Showing posts with label San Francisco. Show all posts
Showing posts with label San Francisco. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Get the Look: Modern Cottage Kitchen Style & Renovation Resources

This modern cottage kitchen in San Francisco evoked gasps when we posted it last spring. Love the look? Want to emulate some of it in your own kitchen? Here are sources to help you get the look. Fill in the blanks in the comments!

Modern Cottage Kitchen Sources

Cabinets: Custom-made
Cabinet Hardware: ______________
Contractor: Tyson Schroeder of Conscious Construction
Countertops: Carrera marble, statuetto style. Honed.
Faucets: ______________
Flooring: Marmoleum in dark grey
Lighting: ______________
Paint Cabinets: Peppercorn: Sherwin Williams semi-gloss, lower cabinets. Origami White: Sherwin Williams semi-gloss, upper cabinets.
Paint Walls & Ceiling: Origami White: Sherwin William satin.
Pepper Mills: Peugeot
Range: Bertazzoni
Refrigerator: Electrolux Icon
Sink: ______________
Tile: ______________
Windows/Doors: ______________
Wine Cooler: ______________

See More of This Kitchen

Full Kitchen Tour: Ryan's Stunning San Francisco Remodel
Photographer: Leela Cyd Ross

(Image: Leela Cyd Ross)


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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Have You Ever Made Tortillas by Hand? Share Your Tips and Recipes!

2012_08_28-tortillas.jpgHaving spent almost 20 years living in or near San Francisco's Mission District, I've never bothered making tortillas at home since there was ample opportunity to buy delicious fresh tortillas made by people who obviously really know what they are doing (La Palma on 24th and Florida, if you're curious). Now I live a little father away and the closest tortillas are Trader Joe's Truly Handmade, which aren't bad but not quite the same either. So I've been curious about trying my hand at making my own from scratch. Do you have any advice?

I was really inspired by Magdalena Martinez Baustista in the video below but I'm almost sure that she's being making tortillas for dozens of years, which allows her to function with a grace and ease that makes it look easier than it really is. Plus, I don't have her amazing set up: the grinding stone, the press and the wood fire comal. Not to mention the nephew with a molino to grind my corn or even a metate for home grinding! Even her children take a short cut these days by purchasing already prepared dough.

Of course, Magdalena is making corn tortillas which requires masa harina (corn treated with lye) and a press to get them really thin and even. Perhaps making flour tortillas is a little easier and can be made with ingredients I usually have one hand such as flour, salt, baking powder, canola oil. Plus, flour tortillas can be rolled out by hand, so a press isn't required. So maybe that would be a good place to start? Sarah Rae makes it seem pretty easy in this recipe from a few years ago.

So please help me out here, Kitchn readers! What advice do you have for making good tortillas at home? Should I just go to Trader Joe's and pick up a package of their Truly Hand Made or is it worth it to make them from scratch? Do you use lard or canola oil in your flour tortillas? Rolling pin or press? Any experience with a wood-fired comal?

Related: Yea and Nay: Making Homemade Tortillas Without a Press

(Image: Your Homebased Mom)


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Monday, August 27, 2012

A Kitchen With a Long History Kitchen Spotlight

A few years ago Apartment Therapy took a tour of a fantastic two-story apartment in Hayes Valley, San Francisco. The apartment building is actually one of those rare San Francisco structures that predates the 1906 earthquake and subsequent fire. Over the years it's been used as a boarding house and a single family home, but at the time of the tour three roommates were making use of its 4,000 square footage.

The kitchen is on the second floor and, thanks to all windows and open doorways, receives plenty of light. The whole tour is really a treasure, and because the home is so huge, it's in two parts!

See the Full Tour at Apartment Therapy:

Lanz, Michael, and Brett's Evolving History House - Part 1
Lanz, Michael, and Brett's Evolving History House - Part 2

Related: Ryan's Stunning San Francisco Remodel

(Images: Jessica Watson)


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