It was pretty reasonable here too:

Friday (which substituted for going out exactly on V-day)
we went to our favorite local Italian place, A-16. Between
us we had four items: roasted sunchokes (amazing; these
are I think identical to Jerusalem artichokes, or very
close); bucattini with an almond/tomato pesto (also amazing),
tuna conserva (probably the relative loser; the tuna was good,
but mixed with parsley and lots of kalamata olives made it a little
too run of the mill); and a pizza margharita with arugula.

It was nice to be able to walk into the restaurant with
no reservations, dine, then walk to a nearby concert hall
to see a performance that included oud master Naser Musa.
The guy is awesome. A little sad to see the effect of
the recession on these restaurants though. I'm used to
waiting there, even with a reservation.

Saturday for lunch I made grass-fed Highland Hills Ranch
hamburger, on a Bread Workshop zapaton bun with grilled
onions and arugula dressed with Provencal olive oil.
It sounds like a cliche but the strong, grass-fed flavor
really goes well with a strongly-flavored arugula.
I recommend this combination to all of you burger-makers out there.

Saturday evening was a conventional kale-tofu soup.
Sunday lunch included brussels sprouts, this time sauteed
with uncured Niman Ranch bacon. Sunday dinner was
a basic whole-wheat penne, tofu, carrot, and kale combination.

All in all a satisfying food weekend.

Steve