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Flatiron

Wrapped around roasted asparagus, or folded up on a warm piece of toast that has been rubbed with a little garlic and drizzled with olive oil.

My favorite simple crock pot recipe is slow-cooked brisket tacos. Get yourself a nice piece of brisket--3 pounds or so. The night before you want to cook it, rub it with a your favorite chile rub (a combination of chile powder, black pepper, salt, cumin, oregano, cayenne) and let it sit in the fridge overnight. You can also do it just before you start the brisket, but it won't have as much impact. Place it in the crock pot--you may have to cut it in half to get it to fit. Scatter one sliced onion over the top, throw in a bay leaf, then add a half bottle of beer. If you don't want to use beer, then use water--about 3/4 cup should do it. Set it on low and cook for 8 - 10 hours. When done, remove from crock pot, shred it and serve with tortillas, beans, salsa and shredded cabbage.

BTW, my crock pot is a "Crock-Pot" brand "smart pot"--it has a timer, and when the timer goes off it switches from the high or low setting you started it on to "warm". I have felt totally comfortable leaving this running in the house or overnight, knowing that I wouldn't have to worry about coming home to an overcooked mess stuck to the bottom of the pot.

Homemade chocolate cake with whipped cream and berries.

Sharp mustard, gruyere, pickle.

Wrapped around roasted asparagus, or just rolled up and crammed into my mouth.

If I can't just shovel it straight into my mouth, then I like it wrapped around roasted asparagus.

With gruyere and sharp mustard on rye, grilled.

Those Corniest Corn Muffins sound delicious, and imagine them the day after with a nice layer of leftover turkey stuffed in the middle!

The cornbread dressing, especially since once you add the bacon and pecans, I could eat that alone and be happy.

Potato chips dipped in plain yogurt, with a little salt, pepper and dill added if I'm feeling fancy. Or a grilled cheese sandwich.

I'm also a native Palo Altan, and I don't really see how this is emblematic of the hometown I used to know and love--but it has changed immeasurably since I last lived there in 1992. Maybe this qualifies as the the type of service available to the newcomers to the area, who have lots of money and need new ways to spend it. Or maybe it just qualifies as someone trying to find a market niche to fill in a tough market for real estate agents, where there is still a lot of housing stock that is being held off the market until prices go back up. I have seen agents in the East Bay marketing themselves as the dog-friendly agent, though I guess if you're going to stereotype a neighborhood, you would wonder why this vegetarian agent is not working the market in Berkeley.

There is a link to footage from the Ramova Grill on the show's website--guess they ran out of room on the show.
http://www.travelchannel.com/TV_Shows/Anthony_Bourdain/ci.No_Reservations_in_Chicago.show?vgnextfmt=show