On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 00:40:23 -0700, "Kent" > wrote:


>That's sad to hear. Bay Wolf has been on the S.F. Chronicles "100 Best of
>the Bay" for over 20 years, one of very few that has. It's kind of a store
>front Chez Peculiar[read Chez Panisse"]. Michael Wild, the owner, is a
>former English Professor who brings Alsatian cooking right to your table.
>His cookbook, the "Bay Wolf Restaurant Cookbook" is my source always, for
>Choucroute, Cassoulet, and Duck. He's usually there at lunch, acting his
>usual gracious self. At lunch try the composed salads, like the nicoise
>salad.
>
>Kent
>

When I was in the sfba, living there, or just doing a contract there,
I would often go to Monterey Market, and would see Michael Wild there,
doing the shopping for the restaurant. I recognized him from his
pictures in that cookbook... He was always checking out the great
produce very thoroughly....

Christine