Give Gary Danko Gummy Worms and Mark Sullivan Pie Made With Sun-Ripened Fruits
04 June 2009
Got an email from SFist yesterday asking about my guilty food pleasures to add to their list of other food types and their own personal sins: Spruce chef Mark Sullivan's really going to go to hell for his jamon Iberico addiction, Elizabeth Falkner uses the moment for a little self-promo and, of course, Alice Waters wasn't available for comment, although I'm pretty sure she wouldn't eat an Oreo Cakester if she was marooned on a desert island.
Jamie Lauren (Absinthe, executive chef; season 5 Top Chef): "Nacho cheese pretzel Combos. I'm obsessed. They're delicious."
Gary Danko (Gary Danko, executive chef): "Gummy worms."
Elizabeth Falkner (Orson, executive chef): "On the upcoming Top Chef Masters, I mentioned I like Peanut M&Ms. I pretty much love chocolate and have a recent obsession with how to make my own Cheetos or cheese puffs—only with blue cheese and cayenne!"
Leslie Sbrocco ("Check, Please! Bay Area," host): "I have so many guilty pleasure foods: Cheetos (crunchy), In-N-Out burgers, Oreo Cakesters..."
Patty Unterman (SF Examiner, food critic; owner of Hayes Valley Grill): "Chicago-style hot dogs. I just ate two of them at O'Hare airport in Chicago waiting for a connect back to SF from Paris."
For more guilt, including my own obsession with Fatt Dog, click here. (And for the record, I'm from Louisiana and I'd never heard of a "hot link" until I moved out here.)