour Flour gives away free bagels every Monday. Contact for more info. info@sourflour.org

Tune: Cracklin' Bread by Dave Hamilton

Tune: I'm Gonna Be A Fool Next Monday by Kitty White

Tune: La Dieta Del Pan by Temperamento Feat Kufa Castro

Tune: Ya Viene El Lunes by Coco Band

Free Murat

FREE MURAT

Tunes: Freedom 4 pack

Agua del Rio

Bridging the gap from Oakland to Senegal via Cuba and Centroamérica
Santero's new video

Agua del Rio by Santero ft Krudas Cubensi, Femi & Omega

From the album El Hijo de Obatala


Behind the scenes at the video shoot

these are a few of my favorite things

Tune: My Favorite Things by John Coltrane

brussels sprouts
tajines cooked in tajines
hard knock radio
jj on the radio
Cover to Cover with Jennifer Stone
grinders grooveyard
slim and slam
old school hip hop
new hip hop that doesn't suck
brown butter
phirni
homemade ice cream sandwich
Django Reinhardt
old records
old radios
old record players
hand made tortillas
old cufflinks
figs
persimmons
slow braised ras al hanout lamb
pizza
avocado shakes
fresh coconuts from the tree
big waves
giardinaire
burdock tea
chai
genmaicha tea
fried plantains
tom waits
dancehall
Cafe Siam and the Dragons Den
tea leaf salad
24th street
bernal hill
el barrio de Triana, Sevilla
Chimayo, New Mexico
Sasoon docks, Mumbai
Malvan coast of Maharashtra
Thelonious Monk
dried mango
Moped rides through rice fields of Goa
high dives
Dim sum that is not greasy
pizza that is greasy
cheap pizza
fancy pizza
Yumma's Jerusalem wrap on Irving street
Monterey market
shazam iphone app
de la soul
penguins
bademiya and thumbs up
balmy alley
The Graue Mill
Absinthe
Earl Grey
Camaron de La Isla
hats
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
snorkeling
pea shoots
Theme for the Eulipians
The Italian citrus grower stand at the Alemany Farmers Market
Pupusas at Alemany Farmers Market
Pambazos at El Huarache Loco


Tune: My Favorite Things (Acapella) by The Supremes

Tune: My Favorite Things by Rahsaan Roland Kirk & The Vibration Society

Tune: ??Roland Kirk Dedication?? by ???? via the singleman affair

Tune: Theme for the Eulipians by Rahsaan Roland Kirk is a very very very nice song.
Tune: Haunted Feelings by Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Tune: Echoes Of Primitive Ohio And Chili Dogs by Rahsaan Roland Kirk



Don't forget to swing by The Secret Alley's Between the Streets party this weekend. I will be making food outside on Friday alongside the Pizza Hacker and on Saturday night I will be taking over the kitchen for some very special creations.

Favorite Things

Best defunct restaurant of all time: Flying Saucer
Places I am excited to try out: Coi, Aziza, Contigo, Neela's
Favorite neighborhood eats: Blue Plate, Front Porch, Emmy's Spaghetti Shack, El Zocolo, Angkor Borei
Place I am embarrassed to say I have never been to after nearly ten years in Bernal Heights: Liberty Cafe. {but Liberty Bakery's back cottage has been my peaceful retreat for years}
Pizza:
~quick: Arinell and Marcellos
~relax and enjoy: Pizzetta 211, Pizzeria Picco, Pauline's Pizza, Pizza Hacker
Mexican: Deja Vu, Poc Chuc, Nopalito, Pancho Villa, Papalote, La Oaxaquena
Outdoor beer garden that isn't Zeitgeist and used to be a waky sushi place: Cafe Parague
Best place for maduros, thick tortillas and black beans: Palacio Latino
Food for the soul: Minako

Tune: My Favorite Ladies by Clutchy Doom

Nicole LoBue at Mission Street Food

Unless you are a fancy pants big wig or close friend, you probably have never had the chance to sample any cuisine from LoBue Events {I happen to be both, haha}

Well now is your big chance.

Don't miss Nicole at Mission Street Food this Thursday.

Tune: Fancy Footwork (Toy Selectah Raverton remix) by Chromeo

Upcoming events:

Saturday October 17th Indian Cooking Class Jharna's Kitchen

October 23rd and 24th Secret Alley "Between the Streets"
Look for the Soul Cocina Bhel Puri stand on Saturday at the San Francisco Lit Crawl

Got Free?

Free Farm Stand in the Mission.
Free Bread
Free Bhangra Classes {a little late on this one}
Mandeep Sethi from the Non Stop Bhangra crew reppin the Bay.


And get ready San Francisco as the most beloved dapper Desi dancefloor dude, the homie Deepak, along with some other local cool cats kick off a party in the city for all the people. Dhoom Unlimited

Tune: Freedom Blues by Little Richard

Tune: Freedom by Jurassic 5

Tune: This Feeling by Julius Brockington

Tune: Free Tempo - ?

Tune: Meta Guacha by Damas Gratis


And here is a free mix from DJ Rajah

Tune: Ensalada Tropical Mix by Rajah

Barbwire - Nora Dean
La Perra - Alejo Duran
Madame Calalu - Cortijo y su Combo con Ismael Rivera
El Costo E'La Vida - Kimia Eve
El Costo De La Vida - Juan Luis Guerra
La Vida Vale La Pena - Petrona Martinez
La Vida Vale La Pena - Uproot Andy mix
Cuka Isso - Batida f. Ikonoklasta
Etnico Style (Original bimix) - Dj Koos y Makency DJ
Manuelita [Uproot Andy & Geko Jones Remix} - Etelvina Maldonado
Cuando Hay Guerrapella - Los Rakas & Stereotyp
Pon Lo Patra - El Chireno
Ze Bula {Chief Boima Remix} - Figura
Kuff Kumbia - Shelly Thunder {Sabo Cumbia Mix}
Can't Stop Now feat. Mr. Vegas & Jovi Rockwell - Major Lazer

Etelvina Maldonado singing in the kitchen

Cupcakin' w/ Mandy

Tune: Ice C.R.E.A.M. Paint Job (b.cause wu-mix) by Wu Tang vs Dorrough Music

Got Soup?

Photo courtesey of missionlocal.org

Call to Flavor

Taco bar in the park tomorrow. Birria de chivo or carnitas with fresh corn tortillas, and soul cocina salsas.

at Call To Flavor




Carnitas
4 pounds pork shoulder cut into big chunks, salted
1 quart pork fat manteca
1/2 cup Guiness stout
1/2 cup Mexican Coca Cola
1 small piece piloncillo, broken into tiny pieces
1 jalapeno cut in half, lengthwise
2 bay leaves
1 head of garlic cut in half
1 orange cut in half
2 onions cut in half
1 cup whole milk
1 stick cinnamon

Heat the manteca in a big pot until hot. Fry the pork over medium high heat until seared to golden brown. Lower the heat to medium low and fry for 45 minutes. Add the remaining ingredients and cook over low heat for at least another hour until tender.

Serve with fresh tortillas and a salsa made from tomatillo, jalapeno, cilantro, lime and avocado.

Tune: Mama Call by Manu Chao
This chune happens to be the ringtone on my baby momma's phone

Tune: Unknown Number by Busy Signal

Tune: Calling All Absentees by Kid Gusto

Tune: He Called Me Baby by Candi Stanton

Tune: Call Mi (Dave Kelly's Hold The Line Remix) by Major Lazer feat Baby Cham



Rajah's Brunch Under the Spaceship mix from earlier this year. and vid

Fresh

Tune: Get Fresh Crew by Roxanne Shante and Biz Markie

Azucar, jamaica y agua

Nice Creole/Caribbean music.


And Bay Area, get ready for some great Creole/Caribbean food. Hibiscus

Tune: Sugar Bum Bum by Lord Kitchener

Tune: Ants in Yuh Sugar Pan by Jamesy P

And I am re-posting this wonderful Caribbean music from the Soul Cocina Vaults in case you missed it.

Tune: Cabane Choucoune by Le Super Choucoune 70 from Ca Chauffe a Cabane Choucoune

Tune: Toutt Coucou also from Le Super Choucoune 70's Ca Chauffe a Cabane Choucoune
I really like the hand clap and horn break at 1:24 on this song.


The next tune is from a real groovy group from Guadeloupe called Les Aiglons.

Tune: Pas Malpaler Michou by Les Aiglons on Disque Debs International Records from 1974

September 27th, Call to Flavor

Eat the rich, feed the poor.
mark your calendars.
Sunday September 27th 12Noon to 3pm
For Exact Location check Soul Cocina on Twitter
A benefit for St Anthony Foundation

Bacon Potato Chips
Toasty Melts
The Gumbo Man
Adobo Hobo
Pizza Hacker
Bike Basket Pies
Wholesome Bakery
Gobba Gobba Hey
The Sweet Cart
Lumpia Cart
Urban Nectar
Magic Curry Cart
Brazilian Bites
Smiten Ice Cream
& Soul Cocina

Plus Yoga For Kids at 1pm

Tune: Don't Joke With a Hungry Man by Quantic

Tune: Hungry Ghosts (feat. Wire MC & ECD) by Filastine

Tune: Belly Full feat. Kardinal Offishall, Steele & Baja (Dry Eye Crew) by J. Period and K'Naan

Check out some great art here.

The event should be as fun as my debut with the SF street carts at "Street Food for Singles"


....or as fun as pizza in Dolores Park.

Happy BDay BB

B.B. King (born September 16, 1925)
I am who I am today because of BB and others like him.

Today was another long day in the kitchen and a fun night taking the food to the streets. I couldn't have made it with out BB. This is the kind of music I liked as a kid. I still like it as an adult.

I used to stay up all night liong with my radio walk-man in the eighties listening to "Blues Before Sunrise" and "Red Rooster Lounge" where BB and other more obscure artists were played.

Tune: Wory, Wory by BB King from Live in Cook County Jail 1971

As well as a bluesman, I was also a breaker [no pro, but tons of heart (-:! ] Cardboard box, boom box, Nucleus tape and music like this:

Tune: Funk You Up [long version] by The Sequence



~a pizza in the pizza hacker oven


Check the new Uproot Andy and Geko Jones Mini Mix here.
And find them next week in SF alongside my favorite local DJs, Santero and Boima.

Relleno Negro

Achiote, Cumin, Allspice, Black Pepper, Clove for the Recado Negro for Relleno Negro

Roasting Chilacas and their seeds until charred.

Coagulated sangre for moronga

Tune: Canto Negro by Andres Landero

Tune: Homenagem Ao Fogo-Negro w/ Tiao & Jo Maka by Bonga

Tune: Mambo Pa' Los Negros by La Union Colombiana

Tune: Que Quemen A Esa Negra by Sonora Nelson Ferreyra

Tune: La Negra Saramuya by Afrosound

Tune: La Negra Carolina by also by Afrosound

Tune: La Negra Chola by Sexteto Tabalá

Tune: La Negra Celina by Cristóbal Pérez

Tune: La Cumbia Negra by Lisandro Meza

Tune: Navidad Negra by Unknown Artist [lita nelson cover]

Tune: La Camisa Negra (Juanes Cover) by Grupo Control

Tune: Ojos Negros Nunca Engañan by Los Tigres del Norte

Tune: Negra Mia by Fefita La Grande

Tune: Negra Brecho by Conjunto Aiymuth from Azambuja & CIA

Tune: La Sombra Negra by Astrid Hadad

Tune: Negra Ron y Velas by Luis Ornelas

Tune: Negra Yo Soy by Maria Alba

Tune: Mi Negra by Banda Gorda

Tune: La Negra Nelly by Celso Piña {this is my favorite Celso Piña song}

Tune: La Negra Tomasa by Trio Matamoros