RecipeMuncher

Reading the obituary for Maria Elena Montellano, I am transported back a few years, to the day I visited her namesake restaurant. It was one of those gloriously crisp, clear Fall Saturdays in the Bay Area, with the bright sun shining down its warm rays upon a chilly South Bay. I had just dropped Annie off at a friend’s house in north San Jose, near 1st St and Hwy 237. (Annie was catering a bridal shower.) So there I was, alone with the kids and nothing to do. I didn’t want to head back home (...)