eating about beer

this past weekend, about 32 of us were treated to an eight-course beer-paired culinary adventure: eating about beer 2010. More extensive descriptions of the event will be written by the makers in the near future, so for now just I’ll share a few pictures:

: homemade sopressata

sopressata, cured at home

: pickled veggies

“a selection of seasonal pickled vegetables” arranged symmetrically

: homebrews

homebrews in fancy packaging

: soba-to-be

buckwheat soba noodle making

: avacado cutting

: beer

homebrews on ice

: soba

soba going through the pasta maker

: for the fritters

topping for the sicilian chickpea fritters

: pickled veggies

pickled vegetables cut up for serving

: beer model

marzen model

: soba

soba with cale, shredded daikon and dipping broth

: empties

: ceviche

peruvian ceviche

: ratatouille

ratatoullie with cheese scraping

: pork

pork chop

: prost

prost!

: salad

adding wheatberries to the salad

: mustard

mustard, in nugget dipping containers

: nuggets

nuggets, with dipping containers, in serving boxes

: silverware

fancy napkins for the nuggets

: dessert

tapioca with a hazelnut and coffee shortbread cookie

: the eab crew

the eab crew at the end of the night

I went to the 2010 beer 2 brakers ride on Saturday for San Francisco Beer Week. My friends Israel and Bill (in a “Eating about Beer” side project) started the day with a “Beer for Breakfast” pairing at cafe la paz and then we rode off to wave “hi” to Speakeasy, and then back into SoMA to visit Thirsty Bear. From there, the crew rode to Gordon Biersch and then Mojo Cafe and then to the beach. Here are some photos from the event.