The question is WHERE?
October 24th, 2006

I’ve mentioned it before, the very best thing about food-blogging is the people you’ll meet along the way. Dear friendships have developed, both in the online and offline world; what can I say, passionate food lovers mingle well.

Some months ago we received an email from somebody trying to put together an extraordinary culinary roadmap for an upcoming visit to Munich. Of course we helped out! Emails were flying back and forth and shortly before the two (S. and B. for now) arrived in Munich, we made plans to meet up for coffee at one of our favorite places in town. We had so much fun together and naturally the main topics revolved around – no surprises here – food and travel. Time flew by that morning and after a couple of hours together in the city, S. & B. continued their travel to Austria, we promised to keep in touch.

But you know how life is, sometimes it’s not even easy to keep in touch with your close friends. Therefore it put an extra big smile on my face, when we received a surprising email today – coming with this inventive, renewed invitation.

S. and B. sent us pictures of their favorite places to shop in their hometown – any idea where this could be?

EDIT: Thank you all for playing along – and yes, you were right, it’s the Ferry Plaza Farmer’s Market in San Francisco / Rancho Gordo products, about which we only read so far on quite a few bay area food blogs. Hopefully we’ll be able to pay SF a short visit next year ;)

Where am I?
©2006 B. Page

Comments
Kate

Oct 24th,
2006

Hmm, guessing by the large amounts of Rancho Gordo products (are my tired eyes reading correctly?) I say California. Mmm, beans!
Though, I'm much more jealous of the trip to Munich...

Sebastian & Sarah

Oct 24th,
2006

Hmm... No idea where the photo's from... but you've gained new fans (fellow blogging couple) in Brooklyn!

Keep up the great posts!

Behemoth

Oct 24th,
2006

Ha ha, yes I think I might.

Serene

Oct 24th,
2006

Hmmm.. could it be Napa, California? At least that's where the Tortilla chips are from... Rancho Gordo

Amy C.

Oct 24th,
2006

Looks like the Farmers Market at the Ferry Building in San Francisco.

Amy

Oct 24th,
2006

I know, but I'm not telling. However I agree with their sentiments. Please do come for a visit. We'll make it worth your while, I promise!

Amy

Oct 24th,
2006

p.s. the subject of this photo even has his own food blog!

Sheri

Oct 24th,
2006

Looks like the Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market in San Francisco. I love those beans!

Pritya

Oct 25th,
2006

Lovely site...a pleasure to read...The posts are very interesting. Look forward to reading more...

Bob & Sherry

Oct 25th,
2006

Wow! I'm amazed how quickly everyone figured this out. I guess we will need to work harder to stump the viewers of the d:d site! Next time, I'm sending a more challenging picture!
BTW, this man knows his BEANS! My favorites are the Mother Stollard's....Excellent when cooked in a broth of roasted beef bones from Prather Ranch....Mmmmm! See all of you fellow Bay Area foodies at the market this weekend.

Faith

Oct 27th,
2006

Awesome! Steve Sando. I agree about Good Mother Stallard beans - they're the best. I bought some from him there last summer.

I recently did an interview with Steve for Apartment Therapy: The Kitchen. He is very passionate and interesting on the topic of heirloom and New World foods...

James

Nov 22nd,
2006

I thought you might be interested to know that Steve Sando has his own "beany" food blog which features among other things a short video showing his favourite way to cook beans. He comes across as a delightful and very charming man.