I’m not much of a menu collector, although I have a small stack of gems in one of my desk drawers. A good number of them are menus from past meals at Bar Tartine. For those of you who have yet to visit San Francisco, Bar Tartine was a much loved establishment in the heart of San Francisco’s Mission district, just a couple of blocks from the (deservedly famous) namesake bakery. After Tartine, Chad Robertson and Liz Prueitt opened Bar Tartine -chefs Nick Balla and Cortney Burns were at the helm from 2011 through closure in 2016.
It’s the place Wayne and I liked to go to celebrate a birthday, or walk to on a sunny day for brunch, or just sit for a drink and a couple of little plates. That said, there are a lot of great places to eat in San Francisco, and when I think about why I appreciated Bar Tartine as much as I did, it’s not because I loved the scale of the space, the nice staff, the old floors, or the hand-thrown plates and drinking vessels – because that stuff was all good. I liked to go because, foremost, the food was fascinating. The menu, always evolving, the food intensely flavorful – beautiful without being fussy or contrived. It was deeply California in source, but influenced by travel, and family, and life beyond that. There was all sorts of fermenting, drying, and experimenting going on, and the kitchen was open, so you get to watch as everything unfolds.
Before their namesake cookbook came out (so excited about it), I pestered my pals at Chronicle for an early copy, and chose this cauliflower salad to dive in. It’s a crunchy, hearty mixture of cauliflower, seeds, chiles, radishes, chickpeas, and green onions slathered in an enveloping garlicky yogurt dressing, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it. -h
Pictured above, the ingredients to make the cauliflower salad. And below, everything assembled and ready to enjoy!
More Cauliflower Recipes
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